Denny Doherty, singer for the Mamas and the Papas
Over at The Rock Radio web site we read that “…Denny Doherty who was an original member of the Mamas & the Papas, died on Friday (January 19th) at his home in Mississauga, Ontario. Doherty, who was 66 years old, had been battling some unspecified health issues late last year and underwent surgery last month, which forced him to begin kidney dialysis treatments.”
“His groupmate Michelle Phillips is also in disbelief. She talked to Doherty last Thursday (January 18th) and said, ‘He was extremely funny and jovial as always, and he was just my same old Denny. I’m still in shock that he didn’t survive this.’ Phillips is now the sole surviving member of the Mamas & the Papas — ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot died in 1974, and John Phillips went in 2001.”
“Denny Doherty began his career in a group called the Colonials, which became the Halifax Three. While in that group, the husband-and-wife team of John and Michelle Phillips heard Doherty sing and invited him to join the group they were forming, along with Cass Elliot. They rose to fame in 1966 with their first single, ‘California Dreamin,’ and had continued success with hits including the Number One ‘Monday, Monday,’ and the Top Five hits ‘I Saw Her Again,’ ‘Words Of Love,’ ‘Dedicated To The One I Love,’ and ‘Creeque Alley,’ and five other Top Forty singles. However, the run ended in 1968, when the group broke up because Elliot wanted to go solo.”
“Following the breakup of the Mamas & the Papas, Doherty launched an acting career in Canada, and he also did all the voices for the children’s TV series Theodore Tugboat. In addition, he wrote a biographical play about the Mamas & the Papas titled Dream A Little Dream that had successful runs in Toronto and off-Broadway in New York City.”
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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