Everyday People Sly Stone's pleas for peace and equality between differing races and social groups, a major theme and focus for the band. The Family Stone featured Caucasians Greg Errico and Jerry Martini in its lineup, as well as females Rose Stone and Cynthia Robinson; making it the first major integrated band in rock history. Sly and the Family Stone's message was about peace and equality through music, and this song reflects the same. Unlike the band's more typically funky and psychedelic records, "Everyday People" is a mid-tempo number with a more mainstream pop feel. Sly, singing the main verses for the
Everyday People (band) Everyday People (band) Everyday People was a funk musical group formed in England who recorded one album and had success with a few singles across Europe. Everyday People were formed in 1990 by vocalist Desi Campbell, bassist Shaun Ward and guitarist Lloyd Richards. Both Campbell and Ward had been members of Floy Joy at different times to one another in the 1980s. After the commercial failure of the 1986 album "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", which involved Campbell, Floy Joy disbanded. In the mid-to-late 1980s, Campbell had moved to Los Angeles and Ward moved to New York's club land.