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Cynthia Robinson
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 trumpet…
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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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2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2017
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2009
Coming Back for More
Movie
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2008
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
Movie vocals, trumpet
- 1999
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1998
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Movie Self
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1993
Let Me Have It All
Movie Herself
- 1970
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1970
Woodstock
Movie Self - Sly & The Family Stone
- 1969
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1952
Today
TV show Self
