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Stone is said to have hated his breakout single, which he supposedly made at the behest of Clive Davis after the record exec requested something more commercial than the Family Stone’s coolly received debut LP, “A Whole New Thing.”

But the title track from his 1969 LP — a platinum-seller enshrined in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry — is perhaps his most impressive harmonic achievement, with a key change in the verse that lends a touch of melancholy to the song’s message of protest.

It also was a way to bring attention to Beyoncé’s latest LP — a detailed excursion into country music that plays up the singer’s Southern roots — just as Recording Academy members cast their votes for February’s Grammy Awards, where “Cowboy Carter” is nominated for album of the year.

This year, Apple Music included Solange’s 2016 LP, “A Seat at the Table,” on its list of the 100 best albums of all time.

She had been fixated on calling her second LP “A Yellow Rose for Bobby Peru,” an homage to one of her favorite movies, “Wild at Heart,” and the Victorian-era notion that yellow roses “were associated with slightly unhappy relationships.”