Here's How the Mamas & the Papas Got Their Unique Name and Cass Elliot Got Her Moniker (Exclusive) In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliott-Kugell shares the origin behind the "California ...

Rare video of the Mamas & the Papas performing 'Dedicated To The One I Love' has premiered on the Ed Sullivan YouTube channel ...

Here's How the Mamas & the Papas Got Their Unique Name and Cass Elliot Got Her Moniker (Exclusive) Lizz Schumer. Tue, April 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM UTC. 1 min read.

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 was comprised of principal songwriter John Phillips on vocals and guitar, Michelle on vocals, Denny Doherty as the lead tenor, and contralto Cass Elliot.

Denny Doherty, whose alluring tenor was a cornerstone of the Mamas and the Papas' "sunshine pop" sound, died Friday in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, after a short illness. He was 66.

Michelle Phillips is still California dreamin’.. The Mamas & the Papas singer made a rare public appearance in Los Angeles June 11 as she stopped at a local gas station to refuel her Mercedes ...

Folk rock group The Mamas and the Papas were very popular in their time during the late 1960s. They had several hits like “California Dreamin’”, “Monday, Monday” and “Creeque Alley”.

While the Mamas & the Papas were stuck in the Bahamas and couldn’t afford a flight back to the United States, Michelle stepped up. She won 17 straight craps shoots at the casino table, raking in ...

The Mamas and the Papas pose for the “Deliver” album cover in 1966. Michael Ochs Archives According to Shea, Elliot made “one last ditch effort” and proposed to Doherty.

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 ...

It’s welcome news for fans that an expertly-researched, densely detailed, and likely definitive bio arrives in the form of Scott G. Shea’s All the Leaves are Brown: How the Mamas and Papas ...