The Mamas & The Papas "Medley: Monday, Monday, I Call Your Name & California Dreamin’" | Ed Sullivan 

I agree. She was born a star and became a superstar. ❤

Owen, Cass' daughter sounds so much like her mother when she sings. Wish we'd hear more from her.

she is one of the most beautiful singers in the 60s ❤️

She was all that you say. She was also a "Wide Load". Clear the way, she is coming through!

@@wapiti3750 you goofy asf

God bless

I still remember seeing them on this show..Cass had such a wonderful voice.

What a harmony laden group they were No one came close to The Mama's and Pappas how fortunate where we to have then in our golden era.

God bless you, how sweet… Of course, he will see Joe when the time comes

There is no marriage in heaven.☁️☁️☁️

Of course, lip syncing here made that banana eating more possible.

i noticed that - like when they start their medley you can hear Denny and those beautiful harmonies while the mic is still between his legs

This was a happy time in my life!

the lip syncing is strong in this one

It was a protest. They despised lip syncing. Reason for the banana

It's not good music is still made in we can come back in listen to the past . I'm 26 in I'm here listening to this . California dreamin is one of my favorite songs . The 60s has some of the best music ever created by humans ever , no one denies that . Good music is still being made , everything changes

They have their own wonderful songs (whether I like them or not.)

Mine too, and I will be 69 in November. Where in the world did time go? Aging is so strange. But like music, we are all eternal!!

@@rogersargent6453 And we want to be eternal with Jesus in heaven, not in the other place (shudder).

Yes, really happy times we had - you are just 4 years older. hehe

Me too

Mine also, the world was so beautiful then but so different now for our children and grandchildren 😢

Yup, she was truly special. Take it from someone who knows.

Cass had the best voice of the group an angels voice. God rest her beautiful soul.

I never knew her and yet I miss her so much😭

She looked like such a warm, caring person. I would have loved to have known her. She was so beautiful. I hope she found the Lord before her early death.

@@PapaAlec she died 10 years before I was born and yep, i feel the same.

She followed them to Tahiti to get them to let her into the group.

They didn’t know how to design Clothes for larger women back then. If they had she would’ve felt so much better about herself

Without John writing those great songs we wouldn’t have heard of them. Not a fan of John’s life choices but he wrote some great songs to showcase their talents.

THEY WERE NOTHING BEFORE CASS AND WENT BACK TO NOTHING WHEN SHE LEFT!!!!

THATS A BIT HARSH.

It doesn't get more iconic!!!

🙄

Банана!

Ha ha!!! True!!

They were rebelling against being forced to lip sync.

You should have seen what Cass ate backstage! Good golly Molly! She knocked out four chicken sandwiches with graceful ease.

@@sev6379hahah yes At 4:43 you can see John Phillips carrying on a separate conversation with Michelle.

Я из казахстана, мне 60. Слушаю и восхищаюсь. Нам в СССР только на кассетах приходилось слушать такие группы. У меломанов, по большому знакомству. Диски стоили половины заработной платы. Следили органы, как приобрел диск, откуда, у кого.

Yes, they were all breathing and talking. Then the audio track begins, and the Great Mamas & The Papas have to LIP-SYNC their own music in a controlled environment. There is NEVER a reason to LIP-SYNC anything. Musicians, Singers etc, this is their JOB, so if they cannot simply SING and PERFORM LIVE, then they need to choose different careers. Just be Studio Musicians, and never do shows such as this. I give them ZERO Credibility.

@@iknowthatsrite6009 - They are trying to sell records, not impress you or anyone else with live vocals. They succeeded by selling millions of records, being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame, and are considered one of the greatest vocal groups of the 60s. I guess your assignment of credibility means ZERO.

@@iknowthatsrite6009 There are actually very good reasons to lip sync tracks at certain times. I learned this from the guy who was in charge of running Superbowl Pregame Shows for more well over a dozen years straight. If he had not done his job well the first time, they never would have hired him again, let alone for all those years in a row.

@@dahawk8574 ELVIS PRESLEY Never Lip Sank in his performances. He sang every performance LIVE. His movies were a different story due to so many moving parts, stops and starts, and cast members fouling their lines. His concerts, guest appearances, tv spots, etc. Elvis ALWAYS Sang Live, Never Lip Syncing. This says a lot for Elvis, and his abilities as a Great Entertainer. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Who cares what year it is

@@clint81 Good point 🤘

too bad this is just the studio recording played and lipsynced live

Me too. Will be 69 in November. Thanks to an older brother who introduced their music to me at the age of 13 yrs old. Have loved their music since. Continued to follow and collect all of Cass’ work. July 29th 1974 was a sad day for the music world It lost a phenomenal person and singer. Never to be replaced. I look forward to meeting her in heaven someday. She brought a lot of joy in my life as an often confused teenager.

