Hot Fun In The Summertime, Sly & The Family Stone, Rayman’s Song Of The Day
He was born Sylvester Stewart and when he was 16, he had a regional hit with "Long Time Away." He studied music composition in the early '60s and he began playing in several groups on the Bay Area scene. Soon, he had become a disc jockey at the R&B station KSOL, later switching to KDIA. The radio appearances led to a job producing records for Autumn Records, where he worked with a number of garage and psychedelic bands.
Formed in early 1967, Sly & The Family Stone were all were of different racial backgrounds, making the band the first fully integrated group in rock's history. Sly & The Stone quickly became known as one of the best live bands of the late '60s, and their performance at Woodstock was widely hailed as one of the festival's best.
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