The Mamas & The Papas

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风格: #阳光流行　#民谣流行　#民谣摇滚
地区: United States of America 美国

艺人介绍

小档案

中文名爸爸妈妈乐队

外文名 The Mamas and the Papas

成立时间 1964

风格流行/摇滚/民谣

解散时间 1968,1971

主要成就获格莱美奖，入选摇滚名人堂

乐队资料

美国乡村摇滚乐队组合The Mamas & The Papas（爸爸妈妈乐队）是美国60年代著名的民谣组合（folk rock vocal group）。他们成立于1964年，持续至1968年，并短暂的在1971年复合。他们共发行五张录音室专辑和17首单曲并在世界上拥有接近四千万的销量。 1998年，他们正式入选摇滚名人堂。

乐队介绍

1964年，乐队在加州成立。当时的成员为John Phillips和妻子Michelle、Cass Elliott、Denny Doherty。1965年，乐队受雇于Dunhill唱片公司，负责给公司旗下艺人伴唱。有感於该乐队的努力工作和John Phillips超凡的作曲天赋——《California Dreamin’》 (加州之梦)，公司和他们签了约。乐队在1966年推出了单曲《California Dreaming》，在排行榜排名第4，共售出了100万张。

乐队成立稍晚于沙滩男孩组合(The Beach Boys)，虽然没有能像沙滩男孩那样大红大紫，但也有过一段灿烂的辉煌：他们的《加州之梦》(California Dreamin’)自从1966年问世以来，可以说是传唱不衰，风靡全球；看过《重庆森林》或是《阿甘正传》的人，一定记得《加州之梦》这首插曲。多亏了这首曲子，使我们在阴冷沉重的现实中，能够将梦飞翔到温暖和煦的阳光海岸……

凯丝.艾略特(Cass Elliot)虽然身材肥胖，但性格却十分豪爽；其作品热情奔放，声音高亢有力，是乐队中最受听众欢迎的成员。而《打造自己的音乐》(Make Your Own Kind Of Music)一歌则是她最受欢迎的曲目之一。

据说在凯丝初入乐队时，还发生过一些波折。乐队主唱John Philips认为她的音线不高，无法与乐队其他成员构成完美和声，所以一直不同意她的加入。后来由于一次意外事故，凯丝的头部被重物击中，造成轻微脑震荡，住了几天医院后，她居然可以唱上去了！就这样，妈妈凯丝(Mama Cass Elliot)成了新乐队的一员。二十世纪六十年代中期，妈妈爸爸在正出现的反文化潮流和广阔的流行市场间搭起了一座桥梁。在他们热情奔放、和谐美妙的音乐中，以民谣摇滚为基音，伴随着他们独特的形象和生活方式，因而非常易于被推广接受。

1964年，乐队在加州成立。当年，乐队受雇于Dunhill唱片公司，负责给公司旗下艺人伴乐队。1966年乐队推出了单曲《California Dreaming》，在排行榜排名第4，共售出了100万张。同年，《Monday,Monday》、《I Saw Her Again》都先后进入排行榜前5名。

尽管音乐在当时的西海岸反文化潮流的冲击下变得十分抽象，但妈妈爸爸却将大众流行化和严肃音乐的内涵在他们的作品中巧妙地结合起来。1965年十一月，乐队发表专辑《If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears》。其中单曲Monday,Monday成为了乐队唯一的一首全美冠军单曲，并在英国排名第三，西班牙排名第一。

1967年，乐队因在《Monday,Monday》中的出色演绎获得了当年葛莱美最佳创作、年度最佳流行乐队两个奖项，并获得了Best Performance by a Vocal Group, Best Contemporary Song, Record of the Year三项提名。6月，乐队参加了西海岸举办的蒙特利流行音乐节。

2001年3月18日上午，美国民歌手约翰．菲力普斯（John Phillips）因心力衰竭死于洛杉矶，享年65岁。主唱Denny Doherty于2007年1月20 号去世。

主要作品

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears（1966）专辑

Deliver（1967）专辑

16 of their Greatest Hits（1970）精选集

The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas（1991）精选集

Beautiful Thing (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)（1996）原声带

Greatest Hits（1998）精选集

All The Leaves Are Brown(The Golden Era Collection )（2001）精选集

Colour Collection（2007）专辑

Classic（2012）专辑

The Mamas & the Papas were an American folk rock vocal group that recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968, reuniting briefly in 1971. They released five studio albums and seventeen singles, six of which made the top ten, and sold close to 40 million records worldwide.The group was composed of John Phillips (1935–2001), Denny Doherty (1940–2007), Cass Elliot (1941–1974), and Michelle Phillips née Gilliam (b. 1944). Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips,the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early sixties.

