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THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
St.Thomas, Virgin Icelands, USA
* 1965	+ 1972

Line-Up:

Michelle Phillips-Gilliam - voc
Cassandra Elliot - voc
John Phillips - voc,g
Denny Doherty - voc,g

Former Members:

Jill Gibson (voc, 7-8/1966)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (in the UK "The Mama's And The Papa's", 10.6.1966, RCA) produced by: Lou Adler	2/1966	Dunhill		3	1
2.	The Mamas And The Papas (in the UK "Cass, John, Michelle And Denny", 1/1967, RCA) produced by: Lou Adler	9/1966	Dunhill		24	4
3.	Deliver produced by: Lou Adler	3/1967	Dunhill		4	2
4.	Book Of Songs	1967
5.	Farewell To The First Golden Era	10/1967	Dunhill			5
6.	... Presenting The Papas And The Mamas	5/1968	Dunhill			15
7.	Golden Era, Vol. 2	9/1968	Dunhill			53
8.	Hits Of Gold	4/1969	Stateside		7
9.	16 Of Their Greatest Hits	9/1969	Dunhill			61
10.	A Gathering Of Flowers	10/1970	Dunhill
11.	Monterey International Pop Festival	1971	Dunhill
12.	People Like Us	10/1971	Dunhill			84
13.	20 Golden Hits (2LP)	2/1973	Dunhill
14.	Monday Monday	1/1974	M.F.P.
15.	Biggest Hits	1974
16.	California Dreaming	9/1974	M.F.P.
17.	The ABC Collection: Greatest Hits	1976	MCA
18.	The Best Of The Mamas And The Papas	6/1977	Arcade		6
19.	Golden Greats	7/1985	MCA
20.	The Collection (2LP)	1987	Castle
21.	The Very Best Of The Mamas & The Papas	3/1988	Platinum
22.	Elliot, Phillips, Gilliam, Doherty (2LP)	6/1988	Connoisseur
23.	The Mamas & The Papas	7/1989	Object
24.	Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & Papas (2CD)	5/1991	MCA
25.	Daydream	1992
26.	The EP Collection	6/1992	See For Miles
27.	All Time Greatest Hits	11/1993	Double Platinum
28.	Greatest Hits Live	7/1994	Success
29.	California Dreamin' - The Very Best Of The Mamas & The Papas	12/1994	Telstar TV		14
30.	Magic Circle	09.03.1999
31.	The Best Of The Mamas And The Papas 20th Century Masters	23.03.1999	MCA
32.	All the Leaves Are Brown: The Golden Era Collection	28.08.2001	Chronicles
33.	Live at the Savoy 1982, Sold Out	23.09.2003	Rykodisc
34.	Gold: Greatest Hits	20.07.2004	Universal International
35.	Anthology	11.01.2005	Universal International
36.	California Dreamin' - The Best Of Mamas And The Papas	8/2006			21
37.	Colour Collection	10.04.2007	UMVD
38.	Originals	25.03.2008	Music Brokers Arg
39.	Best of the Mamas & The Papas: Green Series	29.04.2008	Universal
40.	Icon	24.05.2011	MCA
41.	If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears	25.10.2011	Sundazed
42.	Universal Masters Collection	26.06.2012	Universal
43.	Essential	06.05.2014
44.	Lo Mejor de the Mamas & the Papas	02.09.2014	Universal
45.	The Complete Singles: 50th Anniversary Collection	08.01.2016	Razor & Tie

John Phillips:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Wolfking Of L.A.	5/1970	Dunhill
2.	Pay, Pack And Follow	10.04.2001	Eagle/BMG
3.	Phillips 66	21.08.2001	Eagle
4.	Jack of Diamonds	10.07.2007	Varese Sarabande
5.	Pussycat	09.09.2008	Varese Fontana
6.	Andy Warhol Presents Man on the Moon: The John Phillips Space Musical	21.07.2009	Varese Fontana
7.	Many Mamas, Many Papas	06.07.2010	Varese Fontana
8.	The Man Who Fell to Earth & Stomu Yamash'ta	09.09.2016	Universal

