The Grass Roots

The Grass Roots were a commercially successful American pop rock band in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The band got its start in 1965 when Dunhill Records asked two of its songwriters, P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, to write so

The Grass Roots were a commercially successful American pop rock band in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The band got its start in 1965 when Dunhill Records asked two of its songwriters, P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, to write some material to give the label an opportunity to compete with Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Turtles and others in the newly-popular folk-rock genre. A demo single by the thus-far non-existent "Grass Roots" (with vocals by Barri) proved to be popular on Los Angeles radio. As a result, Dunhill hired a band (fronted by Bill Fulton) to record a complete album as "The Grass Roots" and sent them on tour. Their 1966 single "Where Were You When I Needed You" reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, but the band was unhappy with their contract arrangements and the entire band quit before a second album could be recorded.