Songwriter P.F. Sloan died last month, of pancreatic cancer, at age 70. Though the general music audience has seldom known his name, among singers and tunesmiths he’s held in very high esteem. In his ...

P.F. Sloan, a singer and songwriter of somewhat enigmatic repute, whose apocalyptic anthem “Eve of Destruction,” written when he was just 19, was a seminal protest song of the 1960s, not to mention a ...

NEW YORK — P.F. Sloan, a singer and songwriter of somewhat enigmatic repute, whose apocalyptic anthem "Eve of Destruction," written when he was just 19, was a seminal protest song of the 1960s, died ...

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 ...

P.F. Sloan – a prolific songwriter who wrote hit singles for the Grass Roots, Barry McGuire, Johnny Rivers and the Turtles – has died at the age of 70. According to a press release sent out by his ...

LOS ANGELES — P.F. Sloan, the troubled 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 ...

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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 ...

Most of us hear the name P.F. Sloan and think of the many hits he wrote for The Grassroots, Barry McGuire, Johnny Rivers, The Turtles, The Searchers, Herman and the Hermits, The Fifth Dimension, and ...

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 ...

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, the songwriting great behind classic singles like Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction” and Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent Man,” passed away Monday night after a short bout with pancreatic ...