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'''The Mamas and the Papas''' was a - no, ''the'' - 1960s folk-pop band from Southern California. What made them stand out at first was that, in an age of girl groups and boy bands, they had a mixed-gender lineup: Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips, John Phillips, and Denny Doherty, backed by session musicians. Then people heard their music, and they didn't need a gimmick to stand out.
They are the [[Trope Codifier]] for '60s folk-pop. Even in the early 2020s, people still remember "
They played the Monterey Pop Festival, cementing them as one of the musical voices of the Summer of Love. John Phillips co-produced ''[[Monterey Pop]]'', the movie of the festival, setting the example of filming music festivals that would be followed at Woodstock and Altamont.
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* [[Band of Relatives]]: John and Michelle Phillips were husband and wife. The initial incarnation of its successor had John and daughter Mackenzie.
* [[Covered Up]]: The Mamas and the Papas are examples of both sides of this trope.
** Their version of "Dedicated to the One I Love" is much better known than the earlier version released by [[The Shirelles]]. Similarly, their cover of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (in which Cass Elliot did her own whistling) charted much higher than the 1931 original by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. And almost nobody remembers Barry McGuire's recording of "
** The 1980s generation thinks of [[The Beach Boys]]' cover of "
** During the revived Mamas and Papas' initial tour in the early 1980s, Mackenzie Phillips performed the them to ''[[One Day At a Time]]''.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: According to her 1968 interview in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, Cass Elliot never liked being called "Mama Cass" (especially after she became a mother), but the nickname stuck because of her association with the group.
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