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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 ...
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 at 66. His sister ...
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 ...
The Mamas and the Papas, sunshine pop purveyors of the '60s, finally get a definitive biography of their short but wild ride on the charts.
“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 ...
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 ...
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, 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.
“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 ...
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 ...