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 ...
"Dream A Little Dream Of Me" gave The Mamas & The Papas one last hurrah. And it gave Cass Elliot a solo springboard.
Michelle Phillips still has warm memories of the Mamas & the Papas. While working as a model in San Francisco, the singer/songwriter met and married John Phillips in 1962. They co-founded the ‘60s ...
LOS ANGELES -- John Phillips, singer-songwriter for The Mamas and The Papas, died at a Los Angeles hospital this morning. He was 65. Phillips died of heart failure, said Harvey Goldberg, his producer ...
John Phillips, 65, a founding member and lead songwriter for the 1960s pop group the Mamas and the Papas, died March 18 in a hospital in Los Angeles after a heart attack. Mr. Phillips, his then-wife ...
With their catchy songs and gorgeous harmonies, the Mamas & the Papas were one of the most beloved bands of the '60s. In the '60s, Phillips was a hippie girl icon. Today, at 80, she's a true survivor ...
LOS ANGELES -- John Phillips, the singer-songwriter-arranger who led the Mamas and the Papas to the forefront of pop music in the mid-1960s and helped define the California sound and spirit, died ...
“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 ...
The Mamas and the Papas were the epitome of California-based sunshine hippie pop and folk-rock, blending their voices to create two huge anthems of the ‘60s in “California Dreamin’” and “Monday, ...
Nearly fifty years after “Mama” Cass Elliot’s death, the singer – who helped shape the folk rock movement of the 1960s as part of The Mamas & The Papas – received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ...
LOS ANGELES Songwriter John Phillips, who as a member of the Mamas and the Papas penned "California Dreamin"' and other hits by the 1960s pop group, died Sunday. He was 65. Phillips died of heart ...
LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter John Phillips, who penned "California Dreamin"' and other hits as co-founder of the '60s pop-folk quartet the Mamas and the Papas, has died of heart failure. He was 65.