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When members John and Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty — musicians who’d all played in other bands, sometimes with each other — formed their group in the mid 60s, they named themselves ...

Of all the sun-soaked grooves that were coming out of California in the ’60s, those made by The Mamas & The Papas are some of the most influential. With a mix of male and female members—John Phillips, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mamas and the Papas (L-R) Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips and John Phillips (Getty Images) Michelle Phillips, the ...

The Mamas & The Papas enjoyed an incredible stretch of success in the 60s, proving that the vocal group approach still had legs in the psychedelic rock era. But theirs was a relatively brief heyday.

“California Dreamin’” is not only the signature song of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, but for Michelle Phillips, one of its writers, a manifestation of her life and musical career. Born Holly ...

Known both as a solo artist and a member of the Mamas & the Papas, Cass and her 1969 song "Make Your Own Kind of Music" are the center of TikTok's latest viral trend TikTok has introduced another ...

The song came along during a hot streak for the band and is one of their most enduring tracks.

This article originally appeared in Issue 4 of Crawdaddy in July 1966. Sometimes the only way to feel better, after looking at the Top 100 charts, is to remember that they have practically nothing to ...

Decades ago the place to be for concerts in St. Louis was the old Kiel Auditorium. Just about every musician and band that came through town played "The Kiel." Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley graced the ...

Denny Doherty, an original member of 1960s sunshine pop group The Mamas & The Papas who sang lead on a number of the band’s hits, died of an aneurysm in his abdomen January 19th at his home in ...