#mamas and the papas

[imgonnasayitnow]

don’t call her “mama” anymore 🌻

(paid tribute to our queen Cass Elliot at a variety show last night, hoping I did her justice)

📸: Blaire Alex Angel

[jt1674]

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Cass Elliot photographed by Jim Marshall (1967)🌵🪷🌵

Via @eternalcass on Instagram🪷

[ryan-likes-music]

Me cleaning albumscore

[oldshowbiz]

[rolloroberson]

Cass Elliott - Dream A Little Dream

[l00ver]

Cass Elliot you will always be famous

[mydaroga]

Cleaning and organizing some new-to-me LPs today and adding my new finds to discogs, I learned that this reissue rectified the offensive presence of a toilet on the original cover by cleverly adding a scroll informing us of the inclusion of "California Dreamin'."

I will let you Google the original if you so desire, I couldn't possibly violate cultural norms and include it here.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Michelle Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) by Guy Webster

[yestergaze]

Fifty years ago, today on July 29, 1974, the great singer Cass Elliot died at the age of 32. She shot to fame with the group The Mamas and the Papas in the 1960s before going solo.

[imgonnasayitnow]

since people seemed to enjoy my Cass outfit, I thought I’d share my performance of Words of Love.

I know I could never have a voice like hers but it was great having a fraction of her confidence and swag for one night.

[jt1674]

[majortom84]

Que Dios los acompañe y los cuide, que el universo les de la fuerza y sabiduría para enfrentar este día, un abrazo a la distancia amados 251 seguidores.

[ludmilachaibemachado]

The Mamas and The Papas photographed by Guy Webster for their album "Deliver"🌸🌼🌺

Via @eternalcass on Instagram🍀

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

63. Words of Love by The Mamas and The Papas debuted Dec 66 and peaked at number five, scoring 917 points.

Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot were The Mamas, and Denny Doherty and John Phillips were The Papas. Lead vocals were mostly by Cass and Denny.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Scott McKenzie, the singer-songwriter best known for his association with John Phillips and the 1967 Summer of Love anthem “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),” the sonic tract that called 1000s of young people to California.

Phillips (who played on the track with The Wrecking Crew) wrote the song to appease authorities concerned that hippies would overrun the Bay Area for the Monterey Pop Festival. Peace and love prevailed. The song has been used in several films and was a theme for the Prague Spring Czech uprising in 1968. That same year, McKenzie’s next Top 40 hit “Like an Old Time Movie” (also written and played by Phillips) segued with McKenzie writing “What About Me” for Anne Murray (her first hit single).

Like many artists circa 1960, McKenzie morphed out of doo-wop and became a folkie, joining the New York folk scene that beget The Mamas & The Papas. Phillips initially invited McKenzie to join that group but he declined, saying he didn’t want “the pressure.” Years later McKenzie joined a road version of The Mamas & The Papas in 1986. Concurrently, the Phillips-McKenzie team joined Mike Love and Terry Melcher to create the huge Beach Boys hit “Kokomo.”

The evergreen “San Francisco” remains McKenzie’s best-known work (he passed from Guillain-Barre syndrome in 2010). Periodically I dabbled with the song, dirty demo-ing a grunge-y Iggy Pop-like update: https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/san-francisco-be-sure-to-wear-flowers-in-your-hair-demo-remastered-2020

HB and RIP Scott.

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