Little Sister - You're The One (1970) funk bomb Sly Stone production Family Stone backing vocalists

Sly Stone wrote, produced, arranged, and played the music on this funk masterpiece by Little Sister, the Family Stone's backing vocalists who included his youngest sister Vet Stone. The trio's other members were Mary McCreary (who later married Leon Russell and released two classic mid-70s albums with him), and Elva Mouton.

After the runaway success of Sly and the Family Stone’s fourth album Stand! (1969) which sold over three million copies, Sly made a production deal with Atlantic and ran his own short-lived imprint Stone Flower from 1969-70. "You're The One" (Parts 1 & 2) was released in early 1970 and peaked at #4 R&B on 2/28/70. It also crossed over to #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Two copies of 'You're The One' by Little Sister Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 used to drive dancefloors crazy for half an hour" - Disco DJ/remix pioneer John Luongo

A highly talented producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist genius musician, Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943) led Sly and the Family Stone, the first superstar U.S. rock group to feature a racially integrated lineup with both male and female members. Their groundbreaking, highly influential sound synthesized soul, funk and rock, and showed music’s potential for uniting audiences of all colors as a universal language.

Sly Stone is a living legend who doesn’t get the respect he deserves for the important contributions he made to help bring funk into the world and how he changed music forever.

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