John Phillips
John Edmund Andrew Phillips, born August 30, 1935, in Parris Island, South
Carolina, United States, died March 18, 2001, in Los Angeles, California, United
States, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Moving to New York in
the early 1960s, Phillips formed the folk trio the Journeymen with Scott
McKenzie and Dick Weissman, appearing on the television show Hootenanny. In
1965, Phillips formed the Mamas & the Papas, serving as primary songwriter and
arranger and producing six Billboard Top 10 hits, including “California
Dreamin'”, “Monday, Monday”, and “Creeque Alley”. ...
