What year did Michelle Phillips, co-founder of the Mama's and the Papa's, release a song which became #89 in "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time?
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Michelle Phillips Michelle Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam; June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. A native of California, she met and married John Phillips in San Francisco as a teenager, and went on to co-found the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas in 1965. The band rose to fame with their popular singles "California Dreamin'" and "Creeque Alley", both of which Phillips co-wrote. They released five studio albums before their dissolution in 1970. Phillips is the last surviving original member of the group.
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California Dreamin' "California Dreamin is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and was first recorded by Barry McGuire. However, the best known version is by The Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released as a single in 1965. The song is #89 in "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The lyrics of the song express the narrator's longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold winter in New York City.
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Club Michelle "Club Michelle" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, from his 1983 album "Where's the Party?". It was released as a single and reached #66 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1984 (see 1984 in music).
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What's Your Mama's Name (song) "What's Your Mama's Name" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in February 1973 as the first single and title track from the album "What's Your Mama's Name". "What's Your Mama's Name" was Tucker's fourth hit on the country chart and her first number one. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. On the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart, it reached number eighty-six.
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Sweet Little Sixteen "Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. His performance of it at that year's Newport Jazz Festival was included in the documentary film "Jazz on a Summer's Day". It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, Berry's second-highest position ever on that chart (surpassed only by his suggestive hit "My Ding-A-Ling", which reached number one in 1972). "Sweet Little Sixteen" also reached number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart. "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked the song number 272 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004.
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The Midnighters The Midnighters were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan. They were an influential group in the 1950s and early 1960s, with many R&B hit records. They were also notable for launching the career of lead singer Hank Ballard and the worldwide dance craze the Twist. Between 1953 and 1962 the Midnighters had almost two dozen hits on the U.S. Pop & R&B charts. Their big hits included the million-selling Billboard Top 10 pop hits "Finger Popping Time" (for which they received a 1961 Grammy Award nomination), and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go". The Midnighters also had 13 Top 10 R&B hits, including three that reached number 1. Their Top 10 R&B hits included "Work with Me, Annie", "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)", "Annie Had a Baby", "The Hoochi Coochi Coo", "Teardrops on Your Letter", "Get It", "The Float" and "Nothing but Good". They received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award in 1992 and were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. The group's lead singer, Hank Ballard, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The Midnighters as a "group" were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012.
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For What It's Worth "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills. It was performed by Buffalo Springfield, recorded on December 5, 1966, and released as a single on Atco Records in January 1967. The single peaked at number seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. This song is currently ranked number 63 on "Rolling Stone"' s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time as well as the eighth best song of 1967 by Acclaimed Music.
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Beast of Burden (song) "Beast of Burden" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album "Some Girls". In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and #433 on the 500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time.
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Papa Do "Papa Do" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue. The song was released as a single performed by Barry Green (aka Blue) in 1972 backed with "Boomerang" on the Decca label (both songs credited as written by Rubin and Green respectively) and had a modicum of chart success in Spain, France and Sweden. The Dutch group, Cardinal Point, recorded a version which was similar in style to that recorded by Green, as a track on their self-named album, and the Greek group, The Daltons, also released a version of the song as a single. The song was re-titled "Mama Do" and the text slightly modified for de Paul's own jazzed up version that served as the opening track for her debut album, "Surprise", which was released in 1973.
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Jill Gibson Jill Gibson (born June 18, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor. She is mostly known for her collaboration work with Jan & Dean and for having briefly been a member of the successful 1960s rock group The Mamas & the Papas. She was also one of the main photographers at the historic Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
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Don't Be Cruel "Don't Be Cruel" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in "Rolling Stone's" list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is currently ranked as the 173rd greatest song of all time, as well as the sixth best song of 1956, by Acclaimed Music.
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Sugartime "Sugartime" is a popular song written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1958. The biggest hit version was by the McGuire Sisters, whose recording of it topped the Most Played Jockey chart in February 1958. The song refers to the Jimmie Rodgers song "Honeycomb", which had been recorded a few months earlier in 1957.
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Ma Rainey "Ma" Rainey (born Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett, September 1882 or April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest African American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues".
