Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s Subject: Re: Sly Stone Gone Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:49:22 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <7593707880f60cc84f53c5798720cf71@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4040054"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="l+Sq3Kzxb3Tukb8FF6Lg5d/csq4zMTo5ZG8JJi5AK0A"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: d7ed82db239d6753c5a5efaffb979de180ec984c X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$vqShU2z59T9QihFuG73dgumw1jFe4MpA0v1zA7ZZ34GI52v8ueJgW X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 21:54:49 +0000, DianeE wrote: > After a brief stint studying music theory, on and off, at Vallejo Junior > College, Mr. Stone, by then a fledgling commodity in the flourishing Bay > Area music scene, was tapped by some enterprising disc jockeys to work > as a producer for their new label, Autumn Records. There, he helped > write Bobby Freeman’s “C’mon and Swim,” which became a Top 10 hit in > 1964 and the catalyst of a dance craze. While at Autumn he also produced the 2 big hits by the Beau Brummels. --