California Dreamin’
song by John and Michelle Phillips
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recording by the Mamas and the Papas
- In the Mamas and the Papas
…cascading harmonies, among them “California Dreamin’” (1965), “Monday, Monday” (1966), and “Creeque Alley” (1967). In sound and look the Mamas and the Papas typified the groovy optimism of the emerging hippie movement (John Phillips wrote “San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]” for Scott McKenzie).
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version by Womack
- In Bobby Womack
…Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’.” He refined his sound, which integrated deeply felt vocals and lean guitar work, on the albums Communication (1971) and Understanding (1972). Those and subsequent recordings proved popular primarily with R&B audiences, although some of Womack’s singles, such as the plaintive “That’s the Way…
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