What mamas and papas album included song San Francisco?
the song “san francisco; flowers in your hair” was written by john phillips just prior to the monterey pop festival but was disliked by cass eliot and denny doherty so it was “given” to john’s friend scott makenzie who recorded it with the mamas and papas doing background noises and vocals (in the beginning of the song there is a scrachy sound which is a childs toy wheels after being wound up) and the handclaps were accidently on the soundtrack because a mike was left on..so it got onto the final take….The group didn’t think it fit their style and was more of a sigle voice type ballad so it was given to scott who actually was considered the 3rd papa by the group and later went on to be in reincarnations of the group in the 80’s and 90’s just prior to john’s death.(they were school chums in alexandria virginia growing up)michelle later said that with a little more work it could have been their biggest hit due to the pop festival and the feelings of the summer of love 1969. Earned a re
