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 ...

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 ...

Ironically, given the title, "California Dreamin'" didn't take off on the West Coast. Instead, Boston helped put this track on the map.

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 ...

The death of the legendary Mamas & Papas singer sent shockwaves across the world on July 29, 1974. No one was more shocked, however, than the people closest to Cass Elliot. Those who knew and loved ...