@@rogersargent6453 I’m so sad I wasn’t around when she was.. crazy how I miss her so much when I never even knew her!

@@PapaAlec Alec, I am so thankful that your generation has been exposed to their music too now. Music is eternal, as we all are too. Check out Janis Joplin’s story and music. Her style was very different from Cass’ but they both knew each other. She made her debut at the very first music concert, at the Monterey Pop Festival back in 1967. You tube has a clip of Janis singing Ball & Chain at the festival which was a ground breaking event. Cass is in the audience and her expression after hearing Janice was recorded is great. It is on You Tube also. Cass was a special lady who was multi talented. Lots of clips on You tube on Carol Burnett and others like Tom Jones. All worth checking out!!

@@rogersargent6453 and I’m just as thankful for the previous generations that gave us such incredible music. I’ve watched that Ball and Chain video (loved it) and I remember Cass going “wow!!” At the end. I don’t know too much about Janis so I’ll have to be sure to read up on her :) I’ve watched so many videos of Cass performing and it never gets boring, she’s so fun to watch. I’m glad there’s so much footage available to help younger people like me find her. I only wish there were more live performances of The Mamas and The Papas lol

@@PapaAlec Hey Alec! Cass and Janis were friends, but each had a totally different style of music. I loved them both! One of my all time favorite Janis song was Little Girl Blue. Check out her live performance on Tom Jones. It is such a moving rendition. That song has been sung by many artist thru the years, but none as heartfelt and emotional as Janis’. According to her sister, Little Girl Blue was Janis’ favorite to perform.

Someone once told my dad "You look like Ed Sullivan"; my dad got mad.

The Mamas and Papas were so influential and classic!! What a tragedy when they lost Cass!!

@@rainstein3680 yes very sad about the early lost of Mama Cass and then the sudden lost of Karen Carpenter. Two lovely talented women with beautiful voices. R.I.P. ladies you are missed and loved.

Yeah..everyone had their clothes on and had real talent ...not like today with no talent and naked😰

Gee I can't wait to get old... "Used to be cheap and talentless naked strippers making my music, not like these abstract shape AI holograms banging on coffee grinders we have to settle for today!"

@@laurengabrielle1271 what the hell are you talking about??? What strippers making music?? Are you on something.

You left out Whitney Houston; by far the best female singer in decades.

@@rski1036 Gladys knight is alive and well

you forgot Kesha@@rski1036

Yes I agree awesome singers,

Absolutely... well stated

Yes yes yes. In the early seventies, I worked in the summer and made enough to pay for university each year. I lived in a house with 6 others-most had jobs and one was a graduate student. We each paid $80 a month (eighty!) and that covered rent, heat, and food. Each of us cooked once a week. I learned to cook (curry, beef Stroganoff, lasagna, and so on). One woman was highly organized and made a list of tasks on a big chalk board. Each of us swept or vacuumed one day a week. A breeze! Also was taught a few tunes on the guitar that I still play.

@@granthurlburt4062 Awesome! Cheers Grant

@@granthurlburt4062 I remember it well.

war and political unrest during the 60's but at least you had to spend time communicating with people face to face as opposed to staged clips of your "happy" friends on Facebook

Voice wise she was a hack compared to Cass.............................

@@BennyCFD search up Michelle Phillips singing no love today, and you'll see how wrong you are. she never was able to shine in the group, just staying in the background with harmonies, because f her soprano voice.

A Susan Dey twin.. I guess that was the standard of beauty then, looking like a young child

@@janetownley Michelle was no child at the time of this filming. She was 23 years old. And a total natural beauty.

Actually they were the first imitation hippies to hit that big time. Cass may have been a hippie but the others not so much. Do some research and you'll find out that Phillips saw what was going on and knew the hippie thing would sell. Certainly they had some good material and good voices, and perhaps it wouldn't have sold so well without the "hippie" guise.

