The Mama and the Papas: The Morning after the Beatles' Night Before
Keith Altham, NME, 24 June 1966
THE FIRST THING you discover about the Mamas and Papas is that they are not – although Papa John is married to Mama Michelle. The beautiful Holly Michelle Gilliam was, unfortunately, the one member of the folk family unable to make the present British holiday and is at present visiting the Mexican family who cared for her as a child.
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