The death of the legendary Mamas & Papas singer sent shockwaves across the world on July 29, 1974. No one was more shocked, however, than the people closest to Cass Elliot. Those who knew and loved ...

The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy. Bentley Archive/Popperfoto, via Getty Images The Mamas & ...

A half century after her tragic early death at age 32, Mama Cass Elliot remains a legendary figure in popular music. In the 1960s she rose to national and international prominence as one of the ...

The Mamas & The Papas enjoyed an incredible stretch of success in the 60s, proving that the vocal group approach still had legs in the psychedelic rock era. But theirs was a relatively brief heyday.

Folk-rockers the Mamas & the Papas — made up of John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot — provided the musical backdrop to the late 1960s with hit songs like "California ...

As a six-year-old in my parents’ New Jersey living room, an evening’s viewing of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon was often interrupted by advertisements for music compilations with titles like “Country ...