The hit song by the singing group “The Mamas and Papas” in 1965 contains the following opening lyrics – “On a winter’s day, I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.” (Los Angeles). Obviously, the song is ...

The song, “California Dreamin’,” recorded by the folk-rock group, “The Mamas and the Papas,” topped the popular music charts of 1966 for weeks across the Anglo/English countries. It has taken more ...

Bud Shank, 82, who helped define “cool jazz” in the 1950s, played the dreamlike flute solo on the Mamas and the Papas’ hit “California Dreamin’” and was the former director of Jazz Port Townsend, died ...

Sia has long proved her talent for writing sweeping, dramatic pop songs, but the star can also do the same when covering a classic track. The singer-songwriter has transformed 1965 song 'California ...