I couldn’t wait to post the second Peter’s Picks since I posted the first–which was You Send Me by Sam Cooke.
This next song I can’t get enough of. Peter G-Chatted me and said “Here’s a link to my new obsession. Play it 500 times.”
Here is “If You Want Me To Stay” by Sly and the Family Stone.
I had never heard that song or or heard of Sly and the Family Stone before. A quick WikiPedia search later I discovered:
Brothers Sly Stone and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone combined their bands (Sly & the Stoners and Freddie & the Stone Souls) in 1967. Sly and Freddie Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Gregg Errico,[2] saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham completed the original lineup; Sly and Freddie’s sister, singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, joined within a year. This collective recorded five Billboard Hot 100 hits which reached the top 10, and four ground-breaking albums, which greatly influenced the sound of American pop music, soul, R&B, funk, and hip hop music.
