Many songwriters will do whatever they can to glorify themselves and their work. By contrast, the legendary tunesmith Jimmy Webb decided to use a song from his first solo album to throw the spotlight ...

Just then he got acetates from Andrew Loog Oldham of the Rolling Stones, doing two songs, including Lennon & McCartney’s “Stand By Your Man.” The other was “Not Fade Away.” Crazy P.F. Sloan – there’s ...

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P.F. Sloan, composer of major hits by Johnny Rivers (“Secret Agent Man”) and Barry McGuire (“Eve of Destruction”) died Nov. 15 at his home in Los Angeles. The singer, songwriter and guitarist ...

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The Ponderosa Stomp music festival celebrates the unsung heroes of American music. But one of this year’s most anticipated Stomp acts, P.F. Sloan — composer of Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent Man” and ...

P.F. Sloan sat in his small dining room and smoothly played some guitar licks to the recording of Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World” coming from the CD player. It’s a song close to his heart, the kind of ...

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Watch Barry McGuire and P.F. Sloan perform “Eve of Destruction” together for the first time since the protest song sparked controversy 50 years ago. Video and photo: Joaquín Montalvan / Sledgehammer ...

P. F. Sloan is an American pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was very successful during the mid-1960s, writing, performing, and producing Billboard top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, The ...

LOS ANGELES — P.F. Sloan, the songwriter behind such classic 1960s tunes as Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent Man” and Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” has died. He was 70. Howard Wuelfing, a ...