Sly and the Family Stone discography

This is the discography of the American band Sly and the Family Stone and the work of Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) outside of his band. The group had three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Everyday People" in 1968, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" in 1969 and "Family Affair" in 1971. Three of the band's albums were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and two were certified gold.

Albums

Studio albums

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! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Album details

! colspan="6" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" | Certifications

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:3em;" | US

! style="width:3em;" | US R&B HH

! style="width:3em;" | AUS

! style="width:3em;" | CAN

! style="width:3em;" | JPN

! style="width:3em;" | UK

! scope="row" | A Whole New Thing

Released: October 1967
Label: Epic

|—

|195

|—

! scope="row" | Dance to the Music

Released: April 1968
Label: Epic

|142

|11

|—

|155

|—

! scope="row" | Life

Released: September 1968
Label: Epic

|195

|—

|163

|—

! scope="row" | Stand!

Released: May 1969
Label: Epic

|13

|11

|66

|—

RIAA: Platinum

! scope="row" | There's a Riot Goin' On

Released: November 1971
Label: Epic

|—

|59

|31

RIAA: Platinum

! scope="row" | Fresh

Released: June 1973
Label: Epic

|—

|17

|84

|—

RIAA: Gold

! width="35" |US

R&B

|1975

|High on You

| align="center" |45

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |98

| align="left" |

|2011

|I'm Back! Family & Friends

| align="center" | —

| align="left" |

Live albums

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! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Album details

! colspan="5" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" | Certifications

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:3em;" | US

! style="width:3em;" | BEL (WA)

! style="width:3em;" | JPN

! scope="row" | Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th 1968

Released: 2015
Label: Epic/Legacy

|—

|24

|129

|114

|71

! scope="row" | Woodstock: Sunday August 17, 1969

Released: March 2019
Label: Epic/Legacy

|—

! scope="row" | The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967

Released: April 2025
High Moon Records

|—

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Charted compilation albums

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! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Album details

! colspan="4" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" | Certifications

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:3em;" | US

! style="width:3em;" | US R&B HH

! style="width:3em;" | BEL (FL)

! style="width:3em;" | BEL (WA)

! style="width:3em;" | NL

| rowspan="2" |Stand!

! scope="row" | "Stand!"

| rowspan="3" |1969

|22

|14

|—

! scope="row" | "Hot Fun in the Summertime"

|—

RIAA: Gold

Other charted songs

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! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="4" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" | Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:3em;" | US

|Life

! scope="row" |"Sing a Simple Song"

|89

|28

|—

|91

|Stand!

! scope="row" |"If It Were Left Up to Me"

|1974

|—

|57

|—

|Fresh

| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Solo soundtrack contributions

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!TItle

!Film

!Year

|"Eek-ah-Bo-Static Automatic" and "Love and Affection"

|Soul Man

|1986

|"I'm a Burglar"

|Burglar

|1987

Solo session work

Stone Flower Productions

Sly Stone wrote, produced, and performed instrumentation for each single released on his Stone Flower label:

Little Sister

For details on this group, see Little Sister (band)

1970: "You're the One [Part 1]" / "You're the One [Part 2]" (US #22, R&B #4)
1970: "Somebody's Watching You" / "Stanga" (US #32, R&B #8)

Joe Hicks

1969: "I'm Goin' Home" / "Home Sweet Home" (backed by Sly & the Family Stone on both sides)
1970: "Life and Death in G & A" [Part 1] / "Life and Death in G & A" [Part 1]

6IX

1970: "I'm Just Like You" / "Dynamite"

Other solo collaborations

{| class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

! width="200" |Main artist

!Sly Stone's role

|1966

|The Wildest Organ in Town!

