Sly Stone

Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas on March 15, 1943) is a pivotal African-American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly &

Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas on March 15, 1943) is a pivotal African-American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sylvester Stewart was the second of five children. After the family moved from Dallas, Texas to Vallejo, California (near San Francisco), he and his brother Freddie and their sisters Rose and Vaetta formed "The Stewart Four" as children, performing gospel music in the Church of God in Christ and even recording a single in 1952. All of the Stewart children except oldest sister Loretta would later adopt the surname "Stone" and become members of Sly & the Family Stone.