This month inpopmay 1980

SLY STONE, WHO DIED ON June 9 at 82, wrung greatness out of the American abyss. Early in his career, Stone was an avatar of a more peaceful future, forming Sly and the Family Stone as one of the count

I left school at 15 and my outlook on life was the same as it is now. I was always a hopeful child if not always a happy one. I was outgoing, sociable, funny, and I was accepted by my peers. All I was

13 Four years before his first hit, the rapper MC Hammer releases his non-charting debut album, Feel My Power. 23 Boris Gardiner starts a three-week run at No.1 on the UK Singles Chart with I Wanna Wa

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A brilliant new documentary reflects on the world’s biggest music concert 40 years on…