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 ...

Singer had moved from Dunhill to RCA, shed the “Mama,” and recorded two albums her way prior to her 1974 death. Daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell oversaw CD debuts. DVD release of 1969 TV Special also ...