Everyday People

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Written by: Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone)
Produced by: Stone
Released: Nov. '68 on Epic
Charts: 19 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

"Everyday People" was released as a single shortly before it appeared on Sly and the Family Stone's fourth LP, Stand!, which explored everything from hot funk to cool pop. Stone, a former DJ in San Francisco who also produced the hits "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little" for the white pop group the Beau Brummels, seemed blind to the lines between musical genres. "I was into everyone's records," he said of his radio days. "I'd play Dylan, Hendrix, James Brown back to back, so I didn't get stuck in any one groove." "Everyday People" became Sly's first Number One. "What I write is people's music," Stone said.

Appears on: Stand! (Sony)

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