The Mamas & the Papas on BBC Music 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 Mamas & the Papas discography The Mamas & the Papas discography The Mamas & the Papas were a vocal group from Los Angeles, California that was active from 1966 to 1969. Their discography consists of a total of five albums and seventeen singles, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and sold close to 40 million records worldwide. The Mamas and the Papas' recordings were released on Dunhill Records until 1967, when the company was sold and the label became ABC-Dunhill. Around 1973, ABC-Dunhill discarded all multi-track session recordings and mono masters because they were deemed obsolete and too expensive to store. The original