Performance · Production
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.
6,035
Credits
1,433
Albums
7
Decades active
948
In collections
Biography
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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.
Bio from Discogs
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
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

American Beauty
1970

Workingman's Dead
1970

Since I Left You
2000

If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
1966

Grateful Dead
1971

The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend
1971

Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of
2003

Forrest Gump (The Soundtrack)
1994

Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs
1977

The Mamas & The Papas
1966

16 Of Their Greatest Hits
1969

Jimi Plays Monterey (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)
1986

Farewell To The First Golden Era
1967

Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival
1970

Thanks I'll Eat It Here
1979

Feliciano!
1968

Deliver
1967

Sha Sha
2002

Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1988

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been (The Best Of The Grateful Dead)
1977

Big Brother & The Holding Company
1967

California Dreaming
1967

20 Golden Hits
1973

Os Mutantes
1968
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Mamas & The Papas
- The Beach Boys
- José Feliciano
- Neil Diamond
- Richard Anthony (2)
- Scott McKenzie
- Bobby Solo
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