Sly Stone, who died Monday at 82, was one of the most innovative and influential musicians of the 20th century — here are 10 ...

It took the bandleader, who died Monday, just a few years beginning in the late 1960s to write a new language of rock, soul ...

Sly Stone’s hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The singer, songwriter, producer and ...

Sly Stone wasn’t only among the first songwriter ... and “There’s a Riot Goin’ on.” The essential songs that may be obvious — nearly all are from 1969, and many come from the stellar ...

In a famed 1970 Rolling Stone profile ... their hit song era and into the cynicism of that early Seventies moment. The band would bear it together, until they couldn’t anymore. Sly and the ...