Members have included Sly Stone, Rose Stone (piano/vocals), Jerry Martini (sax), Greg Errico (drums), Cynthia Robinson (trumpet/vocals; d. of cancer 11/23/2015 at age 69). Freddie Stone, Sly and the Family Stone (bass guitar).

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year as Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Etta James, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and Van Morrison.

A groundbreaking multiracial San Francisco Bay Area rock band that formed in 1966 and helped define the Pop music of the late 1960s and early 1970s with a fusion of funk, psychedelia and soul. Their signature hits included "Dance To The Music," Everybody Is a Star", "Stand", "Hot Fun In The Summertime", "(I want To Take You) Higher" and "Everyday "People".

Their signature hits included "Dance To The Music," Everybody Is a Star", "Stand" . "Hot Fun In The Summertime", "(I want To Take You) Higher" and "Everyday People".

Prior to forming the band, Sly Stone was a successful record producer with the million sellers "Come On and Swim" (1963) by Bobby Freeman and later "Laugh Laugh" (1965) and "Just A Little" (1965) by The Beau Brummels.