“Dancing In The Street” is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter. In 1966, the folk rock group, The Mamas & The Papas, recorded a cover version of the song “Dancing in the Street,” which was taken from their second studio album The Mamas and the Papas. Cass Elliot sang […]
The Mamas & The Papas is the second studio album by The Mamas & The Papas, released on August 30, 1966. The album peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and number 24 in the UK. The lead off single, “I Saw Her Again”, reached number 5 on the US Billboard […]
“Words Of Love” is a song by The Mamas & The Papas from their second studio album of the same name. The song was written by John Phillips, and featured Cass Elliot as the primary vocalist. It was released as a single in November 1966 (backed with a cover of Martha and the Vandellas’s “Dancing […]
Deliver is the third studio album by the American folk rock vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, released in 1967. It charted at #2 in Billboard’s “Top Pop” albums for 1967. Three of the album’s singles ranked in the “Pop Singles” chart: “Dedicated to the One I Love” at #2, “Creeque Alley” at #5 […]
“Dedicated to the One I Love” is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass which was a hit for the “5” Royales, the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas. Pauling was the guitarist of The “5” Royales, the group that recorded the original version of the song, produced by Bass, in 1957. […]
“Creeque Alley” is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and composed by John Phillips, in 1967, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album Deliver, it peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard […]
“Look Through My Window” is a song recorded by the American vocal group The Mamas & the Papas. Written by John Philips, c. 1964 during a temporary separation from his partner, Michelle Phillips. The song was inspired by the fact that although John thought Michelle was out in California, she in fact was just blocks […]
People Like Us is the fifth and final studio album released by The Mamas & the Papas, in November 1971 (three years after the group originally split). This album came to be because the former members of the group were still under contract with Dunhill Records. The group had originally been signed to the label […]
Step Out is the only single from The Mamas & Papas album People Like Us that hit the charts and peaked at #81. Musicians Musicians in the tags above are confirmed. For more information click on the album. Produced By John E Phillips Songwiters John E Phillips Charts US:#81UK: –