J.P. Sloane

J.P. Sloane was born on September 6, 1942 in the USA. As it happened his birthday also fell on the same day as the WWII famous Flying Tigers General, Claire Chennault (September 6, 1893 - July 27, 1958). Because of the close relationship between Sloane's parents (his father, Jimmie Jackson wrote the Tiger's "Fight Song," and his mother, Anita Coleman, was the original "Sweetheart of the Flying Tigers), he was made the "Mascot of the Flying Tigers" when he was born. J.P. Sloane began singing at age three on his father's Hollywood, Warner Brothers radio show, and later at age four was on his father's KGIL radio show, "Rhythm Ranch." When J.P. Sloane was age five he was a guest on, Art Linkletter's "Kids Say the Direst Things," (NBC). Beginning in 1947, Sloane was a "Meglin Kiddie" and also began a five-year run on his parent's television show, "Memory Lane." At eight years old young Sloane was under contract to Universal International Studios playing the part of Billy Kettle the youngest son in the classic comedy movie series, "Ma & Pa Kettle." By the time Sloane was nine years old, he had appeared on the cover of five internationally distributed magazines that sold over a million copies each. He is known for his work on Memory Lane (1947), An Evening at the Inn (1962) The PTL Club and The 700 Club (2003), It Came upon the Midnight Clear (1985), Praise the Lord (2000-2016) and Children of the Street (2013).