P. F. Sloan

PF Sloan ( born September 18, 1945 in New York as Philip Gary Schlein ) is an American singer and songwriter.

Songwriter

After Schlein family had settled in California in 1957, Philip Gary Schlein was quickly known in the music scene of Los Angeles. As a songwriter under the stage name PF Sloan at the record label Dunhill Records busy, he wrote numerous titles for established musicians. Including hits like Kick That Little Foot Sally Ann (Round Robin ), Eve of Destruction ( Barry McGuire ), You Baby ( The Turtles ) and Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers ). Sloan created, sang and produced songs for the band The Grass Roots, such as Where were you when I needed you, and later by Herman 's Hermits a hit in the charts. A Must to Avoid, another hit this band, also came from his pen. A song called PF Sloan wrote the singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb for the album Words & Music by 1970.

Singer

As a solo artist and singer of his own plays PF Sloan became particularly prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During this time he published the albums Songs of Our Times (1965 ), Twelve More Times (1966 ), Measure of Pleasure (1968) and Raised On Records (1972). After a long break published the albums Songs of Other Times (1988) and Serenade of the Seven Sisters (1994, only available in Japan ). Produced by Jon Scopes album Sail Over from 2006 offers a mix of old and new songs. Besides Jon and Sally scopes were, inter alia, to Sail Over following guest musicians involved: Frank Black, Buddy Miller, Lucinda Williams, Felix Cavaliere, Tom Petersson and Gary Tallent.