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Tony Bennett's experience with Mitch Miller was little different than that of other strong-willed artists on the Columbia roster in the 1950s and early 1960s. Miller often pushed artists to record...

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  No one chronicled those hazy crazy west coast '60s days as wistfully, or as affectionately, as John Phillips. He looked through his window, or simply gazed over at his wife Michelle, saw a new generation and a new migration, and appointed himself its spokesman. For The Mamas & The Papas he captured the promises and realities of the spiritual-geographical movement. "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" was all promise, little reality: a travel poster, complete with packing tips, and a day-glo view of San Francisco from a Los Angeles recording studio.

(J. Phillips); Produced by John Phillips and Lou Adler; Rec. New York, 1967. Ode single ZS7 103 (mx. CO 112314); Originally Released 1967