Person

Cynthia Robinson

Acting · 1944–2015

Cynthia Robinson (January 12, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, for which she was the trumpeter and a vocalist. Her voice and presence were featured in the hits "Dance to the Music" and "I Want to Take You Higher." Questlove of the hip hop band the Roots has called Robinson the original "hypeman."

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  Today

  Self

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  Woodstock

  Self - Sly & The Family Stone

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  SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

  Self (archive footage)

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  Let Me Have It All

  Herself

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  Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000

  1999

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  Prince: Beautiful Strange

  Self

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  Coming Back for More

  2009

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  On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone

  2017

• Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008

  vocals, trumpet

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  Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70

  1970

• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Self (archive footage)
• 2017On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
• 2009Coming Back for More
• 2008Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008vocals, trumpet
• 1999Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
• 1998Prince: Beautiful StrangeSelf
• 1993Let Me Have It AllHerself
• 1970Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
• 1970WoodstockSelf - Sly & The Family Stone
• 1969Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
• 1952TodaySelf