Denny Doherty:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	What'cha Gonna Do	1971	Dunhill
2.	Waiting For A Song	1973	Ember

Michelle Phillips:

1. Victim Of Romance

Cassandra Elliot:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Cass Elliot	1968	RCA
2.	Dream A Little Dream credited to: Mama Cass	10/1968	Dunhill			87
3.	Bubble Gum, Lemonade & Something For Mama credited to: Mama Cass	6/1969	Dunhill			91
4.	Make Your Own Music	1970
5.	Mama's Big Ones credited to: Mama Cass Elliot	3/1971	Dunhill
6.	Dave Mason & Cass Elliot & Dave Mason	3/1971	Blue Thumb			49
7.	Mama Cass	1/1972	RCA
8.	The Road Is No Place For A Lady	1973	RCA
9.	Don't Call Me Mama Anymore	10/1973	RCA
10.	Dedicated To The One I Love credited to: Mama Cass	28.05.2002	Empire Spectrum
11.	Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Music Of Cass Elliott credited to: Mama Cass Elliot	10.05.2005	Universal International
12.	The Complete Cass Elliot Solo Collection 1968-1971	27.03.2007	Geffen

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	California Dreamin' / Somebody Groovy	12/1965	Dunhill	23	4
2.	Monday, Monday / Got A Feelin'	3/1966	Dunhill	3	1
3.	I Saw Her Again / Even If I Could	6/1966	Dunhill	11	5
4.	If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears EP	1966	Stateside
5.	Look Through My Window / Once There Was A Time I Thought	28.10.1966	Dunhill		24
6.	Words Of Love / Dancing In The Street	11/1966	Dunhill	47	5
7.	Dedicated To The One I Love / Free Advice	2/1967	Dunhill	2	2
8.	Creeque Alley / No Salt In Her Tail	4/1967	Dunhill		5
9.	Creeque Alley / Did You Ever Want To Cry	7/1967	RCA	9
10.	12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) / Straight Shooter	8/1967	Dunhill		20
11.	Glad To Be Unhappy / Hey Girl	10/1967	Dunhill		26
12.	Dancing Bear / John's Music Box	12/1967	Dunhill		51
13.	Safe In My Garden / Too Late	5/1968	Dunhill		53
14.	Dream A Little Dream Of Me (live) / Midnight Voyage & Mama Cass	6/1968	Dunhill	11	12
15.	For The Love Of Ivy / Strange Young Girls	8/1968	Dunhill		81
16.	Do You Wanna Dance / My Girl	11/1968	Dunhill		76
17.	You Baby / My Girl (v GB)	2/1969	Stateside
18.	Go Where You Wanna Go / No Salt On Her Tail (v GB)	9/1970	Stateside
19.	Step Out / Shooting Star	1/1972	Dunhill		81
20.	Shooting Star / No Dough (v GB)	2/1972	Probe
21.	California Dreamin' / Dedicated To The One I Love	6/1972	Probe
22.	People Like Us EP	1972	MCA
23.	Monday, Monday / Creeque Alley	14.09.1973	Probe
24.	Monday, Monday / Creeque Alley (reissue)	27.08.1976	ABC
25.	Monday Monday / California Dreamin' / Creeque Alley / I Saw Her Again	6/1980	MCA
26.	Dedicated To The One I Love / Creeque Alley	7/1982	Old Gold
27.	California Dreamin' / Monday Monday	7/1982	Old Gold
28.	California Dreamin'	7/1997	MCA	12
29.	California Dreamin'	20.11.2010	MCA

