Nelson has always loved singing the songs of his friends as much as if not more than the ones he writes himself. In 1979, he ...

Based in San Francisco, Sly and the Family Stone was responsible for some of the biggest anthems of the late ’60s and early ...

The late singer fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.

Sometimes the simplest songs convey the deepest truths, as seen in the first of the late Sly Stone and his Family Stone's ...

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

Sly Stone has died. The music legend born Sylvester Stewart passed away Monday, June 9, at the age of 82, according to a ...

One of the key figures in American music in the late ’60s got his professional start in the Bay Area. These are some of the ...

The trailblazing bandleader and songwriter reconfigured soul, rock, and psychedelic music throughout the ’60s and ’70s, ...

Que Sera Sera' by the Jewish songwriting duo of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans was an anomaly in Sly Stone's catalog.

The group’s 1969 album, “Stand” included the hits “I Want to Take You Higher” and “Sing a Simple Song.” The title song, easily one of the best of Stone’s compositions, is a call to stand for what you ...

Sly And The Family Stone performs at White City Stadium, London in 1973. Credit - Michael Putland--. F ifty-five summers ago, ...