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 ...

For decades, Owen Elliot-Kugell had to put up with hearing a cruel rumor about how her mother died. "Mama" Cass Elliot, a singer in the ‘60s group The Mamas & The Papas, died after performing a series ...

Michelle Phillips is a true icon of the ’60s and beyond, best known for being a member of the Mamas & the Papas, co-writing some of their biggest hits and earning praise for what Time Magazine once ...

Revisiting the event’s memorable set list, 57 years later. By Lindsay Zoladz Tom Petty, Patrice Rushen, Billie Eilish and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Hear her extraordinary range in 10 tracks. By Lindsay ...

In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliott-Kugell shares the origin behind the "California Dreamin'" band and her mother's nickname Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked ...