Cynthia Robinson
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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."
Known for
Credits
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock (1970)
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Prince: Beautiful Strange (1998)
as Self
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000 (1999)
Actor
Coming Back for More (2009)
Actor
Let Me Have It All (1993)
as Herself
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Actor
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69 (1969)
Actor
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008 (2008)
as vocals, trumpet
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70 (1970)
Actor