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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 performed from 1965 to 1968, skyrocketing to fame. They saw their song "Monday, Monday" reach the top of the Billboard singles chart in 1966 and earned a Grammy for it in 1967.

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’).

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).