Editing Sly and the Family Stone (section)

=== ''Stand!'' (1969) ===
[[File:Woodstock redmond stage.JPG|thumb|The Woodstock Music and Art Festival, at which Sly and the Family Stone performed on August 17, 1969.]]
In late 1968, Sly and the Family Stone released the single "[[Everyday People]]", which became their first No.&nbsp;1 hit.<ref name="BillboardCharts" /> "Everyday People" was a protest against prejudice of all kinds<ref>Greenwald, Matthew. [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t294662|pure_url=yes}} Review of "Everyday People" by Sly and the Family Stone]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.</ref> and popularized the [[catchphrase]] "different strokes for different folks".<ref>Lewis, Miles (2006), p. 57.</ref> With its [[B-side]] "[[Sing a Simple Song]]", it served as the lead single for the band's fourth album, ''[[Stand!]]'', which was released on May 3, 1969. The ''Stand!'' album eventually sold more than three million copies; its title track peaked at No.&nbsp;22 in the U.S. ''Stand!'' is considered one of the artistic high points of the band's career.<ref name="StandReview" /> It contained the above three tracks as well as the songs "[[I Want to Take You Higher]]" (which was the B-side of the "Stand!" single), "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey", "Sex Machine", and "[[You Can Make It If You Try]]".<ref name="StandReview" />

The band headlined the [[Harlem Cultural Festival]] before tens of thousands of spectators in [[Marcus Garvey Park|Mount Morris Park]] in 1969, several weeks before the more widely known Woodstock festival. The concert series is the subject of a 2021 documentary film directed by Ahmir "[[Questlove]]" Thompson called ''[[Summer of Soul]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greenpleasantland.com|title=This Green and Pleasant Land|author=Bryan Greene|publisher=Poverty and Race Research Action Council|date=June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hal Tulchin, Who Documented a 'Black Woodstock,' Dies at 90|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 14, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/television/hal-tulchin-90-dies-documented-a-little-seen-black-woodstock.html|access-date=January 23, 2018|last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard }}</ref>
The success of ''Stand!'' secured Sly and the Family Stone a performance slot at the landmark [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock Music and Art Festival]]. They performed their set during the early-morning hours of August 17, 1969; their performance was said to be one of the best shows of the festival.<ref name="Fotenot"/> A new non-album single, "[[Hot Fun in the Summertime]]", was released the same month and went to No. 2 on the U.S. pop chart (peaking in October, after the summer of 1969 had already ended).<ref name="BillboardCharts" /> In 1970, following the release of the [[Woodstock (film)|''Woodstock'' documentary]], the single of "Stand!" and "I Want to Take You Higher" was reissued with the latter song now the A-side; it reached the Top 40.<ref name="BillboardCharts" />