Cassandra Elliot:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Dream A Little Dream Of Me (live) / Midnight Voyage with the Mamas and the Papas) (Mama Cass)	6/1968	Dunhill	11	12
2.	California Earthquake / Talkin' To Your Toothbrush (Mama Cass))	10/1968	Dunhill		67
3.	Move In A Little Bit Closer / All For Me (Mama Cass))	2/1969	Dunhill		58
4.	Move In A Little Bit Closer / I Can Dream, Can't I credited to: Mama Cass (v GB)	3/1969	RCA
5.	It's Getting Better / Who's To Blame (Mama Cass))	5/1969	Dunhill	8	30
6.	Make Your Own Kind Of Music / Lady Love (Mama Cass))	10/1969	Dunhill		36
7.	New World Coming / Blow Me A Kiss (Mama Cass Elliot))	1/1970	Dunhill		42
8.	The Good Times Are Coming (Mama Cass Elliot))	10/1970	Dunhill		104
9.	Something To Make You Happy / Next To You & Dave Mason	15.01.1971	Probe
10.	A Song That Never Comes / I Can Dream, Can't I (Mama Cass Elliot))	7/1970	Dunhill		99
11.	Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By (Mama Cass Elliot))	12/1970	Dunhill		110
12.	Maybe I'm Yours / Cherries Jubilee	08.04.1972	RCA
13.	That Song / When It Doesn't Work Out	1972	RCA
14.	Disney Girls (1957) / Break Another Heart	1972	RCA
15.	It's Getting Better credited to: Mama Cass	12.01.1973	Probe
16.	Does Anybody Love You / The Road Is No Place For A Lady	1973	RCA
17.	Listen To The World / I Think A Lot About You	1973	RCA
18.	If You're Gonna Break Another Heart / Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (v GB)	7/1974	RCA
19.	It's Getting Better / Dream A Little Dream Of Me credited to: Mama Cass	6/1988	Old Gold
20.	Dream A Little Dream Of Me credited to: Mama Cass	4/1992

Denny Doherty:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Simone	07.02.1975	Ember

Michelle Phillips:

1. Victim Of Romance (17.2.78, A&M)

John Phillips:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Mississippi / April Anne	4/1970	Dunhill		32
2.	Revolution On Vacation / Cup Of Tea	1975	Columbia

Movies:

1. Dillinger & Valentino (1970, starring Michelle Phillips)

Bibliography:

Jiří Černý: Hvězdy tehdejších hitparád, 1989
John Phillips: Papa John: An Autobiography of John Phillips, 1986
Michelle Phillips-Gilliam: California Dreamin': The True Story of the Mamas and Papas, 1986

Awards:

1966 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance Vocal Or Instrumental ("Monday, Monday")
1998 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
2000 Vocal Group Hall Of Fame
2001 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("California Dreamin'")
2008 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Monday, Monday", 1966)

Various:

disbanded 7/1968
reunited 4/1971

since 1986 gamejí line-up John Phillips, MacKenzie Phillips, Spanky McFarlane, Scott McKenzie

appeared on the LP:

Barry McGuire: This Precious Time (1965, Dunhill)

John Phillips:

http://www.papajohnphillips.com

31.7.1980 - sentenced to 5 years for possession of cocaine, released after 30 days

Compilation Appearances:

"Holland Tunnel" on OST "The Squid And The Whale" (18.10.05, Ultra)

produced by LP:

Genevieve Waite: Romance Is on the Rise (1974)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	7		52	Tajný svatý
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	6		31	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1976	35	28.08.1976	3	New Singles	single review
1977	33	13.08.1977	20	Albums - Short Takes	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1966	0	13.05.1966	9	New to the Charts
1966	0	20.05.1966	10	Interview	interview
1966	0	27.05.1966	8	Interview	interview
1966	0	10.06.1966	2	Recenze LP	album review
1966	0	08.07.1966	9	America Calling
1966	0	29.07.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	29.07.1966	10
1966	0	19.08.1966	8	America Calling
1976	0	25.12.1976	22	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	5	18.03.1993	29	Recenze	album review
1995	4	28.02.1995	6	Galerie