Cynthia Robinson
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Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday12 January 1944
Died23 November 2015 (age 71)
Known credits11
Biography
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."
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 · Self (archive footage)
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Coming Back for More
2009
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
2008 · vocals, trumpet
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
1999
Prince: Beautiful Strange
1998 · Self
Let Me Have It All
1993 · Herself
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970
Woodstock
1970 · Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969
Today
1952 · Self
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