On this day in music history: May 7, 1966 - “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas And The Papas hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks. Written by John Phillips, is the biggest hit for the Los Angeles, CA based folk/rock group. In the period before they land a record deal and become successful, Mamas and Papas’ leader John Phillips makes two predictions about the group. That they will score a number one single, and win a Grammy Award within two years. Fast forward to a year later, the group are signed to producer Lou Adler’s Dunhill Records, and begin recording their first album. The song “Monday, Monday” is the last track recorded for the groups debut album “If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears”. Initially Cass, Michelle, Denny, and producer Lou Adler initially are not in favor of the song, and John has to persuade them to record it. Phillips’ intuition about the song is confirmed when radio stations begin playing it as an album cut while their previous single “California Dreamin’” is still riding the charts. Shipped as a single by Dunhill Records in late March of 1966, it is an immediate smash, selling over 150,000 copies on its first day of release. Entering the Hot 100 at #79 on April 9, 1966, it rockets to the top of the chart four weeks later. “Monday” wins The Mamas And The Papas a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group in 1967, fulfilling both promises John Phillips had made to his band mates. “Monday, Monday” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
but it is also worth reading up on John Philips' life and addiction to heroin as one of the most staggering accounts of what it is like being addicted to that drug with endless resources! Truly astonishing and somewhat alarmingly depressing
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