When members John and Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty — musicians who’d all played in other bands, sometimes with each other — formed their group in the mid 60s, they named themselves ...

Michelle Phillips still has warm memories of the Mamas & the Papas. While working as a model in San Francisco, the singer/songwriter met and married John Phillips in 1962. They co-founded the ‘60s ...

"Mama" Cass Elliott had one of the most powerful voices in '60s music. But sadly, her career was cut short in 1974 when she ...

In recent years, Phillips has been lying low and enjoying the quiet life in Los Angeles. Luckily, that means she can spend ...

“California Dreamin’” is not only the signature song of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, but for Michelle Phillips, one of its writers, a manifestation of her life and musical career. Born Holly ...

In 1967, folk-rock group The Mamas & The Papas were forced to lip-sync their song "California Dreamin'" on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and rebelled by making this obvious to viewers. While the band's ...

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 they ...

Certain celebrity deaths have inspired many conspiracy theories and urban legends. To this day, people are fascinated with the tragic passings of people like Marilyn Monroe and Aaliyah. Mama Cass ...

The Mamas and the Papas were the epitome of California-based sunshine hippie pop and folk-rock, blending their voices to create two huge anthems of the ‘60s in “California Dreamin’” and “Monday, ...

L O S  A N G E L E S, March 18 -- Songwriter John Phillips, who as a member ofthe Mamas and the Papas penned "California Dreamin"' and otherhits by the 1960s pop group, died this morning. He was ...

Denny Doherty, an original member of 1960s sunshine pop group The Mamas & The Papas who sang lead on a number of the band’s hits, died of an aneurysm in his abdomen January 19th at his home in ...