Mama cass biography wikipedia

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Who Was Mama Cass?

Cass Elliot, better known as "Mama Cass," became a folk singer in In , she formed The Mamas and the Papas, becoming an overnight success.

They produced hits such as "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday." After the band broke up in , Elliot had some success as a solo act, but died suddenly from heart failure, at the age of

Early Life

Cass Elliot, better known as "Mama Cass," was born as Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19, in Baltimore, Maryland.

After initially pursuing a career in acting, Elliot became a folk singer. In , she gained notice as part of an innovative folk trio called The Big Three. After recording two albums with bandmates Tim Rose and James Hendricks, the band began to fall apart, so she formed a new group, Cass Elliot and the Big Three — which also featured Hendricks, Denny Doherty and Zal Yanovsky.

That group, renamed The Mugwumps, played mainly out of a Washington, D.C. nightclub,