Genres: Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Sunshine Pop, AM Pop Active: 60's, 70's Formed: 1965 in Los Angeles, CA
The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Beatles, Kingston Trio, The Temptations, The Shirelles, Carole King, Jan & Dean, Bob Dylan, The Drifters, Dion, The Four Freshmen, The Hi-Lo's The Association, The Youngbloods, Spanky & Our Gang, Simon & Garfunkel, The Lovin' Spoonful, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Grass Roots, The Turtles, The Buckinghams, The 5th Dimension, Monkees, Mama Cass, Bryndle, John Phillips, Sonny & Cher, The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, Disciple, The Beau Brummels The B-52's, Bangles, The Millennium, The Carnival, Adventures in Stereo, Sagittarius, The Tourists, River City People, The Choir Practice, Susanna Hoffs, Tilly and the Wall, The Bridges, Thee Oh Sees, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Viva Patshiva, Duplex!, She & Him, Magic Numbers |  |
The leading California-based vocal group of the '60s, the Mamas & the Papas epitomized the ethos of the mid- to late-'60s pop culture: live free, play free, and love free. Their music, built around radiant harmonies and a solid electric folk foundation, was gorgeous on its own terms, but a major part of its appeal lay in the easygoing southern California lifestyle it endorsed. The group's success was as extraordinary as it was brief, and onlookers may well wonder what went wrong with a performing group that seemed to have the world at its feet for all of two years. The irony behind the Mamas & the Papas' story is that the same forces that made it possible for them to create extraordinary music together also made it impossible for them to stay together for more than a short time.
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Release: 2009
Label: Universal Music
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Release: February 9, 2009
Label: Spectrum/MCA
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