The Mamas & The Papas were a popular American folk-rock group in the 1960s, known for their smooth harmonies and hits like California Dreamin’ and Monday, Monday. They sold millions of records, won a ...

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 ...

"Dream A Little Dream Of Me" gave The Mamas & The Papas one last hurrah. And it gave Cass Elliot a solo springboard.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Death and even “Destruction” were reasons for celebration rather than commiseration Tuesday night at the Roxy, the scene of a musically and emotionally powerful rock ‘n’ roll wake for the Mamas and ...

Andy Partridge is a founding member of the band XTC. He contributed two songs to The Monkees’ 2016 album Good Times!: “You Bring the Summer” and “Love’s What I Want.” The former was a single while the ...

Despite Mackenzie Phillips’ disturbing revelations Wednesday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that her late father John Phillips initiated a drug-fueled, incestuous relationship with her when she was 19, ...

I hate the Oscar column. You hate the Oscar column. Everybody hates the Oscar column. But it’s tradition. Last year I didn’t write it, and I got hundreds of letters protesting its absence. Here’s a ...