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Joy (Mick Jagger song) "Joy" was the second track from English singer-songwriter Mick Jagger's fourth solo album, "Goddess in the Doorway" (2001). "Rolling Stone" called it "a rocking, gospel-tinged collaboration with Bono of U2" - featuring Pete Townshend on guitar. "Joy" was one of three tracks from "Goddess in the Doorway" to be featured within Jagger's greatest hits album, "The Very Best of Mick Jagger".
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Baby I Need Your Loving "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single. "Rolling Stone" ranked The Four Tops' original version of the song at #390 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was the cover story of a special issue of "Rolling Stone", issue number 963, published in December 2004, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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Mama (Genesis song) "Mama" was the first single from Genesis' 1983 self-titled album. It is recognisable for its harsh drum machine introduction composed by Mike Rutherford, which leads into minimalist synthesizer lines in minor keys and finally Phil Collins' reverb-laden voice. It remains the band's most successful single in the UK, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. It also made the top 10 in Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Ireland and the Netherlands. It was less popular in the U.S., only reaching No. 73 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. A 1992 re-release of the single managed to reach the Top 40 in Germany.
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P. F. Sloan P. F. "Flip" Sloan (born Philip Gary Schlein; September 18, 1945 – November 15, 2015) was an American pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was very successful during the mid-1960s, writing, performing, and producing Billboard top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, The Searchers, Jan and Dean, Herman's Hermits, Johnny Rivers, The Grass Roots, The Turtles and The Mamas & the Papas. Many of his songs were written in collaboration with Steve Barri. His most successful songs as a writer were three top ten hits. Barry McGuire's 1965 "Eve of Destruction", Johnny Rivers' 1966 "Secret Agent Man" and Herman's Hermits' 1966 "A Must to Avoid".
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Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by pop singer Chynna Phillips for her solo debut album, "Naked and Sacred", released in 1995. The song was released as the fourth and final single from the album, and peaked at #64 in Australia in February 1997. In 1998, the song was recorded by country singer Faith Hill as a duet with her husband Tim McGraw. It was the second single from Hill's multi-platinum 1998 album, "Faith". The video for the song is notable for being composed almost completely of close-ups. Hill had recently given birth to her second daughter, and the child was resting in her lap during the video shoot. Because of this, the director was forced to use close-ups to avoid including the baby in the footage.
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Kid Pan Alley Kid Pan Alley is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, Virginia founded by Paul Reisler of the band Trapezoid in 1999 that provides group songwriting residency programs to children in schools across the United States. Kid Pan Alley's mission is "to inspire and empower children to work together to become creators of their own music and to rekindle creativity as a core value in education". Founder & Artistic Director, Paul Reisler, guides the students through the group songwriting process and together they complete the songs in two class periods. The group songwriting process begins at the beginning of the week with Kid Pan Alley instructors working with students in their typical classroom setting where the students will brainstorm ideas, vote on the song's subject, and create lyrics and melodies with the instructors until the song is completed. Each class will perform their song in front of their school and community at a concert at the end of the week. The program is known for promoting community awareness of the arts while creating opportunities for children to explore their creativity through songwriting in a school setting. They have released three full-length, compilation studio albums of songs written with children during their songwriting residencies including "Tidal Wave Of Song" in 2001, "Kid Pan Alley Nashville" in 2006, and "I Used To Know The Names Of All The Stars" in 2008. These albums feature artists including Amy Grant, Sissy Spacek, Raul Malo, Delbert McClinton, Kix Brooks & Cracker. Kid Pan Alley has written over 2,500 songs with over 35,000 children and their albums have won two Parent's Choice Awards, a WAMMIE award, a NAPPA Gold Award, and have also received one Grammy Award Nomination.
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Mama Lo's Mama Lo's was a popular and well-known soul food restaurant located in Gainesville, Florida. It was founded by, operated by, and named for Lorene "Mama Lo" Alexander in 1975 until her retirement in 2005. Located only a few blocks from the University of Florida, the establishment proved popular with students, townsfolk and travellers alike. It was also frequented by many local musicians such as Bo Diddley, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Stranger Band and Sister Hazel.
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Brenda Lee Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley, December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is perhaps best known in the United States for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a United States holiday standard for almost 60 years.