Sylvester Stewart -- known to the world as performer, composer and producer Sly Stone -- was born on this date in 1943. In honor of his 70th birthday, we're giving away a trio of classic albums by his musical and social boundary-breaking band, Sly & the Family Stone. Brilliantly fusing soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia and funk -- as well as crossing barriers among gender and race -- Stone's group captured the cultural pulse of the '60s and '70s, delivering records uniquely adept at summoning booties to the dance floor as well as inspiring a political discourse that continues today.
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For more about Sly Stone's 70th birthday, check out the Legacy Recordings' Artist of the Month page, Sly Stone's website, and Sly & the Family Stone's Facebook page.
Flashback time! Check out Sly & the Family Stone performing "Dance to the Music" on Soul Train:
