One of The Monkees’ songs has a line about The Mamas & the Papas’ Mama Cass. The song also references The Beatles. The track was a huge hit. The Monkees took more control over their songs as the 1960s ...

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 ...

Folk rock emerged when poetic, folk-inspired storytelling met the drive of electric rock, producing songs that captured a decade’s spirit. With artists like The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, and The Mamas ...

During a 2019 interview with Keys Weekly, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love was asked if Kokomo from the song of the same name was a real place. “Kokomo was a name that originated with John Phillips of The ...

“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 ...

We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your coronavirus funk. Today's selection ...

Known both as a solo artist and a member of the Mamas & the Papas, Cass and her 1969 song "Make Your Own Kind of Music" are the center of TikTok's latest viral trend TikTok has introduced another ...

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 ...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. 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 ...

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 ...