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."
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
Woodstock
as Self - Sly & The Family Stone
1970
TV
Today
as Self
1952
Movie
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Movie
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
1999
Movie
Coming Back for More
2009
Movie
Let Me Have It All
as Herself
1993
Movie
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970
Movie
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969
Movie
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Movie
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
as vocals, trumpet
2008
Movie
Prince: Beautiful Strange
as Self
1998