The group was formed by husband and wife John and Michelle Phillips, formerly of The New Journeymen, and Denny Doherty, formerly of The Mugwumps. Both of these earlier acts were folk groups active from 1964 to 1965. The last member to join was Cass Elliot, Doherty's bandmate in The Mugwumps, who had to overcome John Phillips' concern that her voice was too low for his arrangements, that her physical appearance would be an obstacle to the band's success, and that her temperament was incompatible with his.The group considered calling itself The Magic Circle before switching to The Mamas and the Papas, apparently inspired by the Hells Angels, whose female associates were called "mamas".

The quartet spent the period from early spring to midsummer 1965 in the Virgin Islands "to rehearse and just put everything together", as John Phillips later recalled.Phillips acknowledged that he was reluctant to abandon folk music.Others have said he hung on to it "like death". Roger McGuinn's more measured view is that "It was hard for John to break out of folk music, because I think he was real good at it, conservative, and successful, too."Phillips also acknowledged that it was Doherty and Elliot who awakened him to the potential of contemporary pop, as epitomized by the Beatles – the New Journeymen had played acoustic folk, with banjo; The Mugwumps played something closer to folk rock, with bass and drums. Their rehearsals in the Virgin Islands were "the first time that we tried playing electric".

The band then traveled from New York to Los Angeles for an audition with Lou Adler, co-owner of Dunhill Records. The audition was arranged by Barry McGuire, who had befriended Cass Elliot and John Phillips independently over the previous two years, and who had recently signed with Dunhill himself. It led to "a deal in which they would record two albums a year for the next five years", with a royalty of 5 percent on 90 percent of retail sales.Dunhill also tied the band to management and publishing deals, commonly known as a "triple hat" relationship.Cass Elliot's membership was not formalized until the paperwork was signed, with Adler, Michelle Phillips, and Doherty overruling John Phillips.

The Mamas and the Papas made their inaugural recording singing backing vocals on McGuire's album ‘This Precious Time’, although they had already released a single of their own by the time the album appeared in December 1965.The quartet's debut album, ‘If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears’, followed in February 1966 and became its only number-one on the ‘Billboard’ 200.

Their second album, The Mamas & the Papas, is sometimes referred to as Cass, John, Michelle, Dennie, whose names appear thus above the band's name on the cover, including the unexplained misspelling of Doherty's first name. Recording was reportedly interrupted when Michelle Phillips became indiscreet about her affair with Gene Clark of The Byrds.A liaison the previous year between Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty had been forgiven by her husband John; Doherty and John Phillips had reconciled and written "I Saw Her Again" about the episode. They later disagreed about how much Doherty contributed to the song. But after Michelle's affair with Clark, Phillips was determined to fire her.After consulting their attorney and record label, he, Elliot, and Doherty served Michelle Phillips with a letter expelling her from the group on June 28, 1966.It remains unclear whose vocals appear on The Mamas and the Papas as released on August 30, 1966. The band started work immediately on its third album, ‘The Mamas & The Papas Deliver’, which was recorded in the autumn of 1966.

The strain on the group was apparent when they performed indifferently at the first Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967, as can be heard on ‘Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival’ (1970).

The success of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" confirmed Elliot's desire to embark on a solo career, and by the end of 1968 it appeared that the band had split. Elliot (billed as Mama Cass) had released her solo debut ‘Dream a Little Dream’ in 1968, Phillips released ‘John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.)’ in 1970, and Denny Doherty followed with ‘Watcha Gonna Do?’ in 1971.

The Mamas and the Papas' last album of new material, ‘People Like Us’, was released in November 1971. The only single, "Step Out" (January 1972), reached number eighty-one in the US. The album peaked at number eighty-four on the ‘Billboard’ 200, making it the only Mamas and Papas LP not to reach the top twenty in the US. Neither single nor album charted in the UK. Contractual obligations fulfilled, the band's split was now final.

The New Mamas and the Papas

The New Mamas and the Papas were a by-product of John Phillips' desire to "round out the picture of reform" as he awaited sentencing on narcotics charges in 1980. He invited his children Jeffrey and Mackenzie, both living in Los Angeles, and Denny Doherty, who was living in Canada, to join him at the Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, where he was undergoing rehabilitation. The children arrived around Thanksgiving and Doherty around Christmas. The idea of reviving the group was born at this time, with Phillips and Doherty in their original roles, Mackenzie Phillips taking Michelle Phillips' part and Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang taking the part of Cass Elliot. Little progress was made until after Phillips had been sentenced and served his time in jail. The quartet began rehearsing in earnest and recording demos in the summer of 1981. Their first performances were in March 1982, when they were praised for their "verve and expertise", the "impressive precision" of the harmonies, and the "feeling ... of genuine celebration" on stage.

