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 ...

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”.

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.

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).

Jakob Dylan unveiled a bustling cover of the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 classic, “Go Where You Wanna Go,” that will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming documentary about the Laurel ...

The Mamas and the Papas’ story is full of as much drama and betrayal as, say, Fleetwood Mac’s, even if it’s a fraction as known to Gen Z. Elliot was in love with Doherty, yet perpetually ...

California Dreamin’ The band went through some major ups and downs before landing on the line-up that would become The Mamas & the Papas. Phillips and Gilliam were married in the early ’60s.

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 ...