We're all about Michelle munching on a banana before, during and after her vocal moments. Michelle Phillips chomps on a banana, mid phrase. Picture: YouTube/The Ed Sullivan Show A bit of legend has grown up around The Mamas & the Papas' "banana" mime on Ed Sullivan. ...
“All of a sudden, we’re at her place and this sound happens; this Mamas and Papas sound,” Denny Doherty would later recount. “Even John couldn’t deny it. He started tinkering, saying, ‘Hey, if Cass sings here, Michie, you try singing there, and Denny you move up there.’ ...
“All of a sudden, we’re at her place and this sound happens; this Mamas and Papas sound,” Denny Doherty would later recount. “Even John couldn’t deny it. He started tinkering, saying, ‘Hey, if Cass sings here, Michie, you try singing there, and Denny you move up there.’ ...