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John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001) was an American musician. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips .
May 27, 2022 · John Phillips was the leader and songwriter of the 1960s band The Mamas and The Papas, but he also faced personal and legal troubles, such as drug addiction, divorce, and sexual abuse allegations. He died of a heart attack in 2001 at age 65, after releasing a posthumous album.
Aug 12, 2022 · John Phillips was the co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist of the 1960s band the Mamas and the Papas. He had a turbulent personal life, marrying and divorcing four times, and allegedly having an incestuous relationship with his daughter Mackenzie.
Sep 24, 2009 · In 1967, the Mamas & the Papas had a hit with a song that detailed, with bittersweet harmonies, the checkered history of the band. The song, written by the group's John Phillips and his wife ...
John Phillips, co-founder, songwriter and musical architect of the Mamas and the Papas died of heart failure on Sunday morning at 8:15 a.m. (PST) at UCLA Medical Center....
Mar 19, 2001 · John Phillips, a songwriter and founding member of the 1960's folk-pop group the Mamas and the Papas, died yesterday at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 65.
Mar 19, 2001 · John Phillips, the singer-songwriter-arranger who led the Mamas and the Papas to the forefront of pop music in the mid-1960s and helped define the California sound and spirit, died Sunday.