@andrewz4537 I was actually around 10 when the song came out..I really did not know what a hippie was except from "Mad Magazine " I went to a strict catholic school in New Jersey. You are correct in a pre-fab look controlled by an agent and record company..now that I think about it...I enjoyed your feedback..it's really nice that anybody actually reads what I wrote..Respectfully..Bob

@@andrewz4537 For me that's a tough one because I do have M&P actually credit for the Monterey Pop Festival and for writing San Francisco which was the theme of the Summer of Love. However, what you put is also true, though I do think Denny was probably a hippie, or was at least was a folkie and had come from the folk world. He was part of the Halifax Three with Zal Yansky of the Lovin Spoonful and was in the Mugwamps with Cass. Michelle was an immature eighteen year old who married a twenty five year old struggling musician named John Phillips who was married with a daughter and yeah wanted to hit the big time and saw his chance with this growing counterculture emerging in NY, California and London and would go worldwide by decades end. I think he was also a military school dropout to. But for all their faults, you have to give the group a lot, they did for the hippie movement and the image, though how good or bad that is, seems to still be written. I'm Latino, and I'm just starting to see myself in the history of the 60's. I also found out "fun fact," Latino was actually a counterculture word. The mainstream didn't call us Latinos, they called us "Spanish," or "Spanish American," and introduced Hispanic in 1970. Latino came about from the counterculture's early interactions with the Latino communities in New York and California, who had migrated from Puerto Rico or had immigrated from Mexico, Cuba or Dominican Republic or other Latin American countries which President Johnson opened up immigration to in 1965. They would say often say, "yo soy, Latino Americano, I am Latin American," hippie kids shortened it to Latino and the term started appearing in the counterculture press. There was also Chicano to refer to Mexican American identity and would be the first expression of Latino American identity in the US. Anyone cop or square you see in some movie saying the word "Latino," just know how unrealistic and untrue that is, nor would they have said Chicano either. Spanish would be the nicest thing they would call us or just randomly assume okay this is California, you must be Mexican, this is New York you must be Puerto Rican, flower children were the ones to use the words "Latino," and "Chicano." Please get it right Hollywood.

Quit with the hippy rascism....none of you have a clue...there was a choice made in those days..and not based on Nehru collars and cultural appropriation ( India ) of dress. This band wanted success and money..not contributing to conservation, protection of environment. Get real, man.

Music production has improved so much since the 60s, but the songs keep getting worse by the decade.

Not even close! It’s about freezing on the east coast and dreaming about being in California.

Don't forget John Phillips's songwriting, and the blend of Cass and Denny.

@@dout0rm942 He also impregnated his own daughter. Michelle could not even imagine this would happen later in her future, when the video was recorded...

Yes I agree awesome group sung in1966,year I was born 💙

Dennis's voice was great also.

The Wrecking Crew were the studio musicians

Casa Elliot was a beautiful woman! Just as she was she was beautiful AF

Don't feel bad because we don't "battle" out weight, we battle the assholes that hate us for our weight.

@@davidc5820 she was and she had an absolutely beautiful voice

Shush

I MET CASS IN CHICAGO... SHE WAS WITH MICHELLE PHILLIPS... I RECOGNIZE YOUR IMMEDIATELY AND WAS AWESTRUCK. WE TALKED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES... CASS SAID" LET'S TAKE A WALK"... WE WALKED OUT BEHIND A SEARS STORE AND SMOKED TWO JOINTS.. AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH ELLEN NAOMI COHEN. I'M NOW 67 YEARS OLD AND DYING OF TERMINAL COPD... I STILL CRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT HER... BUT SOON I WILL JOIN HER... I LIKE THIS SONG AND "IT'S GETTING BETTER".. THE MOST I THINK... MAMA CASS WAS THE MAMAS AND PAPAS... THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING WITHOUT HER...

Right Now.

Yepper, 4/7/24

oh yeah - hehe - greetings from Vienna.

Привет я из России ❤❤❤

❤​@@WAU470

AND ID STAY THERE.

And I’ll bring the ham sandwiches!

is there some back story to that? the ditzy blonde eating while she should be singing? first it was grapes. then the banana. maybe for reference.

Because they were being made to lip sync. Kind of her own silent protest and to let the audience know it was not their choice. ​@@budbud9561

Agree

I just love the group but especially Ms mama cass

@@user-bh5ji4by7i Yes , she was really Wonderful !!!

lip sync

They were lip syncing ( badly 😁) . The records were double and triple tracked to make them sound like a choir.

Yes I agree awesome group and songs sung in1966,year I was born

I found them in 1969 when I was 5. 😀

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Don't forget literally putting her microphone on the stage, leaving it there, and singing into her banana for the rest of the song lol

@@MattsFTRTheMisanthropist I totally missed that, that's just awesome 😀

Yes. You are so right but most don't get it.

you got the 'scary' part right