Dream a Little Dream of Me 1968. "Dream a Little Dream" was released as a single in Europe in 1992 - credited to the Mamas and the Papas and featuring that group's #1 hit "Monday, Monday" as the B-side - to reach #5 in Germany and #22 in Switzerland. In Australia the song spent two weeks at #1, and was the 16th biggest hit of 1968. A slightly different version of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was included on Elliot's solo debut album, "Dream a Little Dream". The release of the Mama Cass single of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" prompted a cover by
The Mamas & the Papas album "Romance Is on the Rise" (1974) by his then wife Geneviève Waïte, which he also produced; and he co-wrote "Kokomo" (1988), which was a number-one hit for the Beach Boys. Phillips was lost to heroin addiction through much of the 1970s, a period that culminated in his arrest and conviction in 1980 on a charge of conspiring to distribute narcotics, for which he spent a month in jail in 1981. In later years he performed with the New Mamas and the Papas (see below) and appeared in revival shows and television specials. He told his side of the Mamas