The Mamas and the Papas—the famed folk-rock group who helped to solidify the lush Laurel Canyon sound—only lasted a few years. They were major figures in the 1960s counterculture movement, but ...

The performance – featuring the strong message about live singing – is going viral once again on social media. The Mamas & the Papas and the Drama That Unfolded For The Legendary Musicians ...

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).

Amid hit '60s singles such as "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'," the members of the Mamas and the Papas were as known for their off-stage lives and liaisons. More than 30 years later… ...

Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin"' and "Monday, Monday," died Friday at 66.

It was a long, hard climb to the top and a quick slide to the bottom for the Mamas and the Papas, according to this slick and revealing but rather joyless new entry in the burgeoning "VH1 musical ...

Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," died today (Jan. 19) at 66.