With harmonies as warm and soothing as the sunshine they longed for in “ California Dreamin’,” The Mamas & the Papas became the darlings of the folk-rock music scene in the mid 60s. As Paul ...

The Mamas & The Papas. GAB Archive/Redferns Nobody liked that but none of us could come up with anything better, and Cass is just flipping through the channels and this talk show comes [on with ...

1 A lucky streak at a craps table saved the band from being stranded in the Bahamas While the Mamas & the Papas were stuck in the Bahamas and couldn’t afford a flight back to the United States ...

The Mamas & the Papas singer, 81, was photographed running errands on Wednesday, June 11. Phillips stopped at a local gas station to fill up her tank. She also made a stop at the kiosk, where she ...

They had one of the most singular sounds of the sixties and seventies and when it came time to name their group,The Mamas & the Papas did it their own way. In her new memoir, My Mama, Cass ...

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) ...

The Mamas and the Papas broke up in 1968 due to infighting after recording their fourth album “The Papas & the Mamas.” They broke up over attending a Beatles concert at The Hollywood Bowl.

Following the Mamas & the Papas’ split, Michelle got her big break in The Last Movie, which was helmed by Dennis Hopper. After production wrapped in 1970, she and Hopper tied the knot.

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 released “California Dreamin’” as a single in December 1965. It also was included on their 1966 debut album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.

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’).