Sly Stone discography

This is a discography for the work of Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) outside of his most famous band, Sly and the Family Stone.

Solo singles[]

List

Title	Release info	Year	Notes
"A Long Time Alone" / "I'm Just A Fool"1	Luke Record Co. AR-1008	1961
"Help Me With My Broken Heart" / "Long Time Alone"²	G&P 901	1962
"I Just Learned How To Swim" / "Scat Swim"³	Autumn Record No. 3	1964
"Buttermilk, Part 1" / "Buttermilk, Part 2"4	Autumn Record No. 14	1965
"Temptation Walk, Part 1" / "Temptation Walk, Part 2"4	Autumn Record No. 26	1965
"Rock Dirge, Part 1" / "Rock Dirge, Part 2"5	Woodcock Records WOO-0001	1971
"" / "That's Lovin' You"	Epic 8-50135	1975
"Le Lo Li" / "Who Do You Love?"	Epic 8-50175	1975
"Crossword Puzzle" / "Greed"	Epic 8-50201	1976
"Dance To The Music" / "Sing A Simple Song"	Epic 9-50795	1979
"Eek-Ah-Bo-Static Automatic" / "Black Girls"	A&M AM-2890	1986	Side 2. Rae Dawn Chong
"Love And Affection"6 / "Evolution"	A&M SP-17438	1986	12" single Promo Side 2. Models

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Notes[]

• ¹ Released under the name "Danny (Sly) Stewart"
• ² Released under the name "Sylvester Stewart"
• ³ Released under the name "Sly Stewart"
• ⁴ Released under the name "Sly"
• ⁵ Early demos by Sly and Freddie Stone released after Sly & the Family Stone had become successful
• ⁶ Duet with Martha Davis

Solo album[]

1975: High on You

2011: I'm Back! Family & Friends

As a member of a group[]

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.

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 collaborations[]

Year	Title	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	Burglar soundtrack		vocal, "I'm the Burglar"
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'	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 For 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
Notes: 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).

Compilations and other releases[]

• 1994: Precious Stone - Sly Stone In The Studio 1963 -1965
• 2010: Listen To The Voices - Sly Stone In The Studio 1965 - 1970
• 2014: I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 – Light in the Attic

References[]

• Edwin & Arno Konings www.slystonebook.com