It was a long, hard climb to the top and a quick slide to the bottom for the Mamas and the Papas, according to this slick and revealing but rather joyless new entry in the burgeoning "VH1 musical" ...

Sending out Happy Birthday wishes to Michelle Phillips, the last surviving original members of The Mamas & the Papas. Mama Michelle turned the big 8-0 on Tuesday, June 4. Born Holly Michelle Gilliam, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Writing a hit record is like catching lightning in a bottle, and sometimes, you don’t know that you caught it until after the fact. Such was the case for The Mamas & The Papas in 1966, who spent hours ...

In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliott-Kugell shares the origin behind the "California Dreamin'" band and her mother's nickname Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

One fun fact you'll learn at "Dream a Little Dream" is that Mama Cass Elliot's favorite piece of music was the theme from "Peyton Place." Which makes sense when you consider what a tangled soap-opera ...