BIRTH of a COMMUNITY CREATOR

SLY STONE, Musician, Songwriter, and Record Producer was born SYLVESTER STEWART on this day 3/15/1943 in Denton, Texas.

His band, SLY and the FAMILY STONE was instrumental in the development of the music genres of SOUL, ROCK, and FUNK. Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME in 1993.