You Baby is the title track from The Turtles second album released early in 1966 and peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1966. The song, the third hit single for The Turtles, was written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, two very popular songwriters at the time, having written Secret Agent Man for Johnny Rivers, Eve of Destruction for Barry McGuire, A Must to Avoid for Herman's Hermits, and Where Were You When I Needed You by The Grass Roots. Sloan also became a session guitarist as part of the group of L.A. session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. While working with Barry McGuire, Sloan created and played a guitar introduction as a hook to a new song by John Phillips entitled California Dreamin', and the same backing track was used for the hit version by Phillips' group The Mamas & the Papas, which led to Sloan being a regular in their recording sessions. Sloan generally played the lead guitar tracks on most of the songs he wrote, including the famous riff in Secret Agent Man.
Of course. Lotsa' memories: I grew up with the Beach Boys in Hawthorne Ca and remember the nights we would cruise Hawthorne Blvd from the A&w to the Witch Stand in Inglewood. We'f each pitch in a buck and go from hollywood to redondo all night long
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