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 ...

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 ...

Of all the sun-soaked grooves that were coming out of California in the ’60s, those made by The Mamas & The Papas are some of the most influential. With a mix of male and female members—John Phillips, ...

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 September 1965, the foursome met with ...

The song came along during a hot streak for the band and is one of their most enduring tracks.

The Mamas & The Papas enjoyed an incredible stretch of success in the 60s, proving that the vocal group approach still had legs in the psychedelic rock era. But theirs was a relatively brief heyday.

“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 ...

This article originally appeared in Issue 4 of Crawdaddy in July 1966. Sometimes the only way to feel better, after looking at the Top 100 charts, is to remember that they have practically nothing to ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...