As a Bay Area DJ, Sly Stone slipped Bob Dylan and the Beatles into R&B playlists, foreshadowing the genre-blurring of his own ...

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Last week, two giants of US popular music passed away. Beach Boys legend, composer/songwriter Brian Wilson, and funk pioneer Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone fame.Both created magic that changed ...

Christie remained a favorite in the oldies world, because when it was time to hit those high notes, he shocked crowds by getting up there, even in his 70s.