Everyday People Everyday People "Everyday People" is a 1968 song by Sly and the Family Stone. It was the first single by the band to go to number one on the Soul singles chart and the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. It held that position, on the Hot 100, for four weeks from February 15 to March 14, 1969, and is remembered as a popular song of the 1960s. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 5 song of 1969. As with most of Sly and the Family Stone's songs, Sly Stone was credited as the sole songwriter. The song is one of
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.