{{short description|American singer and musician}} {{About|the keyboardist|the barite aggregate rock|Rose Rock}} {{redirect|Rose Banks|the pop singer|Jillian Banks}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rose Stone | background = solo_singer | image = Rose Stone (cropped).jpg | caption = Stone in 1968 | birth_name = Rose Mary Stewart | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|3|21}} | birth_place = Solano, California, U.S. | death_date = | alias = Rose Banks | genre = {{Hlist|Soul|funk|R&B|psychedelic soul|Black gospel}} | occupation = Singer, musician | instrument = Vocals, keyboards | years_active = 1952–present | label = Epic, Motown | associated_acts = Sly and the Family Stone | website = }} thumb|Stone with Elton John and other singers, including her daughter Lisa '''Rose Stone''' (born '''Rose Mary Stewart''', March 21, 1945)<ref>"California, Birth Index, 1905-1995", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V27F-VSD : Tue Feb 25 14:48:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Rose Mary Stewart and Haynes, 21 Mar 1945.</ref> is an American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and the Family Stone,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5460/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Sly & the Family Stone|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=AMG|access-date=18 May 2010}}</ref> a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone.
== Career ==
=== 1960s – 1980s === Her brothers Sly and Freddie, formed Sly and the Family Stone in 1966. Stewart later officially joined in late 1967. She often wore a platinum-colored wig while performing with the band, and was noted for her strong vocals.
"Sister Rose" (as she was also known) married Sly Stone's confidant/former manager/co-producer, Hamp 'Bubba' Banks III in February 1973.<ref> "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVDV-SNF : Tue Sep 23 00:43:27 UTC 2025), Entry for Hamp Banks and Rose Stewart, 21 Feb 1973.</ref> After the band's dissolution in 1975, she later recorded a solo album on Motown Records, billed as '''Rose Banks'''.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Stone worked as a backing session singer, appearing on recordings by Michael Jackson, Phish, Ringo Starr, Reef and Bobbysocks!. Stone is today part of the musical department at her brother Freddie's church. She returned to her gospel roots in 1983 when she sang on Sandra Crouch's Grammy Award-winning album ''We Sing Praises'', soloing on the old hymn "Power in the Blood". She has been associated with the Crouch family and the music department of Christ Memorial COGIC in California for many years.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
=== 1990s – present === She sang backing vocals on the gospel-influenced tracks "You R Loved" and "Get Away" from Victoria Williams' 1994 album ''Loose''.<ref>All Music Guide; Victoria Williams, [http://www.allmusic.com/album/loose-mw0000626240/credits ''Loose'']</ref> Also in 1994, she sang backing vocals on two songs on psychedelic rock band Phish's fifth album ''Hoist''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phishin' in the Woods {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1994/7/15/phishin-in-the-woods-pblastb-weekend/ |website=www.thecrimson.com |access-date=5 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
She also appears on Robbie Williams' album ''Escapology'' on the track "Revolution", a duet with Williams. She is the featured soloist in the church choir in the movie ''The Ladykillers''. She is heard also in the music in the final credits. Her daughter, Lisa Stone, sang with Vet Stone and Cynthia Robinson in a Sly & the Family Stone tribute band. In 2006, Stone reunited with the original Family Stone.<ref name="AP2006">{{cite news| last=Coyle| first=Jake| date=February 8, 2006| url=http://movies.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=215255| title=Reclusive Sly Stone Steps Out at Grammys| publisher=MSN.com| access-date=2007-02-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101031308/http://movies.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=215255| archive-date=November 1, 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2011 and 2012, Stone and her daughter Lisa toured with Elton John as members of his vocal backing group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Elton John live in Malaysia|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/189807|access-date=27 November 2011|newspaper=thesundaily.my|date=27 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028104409/http://www.thesundaily.my/news/189807|archive-date=28 October 2011}}</ref>
Stone appears briefly in a deleted scene "Judith's Youth" on the DVD of the movie ''20 Feet from Stardom''.
== Legacy == She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2026 |title=Sly and the Family Stone |url=https://rockhall.com/inductees/sly-and-family-stone/ |website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame}}</ref>
==Discography== '''Albums''' * ''Rose'' (1976) {{Track listing
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| title1 = Whole New Thing | writer1 = Jeffrey Bowen, James Ford, Truman Thomas | length1 = 3:30
| title2 = Right's Alright | writer2 = Hamp 'Bubba' Banks III | length2 = 4:07
| title3 = I Get High On You | writer3 = Sylvester Stewart | length3 = 3:45
| title4 = Darling Baby | writer4 = Holland-Dozier-Holland | length4 = 3:34
| title5 = I've Got to Make It on My Own | writer5 = Victor Orsborn, Eric Jay Robinson | length5 = 4:30
| title6 = You're Much Too Beautiful For Words | writer6 = Victor Orsborn, Eric Jay Robinson | length6 = 3:36
| title7 = I'm So Glad You're Here | writer7 = Victor Orsborn, Eric Jay Robinson | length7 = 4:05
| title8 = It's Not The Season (It's The Reason) | writer8 = Jeffrey Bowen, James Ford, Hamp 'Bubba' Banks III | length8 = 4:05
| title9 = My Life Is Loving You | writer9 = Victor Orsborn, Eric Jay Robinson | length9 = 5:00
}}
* ''Already Motivated'' (2007)<ref>{{Citation |title=Rose Stone - Already Motivated Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/already-motivated-mw0001309701 |access-date=2023-05-01 |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Sly & the Family Stone}} {{1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}
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