- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Place of Birth
- —
- Died
- November 23, 2015
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 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."
Filmography
movieSLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieOn the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
movieComing Back for More
2009
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
movieSly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
2008 · vocals, trumpet
moviePrince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
1999
moviePrince: Beautiful Strange
1998 · Self
movieLet Me Have It All
1993 · Herself
movieSly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970
movieWoodstock
1970 · Self - Sly & The Family Stone
movieSly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969
tvToday
1952 · Self