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Cass Elliot, best known as “Mama Cass” of the pop-rock group The Mamas & The Papas, was a standout talent of the 1960’s and 70’s. A pioneer pop-culture feminist and icon, she was one of the greatest singers of her generation, and the powerhouse voice behind “California Dreamin’”, “Monday Monday”, and “Dream a Little Dream of ...
May 8, 2024 · When Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas died in 1974, her daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, was just seven years old. She tells Hadley Freeman how she finally unravelled the mysteries of her mother’s story. For the record, Mama Cass was not killed by a ham sandwich. Cass Elliot, better known as Mama Cass, was in the 1960s Los Angeles band the ...
Cass Elliot, best known as “Mama Cass” of the pop-rock group The Mamas & The Papas, was a standout talent of the 1960’s and 70’s. A pioneer pop-culture feminist and icon, she was one of the greatest singers of her generation, and the powerhouse voice behind “California Dreamin’”, “Monday Monday," “Dream a Little Dream of Me” and countless others.
Music on Vinyl. 180-Gram Audiophile Vinyl of Cass’ First Three Albums. For the first time in decades, three of Cass’s legendary records are receiving a vinyl treatment via Music on Vinyl in collaboration with Sony Music: her 1972 self-titled debut album, sophomore album The Road Is No Place For A Lady, and her third RCA album Don't Call Me ...
May 7, 2024 · For the past 50 years, she’s asked and been asked questions about her mother’s life, legacy and loss. It all comes full circle in Elliot-Kugell’s new book, My Mama, Cass (279 pp., $30, Hachette Books). Equal parts biography, autobiography, and memoir, it’s a tale that Elliot-Kugell has literally waited her entire life to tell.
May 9, 2024 · She Deserves Better. — Cass Elliot. The New York Times: Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better. The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy. Onstage with her group the Mamas & the Papas at the Monterey International ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Next year, Elliot-Kugell will continue to keep her mother’s legacy alive with the memoir My Mama, Cass, out May 7 via Hachette Books. Elliot-Kugell says the book has been in its conceptual stages for more than a decade, but the pandemic forced her to finally write the proposal and get the ball rolling.
May 2, 2024 · Owen Elliot-Kugell recounts her mother’s life in a new book, ‘My Mama, Cass,’ out May 7 Owen Elliot-Kugel will always remember the last day she spent with her mother, Cass Elliot. “She took me to the airport to get on a plane by myself for the first time to go to Baltimore, to spend the summer with my grandmother,” Elliot-Kugell tells PEOPLE for a story in this week's issue.
May 1, 2024 · In her new book, “My Mama, Cass,” Cass Elliot’s daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell talks about dealing with the jokes about the rumor of her mom’s cause of death. The legendary Mamas & Papas singer died on July 29, 1974, in London from a heart attack at age 32.
American Songwriter: Cass Elliot’s Daughter Sets the Record Straight on Mother’s Death, Sandwich Myth. BBC News: Mama Cass 'didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich', daughter says. Houston Press: A Mother and a "Mama"—Cass Elliot Remembered by Her Daughter. The Guardian: ‘The truth was just too painful’– the highs and lows of Mama Cass.