|Billy Preston

|arranger, writing

|1973

|Mighty Joe Hicks

|Joe Hicks

|writing, "Train of Thought" and "Water Water"

|1974

|Lost in a Dream

|REO Speedwagon

|guitar and piano on "You Can Fly"

|1974

|Let It Flow

|Elvin Bishop

|organ

|1974

|Insane Asylum

|Kathi McDonald

|vocals, "Insane Asylum"

|1975

|Oh, What a Mighty Time

|New Riders of the Purple Sage

|organ and piano on "Mighty Time"

|1976

|Wings of Love

|The Temptations

|writing, arrangements, and instrumentation1

|1976

|Don't Know What the World Is Coming To

|Bobby Womack

|background vocals, "Don't Know What the World Is Coming To"

|1978

|Bonnie Pointer (1978)

|Bonnie Pointer

|writing, instrumentation1

|1979

|Bonnie Pointer (1979)

|Bonnie Pointer

|writing, instrumentation

|1981

|The Electric Spanking of War Babies

|Funkadelic

|writing and instrumentation, "Funk Gets Stronger, Part 1" and "Funk Gets Stronger, Part 2"

|1982

|Godmoma Here

|Godmoma

|writing and instrumentation, "Be All You Can Be"

|1983

|Urban Dancefloor Guerillas

|P-Funk All-Stars

|writing, instrumentation

|1983

|"Chasing the Rock"

|Gene Page Headlines featuring Sly Stone & Danny Pearson

|guest leads

|1986

|Shockadelica

|Jesse Johnson

|guest leads on "Crazay"

|1987

|The Last Soul Man

|Bobby Womack

|guest leads, "When the Weekend Comes"

|1988

|Blueberry Gossip

|Ta Mara and the Seen

|vocals, "Everyday People"

|1988

|Kickin<nowiki>'</nowiki>

|The Brothers Johnson

|horn arrangement, "Ball of Fire"

|1989

|Animal

|The Bar-Kays

|writer and producer, "Just Like a Teeter-Totter"

|1990

|For All the King's Men

|Maceo Parker

|guest leads, "Tell the World"

|1990

|Heritage

|Earth, Wind & Fire

|guest leads, "Good Time"

|1991

|March of the 13CATS

|13CATS

|guitar, "Thank You"

|1992

|Go Fer Yer Funk (Clinton Family Series Volume I)

|P-Funk All-Stars

|contains 1981 demo version of "Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are", from Ain't But the One Way

|1994

|Testing Positive for the Funk (Clinton Family Series Volume IV)

|P-Funk All-Stars

|bass on "Superstar Madness", recorded in 1980

|1995

|Funkcronomicon

|Axiom Funk

|Co-writer, keyboards on "Tell the World" with Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins

|2008

|George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love

|George Clinton

|vocals, "Ain't That Peculiar" and "Fever"

|2008

|BabyStone EP

|BabyStone

|vocals, "Stonetro"; backing vocals & R3 Vocoder, "Ask Me"

|2014

|First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate

|Funkadelic

|vocals, instruments, "Man in the Box"

| colspan="7" style="font-size:85%" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Notes:

<ol start="1"><li>Because of tax problems, Sly Stone could not take credit on some of these works. In these cases, one of his associates, Truman Thomas, was credited with the work in Stone's place (although Stone or both Stone and Thomas worked on each listed item).</li></ol>

As a member of other groups

The Stewart Four

Members Sylvester Stewart, Freddie Stewart, Rose Stewart, and Vaetta Stewart

1952: "On the Battlefield" / "Walking in Jesus' Name" (Church of God in Christ, Northern Sunday School Department)

The Viscaynes

1961: "Stop What You are Doing" / "I Guess I'll Be" (Tropo Records) 1
1961: "Yellow Moon" / "Uncle Sam Needs You (My Friend)" (VPM Records) ²
1961: "Yellow Moon" / "Heavenly Angel" (VPM Records)
1976: "Oh What a Nite" / "You've Forgotten Me" (Subarro Records) ³

1 Tropo 101. Released as by "THE VISCAYNES AND THE RAMBLERS"

² VPM 1006. "Yellow Moon" comp.: Geo. Motola - R. Page. Record was first misprinted as The Biscaynes. This was a mistake because the band has always used the name VISCAYNES.

³ Subarro 489. A leftover George Motola production, "Oh What a Nite" (a remake of the Dells' 1956 hit), b/w "You've Forgotten Me" was credited "Sly Stone & the Biscaynes" when issued in 1976.

4 Sylvester Stewart / Sly Stone has nothing to do with the Stewart Brother singles released in the late 50s on the LA based Keen and Ensign labels. This was a different Sylvester Stewart.

Notes

References

External links

Edwin & Arno Konings www.slystonebook.com