| Location | Baltimore, Maryland, Usa |
| Age | 32 years |
| Date of Birth | 19/09/1941 |
| Date of Death | 29/07/1974 |
| Visitors | 1,407 since 20/01/2009 |
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Singer. Born Ellen Naomi Cohen, on September 19, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland. After initially pursuing a career in acting, Elliot became a folk singer. In 1963, she gained notice as part of an innovative folk trio called The Big Three. She recorded two albums with bandmates Tim Rose and James Hendricks before the band began to fall apart, and she formed a new group, Cass Elliot and the Big Three, also featuring Hendricks, Denny Doherty, and Zal Yanovsky. That group, renamed The Mugwumps, played mainly out of a Washington, D.C. nightclub, The Shadows. The Mugwumps broke up in early 1965, after releasing only one single, and Elliot began working as a solo singer.
In mid-1965, Elliot began singing with former Mugwump Doherty and the two other members of his new band, The New Journeymen: John and Michelle Phillips. The foursome, known as The Mamas and the Papas, were an overnight success, releasing a hit debut single, "California Dreamin'," and album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by the end of 1965. The Mamas and the Papas stayed together until 1968, releasing five albums and a series of Top 10 singles, including "Monday, Monday," "I Saw Her Again," and "Dedicated to the One I Love" Various problems within the group, including romantic jealousy (Elliot was reportedly in love with Doherty; Doherty became involved with Michelle Phillips), drug abuse, alcoholism, and Elliotβs constant struggle with her weight, led to its eventual breakup in 1971.
Though all four members of The Mamas and the Papas attempted to start music careers outside the group, only Elliot met with any real success. The band's last hit, "Dream a Little Dream of Me," became a kind of theme song for Elliot and propelled "Mama Cass," as she had become known, into a solo career. All in all, she recorded seven solo albums, including Dream a Little Dream (1968), Make Your Own Kind of Music (1969), Mama's Big Ones (1970), Cass Elliot (1972), and Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (1973). She also recorded an album in 1970 with rock star Dave Mason. In addition, Elliot appeared in the 1970 film, Pufnstuf; starred in two prime time television specials in 1969 and 1973; served as a guest host of The Tonight Show; and performed on a number of other TV programs throughout the early 1970s, alongside such personalities as Julie Andrews, Johnny Cash, Red Skelton, Ed Sullivan, Tom Jones, and Carol Burnett.
On July 29, 1974, after a concert series at the London Palladium, Elliot was found dead in her hotel room. She had succumbed to heart failure, at the age of 32.
Elliot had been married twice, to Hendricks of The Big Three and The Mugwumps (1963-1968), and to Baron Donald von Wiedenman in 1971. She had one daughter, Owen Elliot Kugell, in 1967. In 1998, Owen accepted her mother's award when The Mamas and the Papas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Golden Shimmer's and Shrubbery
I stood in the middle of the road,
To the left i glanced,
I saw golden shimmers and beautifull shrubbery,
To the right i glanced and i heard music and talking,
I stood there for a while just thinking,
And as i did, i saw people walking,
Going past me to the golden shimmers and shrubbery,
Then after a while, i heard a voice,
From above me, Right in the middle, sounding its call,
It said come now and be free,
You can watch over your family,
Without being in pain,
Come now and be happy and carefree again,
So i stepped into the golden shimmers,
I found it was actully sunlight and Angel's robes,
And the shrubbery beautifull trees and flower beds,
Then on the other side,
I had just died, with music playing and people talking,
At my bedside,
Its a funny thing,
To be in the middle of life and death,
I did not realise it,
Until that moment, at the end,
But one day, i will meet you at that same road,
So you will not be confused,
And you will know,
That the golden shimmers and shrubbery,
Are the way home.
Copyright.
By Ryan S.
Age 16.
9th Of January 2011
XxX I let go XxX
It was a funny feeling being back on my road,
For you see i had died not 2 hours ago,
Yet in that time i had seen my family,
and now here i was,
Back on the road on which i had lived and loved so much,
Yet with every step i took,
I began to let go,
I let go of neghbiours whispering over the fence,
I let go of the flower beds,
I let go of joggers and mailmen,
I let go of my friends and neghbiours, and then
I let go of delivery and moving men,
I let go of my house and all that it harboured within,
Like the clothes i used to wear and the pictures i hung on the walls,
As i walked by.
I let go of the birds and bees in the trees and
The church bell's ring,
Then as i lifted towards the sky,
It was a funny feeling i felt inside,
As i let go of the things that always seemed so certian in life,
I realised,
Those things are for the living i used them when i was alive,
But you dont need a new spounge for the bath, when you die,
No,
I no longer needed telephones or glasses or even wine,
They are not nessecary in the sky,
Infact i held on to only two things,
My memories and family,
For we will all meet again some day,
But until then our love will never die,
So goodbye now,
I am leaving this world through a cloud in the sky.
Copyright.
Ryan S.
Age 16.
8/1/2011
*** Forever Making Our Own Kind Of Music ***
Love is a friend -
An unbroken trend.
Someone to rely on -
A shoulder to cry on.
A friend is love -
Sent from heaven, above.
(c) Emma Doe
X From me to you X Lots of Love Angel Up Above X
Do you really belive it?
Can it really be true?
How can you belive that! Life has ended with death???
It simply is not true.
So we cannot be together like we used to.
Does that mean i am gone?
Now i dance on the moon.
I play on the stars.
I cool your face with gentle wind.
While watching you from afar.
For a love and bond.
Like our's is so very strong.
It will forever carry on and on xxx
♥βββ♥ FOR THOSE I HAVE LEFT BEHIND ♥βββ♥
I have not gone far...I still see...
Those tears you shed...are for me...
I am not unhappy...I am not sad...
I just thank God...For all we had...
I did not choose...To go away...
But God told me...I couldn't stay...
He reached for me...with loving care...
Come with me child...If you dare...
Reach out your arms...to those below...
Blow them a kiss...So they will know...
Let the breeze of your kiss... Pass across their brow...
Let them know you are safe...and happy now...
Now dry your eyes...And remember me...
For where I am...Was meant to be...
To you that I have left behind...
The love we've shared...Will always bind...
If a breeze should pass...Across your brow...
Remember from where it came...And how...
Until we meet again one day...
I've not gone far... I am just away.
Original Poem By: Joanne T. Romano (2001)
βββ♥ xxx ♥βββ♥
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