The Mamas and the Papas, circa 1967. Left to right: Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot. (Photo by: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) ...

For fans old and new, the music of The Mamas & the Papas will live forever (especially now that we don’t have to rely on 8-tracks). Read on to find out more about what The Mamas & the Papas got ...

American singer-songwriter and actress Michelle Phillips, former member of The Mamas & the Papas, at Heathrow Airport, London, UK, 22nd January 1974© Dennis Stone/Daily Express/Hulton Archive ...

The Mamas & the Papas from a 1967 ABC Television program, The Songmakers.” From left: Cass Elliot (at back), Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, and John Phillips (1967).

The Mamas & the Papas called it quits in 1968, the same year Michelle gave birth to her and John's only child, Chynna Phillips (who would later become a musical star herself as part of Wilson ...

The Mamas & the Papas were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, while Cass specifically was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022 — with bandmate ...

Surprisingly, the Mamas and Papas bookshelf is thin. John and Michelle both wrote highly subjective and often at odds memoirs (Papa John and California Dreamin’).

With the Mamas and the Papas still a few years away from existing, Michelle found work as a model in the early-Sixties, Mad Men ad industry. “I was having a great time in New York City,” she says.

The Mamas & the Papas from a 1967 ABC Television program, The Songmakers.” From left: Cass Elliot (at back), Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, and John Phillips (1967).