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 ...

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 ...

Michelle Phillips was a member of The Mamas & the Papas. During a 2016 interview with Goldmine, she discussed the time Cass met John. “Yeah, he woke her up in the middle of the night,” he said. “I ...

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, ...

In the 1960s, the Mamas and the Papas epitomized "sex, drugs and rock n' roll" — only to become victims of their own excess.

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 ...

The Mamas & The Papas might have personified the sunny, harmony-drenched style of the late 1960s West Coast. But they had a Boston radio station 3,000 miles away to thank for turning a rather ...

Michelle Phillips made a rare outing in Los Angeles. 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 ...