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John Phillips

real name John Edmund Andrew Phillips

The Mamas & The Papas

United States · 1935-08-30 – 2001-03-18

John Phillips is credited on 6,035 releases across 1,433 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,035

Credits

1,433

Albums

7

Decades active

948

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American singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and promoter, best known as leader of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas. Born on August 30th, 1935, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA; died March 18th, 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Co-owner of Honest John Studios, built in his & Michelle Phillips' home in Bel Air, California.
In 1967, he co-organized the Monterey International Pop Festival (opens in a new tab) and served as its Director.
He married Susan Adams on 7 May 1957 with whom they had a daughter, the actress MacKenzie Phillips. He divorced Susan to marry Michelle Phillips (on 31 December 1962); they filed for divorce in a Los Angeles County court in May 1969. They had a daughter, singer Chynna Phillips (of group (Wilson Phillips). He married his third wife, actress and model Genevieve Waite on 30 January 1972. The couple had two children, Tamerlane and singer/actress Bijou Phillips. Phillips and Waïte divorced in 1985.

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Credited work

6,035 releases · 1,433 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 10,396
  • Production · 382
  • Other credits · 174
  • Engineering · 17

Studios: Monterey Pop Festival · Fillmore East · Winterland · Sound Recorders, Hollywood

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