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Rob Sheffield: Pennebaker, ‘Monterey Pop’ and the ‘Wow’ That Changed the World

Rolling Stone's pop critic pays tribute to D.A. Pennebaker, his era-defining concert film and that beautiful Janis Joplin/Mama Cass moment

Flashback: Cass Elliot Performs a Shimmery ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’ in 1970

See Mamas and the Papas singer perform the song that helped launch her solo career

Peter Tork: A Lost Tell-All Interview on His Sixties Glory Years

Hanging with Hendrix, the Who and the Beatles while dating Mama Cass' sister — and more remembrances of Laurel Canyon

‘Mama Cass’ Elliot Dead

Remembering the Mamas and Papa's singer

The Rolling Stone Interview: Cass Elliot

The Mamas and Papas singer on breaking up, going solo and making a social comment with pop music