"Where Were You When I Needed You" #28 7/30/1966

This gets a tad confusing. P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri were writer/producers at Dunhill Records and composed "Eve Of Destruction" for Barry McGuire. They were the first to record today's song in '65, calling themselves the Grass Roots. However, the label didn't want them to be in an actual road band, so a Bay Area group named the Bedouins was hired to become the Grass Roots. Two of those guys appeared on this remake, but almost the whole band quit when they weren't allowed to record original songs. P.F. and Steve hired yet another group, the LA-based 13th Floor, to then become the Grass Roots. It was that version with Rob Grill on lead vocals that had virtually all the hits. Got that? Good.

Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You