The group toured the United States, including residencies in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but lost $150,000 in their first eighteen months. Phillips called a halt in August 1983 and the New Mamas and the Papas did not perform again until February 1985.They then resumed touring, with concerts in Europe, East Asia, and South America, as well as in Canada and the United States; at their height, they were playing up to 280 nights a year.John Phillips stayed off heroin, but remained addicted to alcohol, cocaine, and pills, as did his daughter. This affected the group's performance, as they were occasionally booed off stage.

Doherty quit in 1987 and was replaced by Scott McKenzie (1939–2012). In 1991, Mackenzie Phillips was replaced by Laurie Beebe Lewis, a former vocalist with the Buckinghams who had earlier (1986-1987) temped with the band when Mackenzie Phillips was pregnant. John Phillips dropped out after a liver transplant in 1992 and Doherty returned. Lewis and McFarlane left in 1993, to be replaced by Lisa Brescia and Deb Lyons. The band continued to perform with varying line-ups, including Barry McGuire (1997-1998) and the recovering Phillips, until 1998, by which time, according to one critic, "the jingle singers who sang those fabulous Cass, Michelle, John, and Denny parts were an aural cartoon".In 1998 the lineup was Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Chrissy Faith, David Baker and Janelle Sadler. After Phillips and McKenzie retired permanently from touring, another singer, Mark Williamson, was brought in.

Phillips wanted the New Mamas and the Papas to make an album, "but I just couldn't bring myself to commit to it".Varèse Sarabande released the 1981 demos with other material as ‘Many Mamas, Many Papas’ in 2010. Beyond that, the band is represented on record only by live albums of uncertain provenance, including ‘The Mamas and the Papas Reunion Live’ (1987) featuring the Phillips-Doherty-Phillips-McFarlane line-up and released by Teichiku in Japan; and ‘Dreamin' Live’ (2005) on a label called Legacy (not the Columbia-Sony imprint), which features John and Mackenzie Phillips, Spanky McFarlane, and (probably) Scott McKenzie.

Later recognition

In 1986, John and Michelle Phillips were featured in the music video for The Beach Boys' second recording of "California Dreamin'", which appeared on the album Made in U.S.A. Denny Doherty was unavailable. The Mamas and the Papas' own version of "California Dreamin'" was reissued in the UK and peaked at number nine in 1997. The song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2001.

The Mamas and the Papas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2009. Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, as "The Mamas", were ranked number twenty-one on the VH1 network's list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock.

In a review by Matthew Greenwald, he stated, "One of the best anthologies of the Mamas & the Papas, A Gathering of Flowers was put together immediately after the group's demise, and gives the listener an excellent overview of one of the most revolutionary and appealing groups to emerge from the folk-rock era. Although it may seem slim at first, with only 20 tracks spread out over two LPs, there is much more to be found. In between most cuts there are not only rehearsals and outtakes, but also interview snippets from John Phillips and Cass Elliot. These interviews create an aural documentary of the group in between great cuts like "California Dreamin'," "Monday, Monday," "I Saw Her Again," and others. Excellent liner notes by Andy Wickham and a generous collection of rare photos top this collection off in grand style." This anthology was never produced on CD but was available on vinyl and cassette tape for many years. Some companies are offering a CDR ripped version of this engaging look into the history of the Mamas & the Papas, normally including the source material to preserve copyrights.

The band finally received a box set when the four-CD ‘Complete Anthology’ was released in the UK in September 2004 and in the US in January 2005. It contains the five studio albums, the live album from Monterey, selections from their solo work, and rarities including their first sessions with Barry McGuire, all in "uniformly excellent" sound The BBC called it "a treasure chest of pop gold".

In addition to the three documentaries (‘Straight Shooter’, ‘California Dreamin', and ‘Here I Am’), Doherty's musical, and the memoirs by John, Michelle, and Mackenzie Phillips, the group is the subject of Doug Hall's ‘The Mamas and the Papas: California Dreamin' (2000) and ‘Matthew Greenwald's Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of the Mamas and the Papas’ (2002).Cass Elliot is the subject of Jon Johnson's Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Career Retrospective of Cass Elliot (1987) and Eddi Fiegel's ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of Mama Cass Elliot’ (2005).John Phillips' estate has authorized Chris Campion to write a biography of the group's leader, provisionally called Wolfking.

Fox acquired the rights to make a film about the Mamas and the Papas in 2000. It was reported in 2007 that "The right script is in the process of being written." Peter Fitzpatrick's stage musical, ‘Flowerchildren: The Mamas and Papas Story’, was produced by Magnormos in Melbourne, Australia, in 2011 and revived in 2013.

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