{"id":836,"date":"2015-11-17T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:55:38","slug":"shindigs-10-of-the-best-the-songs-of-p-f-sloan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"Shindig!&#8217;s 10 Of The Best: The Songs Of P F Sloan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philip &#8216;P F&#8217; Sloan passed away on Sunday 15th November at the age of 70 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The NYC-born singer-songwriter released his first single, &#8216;All I Want Is Loving&#8217;, in 1959 aged just 14, then\u00a0became\u00a0a staff writer at Screen Gems Music, working\u00a0for the likes of Jan &amp; Dean, often in conjunction with writing partner Steve Barri. He formed surf band The Fantastic Baggys and appeared on countless recordings as an on-off member of The Wrecking Crew before going to\u00a0pen a string of era-defining hits during the remainder of\u00a0the \u201960s. He continued performing and recording intermittently up until his death.<\/p>\n<p>As a tribute to\u00a0this monumental and unique talent, <em>Shindig!<\/em>\u00a0is proud to present 10 interpretations of Sloan&#8217;s most popular \u201960s songs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>1. Secret Agent Man &#8211; Johnny Rivers (1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JOHNNY RIVERS - Secret Agent  Man 1966\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iaR3WO71j4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Can I Get To Know You Better &#8211; The Turtles (1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qAW0tgEU7MQ<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Herman&#8217;s Hermits &#8211; A Must To Avoid (1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F3Kxj82Oh3M<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Grass Roots &#8211; Where Were You When I Needed You (1966)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You (Original audio, 1966)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KvxA-NXGOr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Jan &amp; Dean &#8211; I Found A Girl (1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jan &amp; Dean - I Found A Girl (STEREO)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X55kBhJyvg8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. The 5th Dimension &#8211; Another Day, Another Heartache (1967)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_zO7pc2Cn7g<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Ivans Meads &#8211; The Sins Of A Family (1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=88B5lP9L8M4<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. The West Coast Pop-Art Experimental Band &#8211; Here&#8217;s Where You Belong (1967)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - 08 - Here&#039;s Where You Belong (by EarpJohn)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-AXjkHuYxXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. The Association &#8211; On A Quiet Night (1968)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Association - On A Quiet Night\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C97Tv90DYP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Barry McGuire &#8211; Eve Of Destruction (1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eve of Destruction (with lyrics) - Barry McGuire\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFZUDQ85bFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F836&amp;t=Shindig%21%E2%80%99s%2010%20Of%20The%20Best%3A%20The%20Songs%20Of%20P%20F%20Sloan&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F836&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Shindig%21%E2%80%99s%2010%20Of%20The%20Best%3A%20The%20Songs%20Of%20P%20F%20Sloan\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F836&amp;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Shindig%21%E2%80%99s%2010%20Of%20The%20Best%3A%20The%20Songs%20Of%20P%20F%20Sloan&amp;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F836\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip &#8216;P F&#8217; Sloan passed away on Sunday 15th November at the age of 70 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. The NYC-born singer-songwriter released his first single, &#8216;All I Want Is Loving&#8217;, in 1959 aged just 14, then\u00a0became\u00a0a staff writer at Screen Gems Music, working\u00a0for the likes of Jan &amp; Dean, often in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}