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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...