Everybody used to think that John Phillips, who wrote the songs, was also the main voice of the group, but it wasn't - it was the angelic voice of Denny Doherty , said Larry Leblanc, Canadian editor of Billboard Magazine. He was often overlooked but it was really his voice that carried the group.
Monday, Monday hit No. 1 on the charts and won the band a Grammy for best contemporary group performance. Among the group's other songs were I Saw Her Again Last Night, Go Where You Wanna Go, Dancing Bear, and versions of I Call Your Name and Dedicated to the One I Love.
In the late '90s, Denny Doherty appeared as the main storyteller in The Needfire, a Canadian-celtic musical performed at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto.
The pop group the Mamas and the Papas pose outside a hotel in London, England, in this Oct. 6, 1967, photo. The four members are, left to right, Denny Doherty, Cassandra Elliot, Michelle Phillips, and John Phillips.
Denny Doherty was married twice, in 1970 he married Linda Woodward and in 1978 he married Jeannette. He would have three children, Jessica, Emberly and John Dennis.
Later the band broke up and Denny and Cass were looking for somebody else to team up with that is when they met and teamed up with John and Michelle Phillips to eventually become The Mamas and The Papas.