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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'Eve of Destruction' became one of Barry McGuire's No. 1 hits, which radio stations banned for its lyrics alluding to the war and social unrest.

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 ...

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 ...

When my friend, the great songwriter P.F. Sloan died in December of last year, I was asked to deliver the eulogy at his funeral. Filled with grief for my absent friend and overwhelmed by both the ...

I was very sad to learn of P.F. Sloan's death from pancreatic cancer on November 15, 2015. Back in the summer of 2006, I spoke with Sloan about his first new album in more than thirty years, called ...

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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 ...