In 1967, folk-rock group The Mamas & The Papas were forced to lip-sync their song "California Dreamin'" on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and rebelled by making this obvious to viewers. While the band's ...

In her new book, "My Mama, Cass" Owen Elliott-Kugell shares the origin behind the "California Dreamin'" band and her mother's nickname Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked ...

The Ed Sullivan Show was a classic piece of American television and the longest-running variety series, from 1948 to 1971. Every Sunday night, the show would feature some form of entertainment act, ...

The Mamas and the Papas were the epitome of California-based sunshine hippie pop and folk-rock, blending their voices to create two huge anthems of the ‘60s in “California Dreamin’” and “Monday, ...

Those of a certain age, like old, may remember the Mamas and Papas, the 1960s rock group whose song “California Dreaming” became an anthem for many of that era. At that time, California was my dream ...