Sly and the Family Stone have released a new animated video for their 1968 classic, “Everyday People.”. The clip opens with a simple message: “Now more than ever, the message of this song ...

Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, ... “Everyday People” (1968) — If it possible to have a playful take on the absurdity of racism, ...

Released in November 1968, Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" seemed a pleasant, perhaps idealistic, rallying cry in these desperate times. The song is a plea for peace, for equality.

Sly Stone, funk pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, ... [Sly and the Family Stone's] 'Everyday People.' You might recognize the drums from 'The Humpty Dance' as 'Sing a Simple Song.' ...

Both songs presented a different set of challenges. For “Everyday People,” Thiele was mindful of Sly Stone’s legacy while managing the thrill of playing one of his songs. “Recording ...

Sly & the Family Stone's second Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 started to take a very different tone from its first, ... “Everyday People” Sly Stone’s lyrics certainly suggest as much.

Nepal, June 10 -- Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and '70s and beyond with such hits as "Everyday ...

But not everyone knows who Sly Stone was. For those who appreciate funk music, he was The Man. He died at the age of 82 on Monday from complications brought on by COPD. ... Not everyday people ...

Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, ... Shows How Black Artists Are Both Geniuses and Everyday People. Todd Gilchrist. January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM.

NPR also has a first listen of his cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 classic anthem for equality “Everyday People,” which Buckley has pared down considerably.