Sly Stone, the visionary frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died at age 82 on June 9, 2025, after a groundbreaking career that revolutionized popular music with its blend of funk, soul, rock, and ...

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The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative.

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The Beach Boys' scored their second No. 1 hit with "Help, Me Rhonda," the final simple single of their first golden age.