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Sly Stone is featured on the new Funkadelic single, “The Naz,” which will be available for download on Saturday, April 20th. The single will feature Sly “on vocals telling the story of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Sly uses his trademark radio rap that he used to kick as a DJ on San Francisco’s radio station KSOL-AM. ‘He just laid it down and we built the entire song around it,'” said George Clinton in a statement. You can read more and get the single at GeorgeClinton.com.

Check out our TWO-PART Sly & The Family Stone Legacy Archives exclusive video! We went into the Sony Archives and found some amazing slides of Sly & The Family Stone, and we also walk you through the process of converting the negative images into a digital file.

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March 15: Today we send out very happy 70th birthday greetings to Legacy Recordings’ Artist Of The Month, Sly Stone. Producer, arranger, composer, bandleader, performer and more, Sly is one of the most important and beloved figures in the history of rock & roll, and he and his band the Family Stone spent the decade of 1967-1976 making some of the greatest records ever for Epic. Here’s one of our favorite shots of Sly from the Sony Music library, capturing the artist during a 1970 recording session.

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In an interview with NPR, Clive Davis discusses working with Sly Stone:

“My dealings with Sly were to really encourage him. He was so energetic. He was so hardworking. In those days, the Columbia studios were union scale and union-affiliated and they were not open Saturday and Sunday. Sly wanted to open Saturday and Sunday for work, so he would call me over the weekend. We bonded.”

Read more at NPR.org.

Listen to Sly and the Family Stone – “Everyday People” in Clive Davis’ – The Soundtrack Of My Life playlist on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/1orD9IAKp9MotxkDEhl6Mr

February was a lucky month for Sly Stone, since the number one song in the USA 44 years ago this week was “Everyday People,” while the number one song in the USA 43 years ago was “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” These two Sly & The Family Stone classics were both featured on the 1970 Epic release Greatest Hits, a frozen concentrate of awesome in vinyl form.

It in no way minimizes Sly Stone’s genius to state that the primary instrumental force of Sly and the Family Stone was Larry Graham. Larry, who turns 66 today, was a true pioneer of the bass guitar: through that instrument he invested Sly’s songs with a power unheard of in pop music, and he is credited with inventing the “bass slap,” a crucial element in all funk music. Larry is also beloved for his baritone vocal interjections: “I’m gonna add some bottom!” Here he is, far right, with the band in 1970.

On June 25th, the story of Sly and the Family Stone kicks off a new season of TV One’s “Unsung,” the NAACP Image Award-winning series celebrating the lives and careers of successful artists or groups who, despite great talent, have not received the level of recognition they deserve or whose stories have never been told. Read more at EURweb.com. Here is an excerpt from TV One:

Among the most influential groups in the history of popular music, Sly & The Family Stone fused funk, soul, rock, and r&b to create a sound that resonated well beyond the charts. Led by the brilliant and charismatic Sly Stone, it was a sound that by turns reflected the idealism of the sixties, and the fracturing of those ideals in the decade that followed. The band’s performance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 showed a group at the height of their powers, while suggesting a future of unlimited musical possibilities. But even while crafting great music, the group gradually disintegrated. On this ground-breaking episode of ‘Unsung’, Sly Stone emerges to tell that tale, with the help of bandmates and family members – a unique and remarkable musical journey that, after four decades, is still unfolding.

Sly and the Family Stone cut a phenomenal swath through the landscape of popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, blowing up music festivals (including Woodstock) and releasing some of the greatest rock and roll music ever recorded. Happy 69th birthday to Sly Stone! In honor of his birthday, PopMarket.com is offering this Sly and the Family Stone CD bundle today at the exclusive discount price of $49.99!

The bundle includes 10 titles for one great price!

• Every studio album released by the original group!
• The 2-disc Woodstock Experience CD w/bonus poster.
• The Essential 3.0 compilation featuring 43 of the best Sly & The Family Stone tracks including hits not found on studio albums!
• Different Strokes by Different Folks – Classic hits by Sly & The Family Stone: Remixed, Re-funked and Re-imagined!
• 181 Tracks spread out over 13 CDs!
• Hits, rarities & previously unreleased bonus cuts!
• Packages include beautiful graphics, rare photos, memorabilia, liner notes and more!
• Remastered for incredible sound!

This offer ends at 12 p.m. EDT on March 16th, so get yours while supplies last! Not a PopMarket member? Join for free now to get the hottest deals on the coolest music.

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Sly Stone’s new album, “I’m Back! Family & Friends” is now in stores! The album, which features collaborations with artists including Jeff Beck, Bootsy Collins, Ray Manzarek, Ann Wilson and more, has received a three-star review in Rolling Stone! The magazine wrote, “Of prime interest are three new songs – a brass-and-organ-driven take on the gospel standard “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” and two originals: the gutbucket funk of “Plain Jane” and “Get Away,” a gorgeous soul vamp with a refrain – “Keep singin’ that melody!” – that whets the appetite for a full-fledged Sly comeback. “