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"Hippy Chick" spans the globe for the universal vibe of Hippiedom. John Braheny was a singer and songwriter whose song, "Warm," appeared on his one and only album, Some Kind Of Change , which was released in 1970.  He went on to write songs for others, including Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. It's followed by "Make Your Own Kind Of Music," a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and originally recorded by the Will-O-Bees. When Cass Elliott made it a hit, it was [...]

• Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret
• John Braheny - Warm
• Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind of Music

In the overdue return of The Originals, we’ll visit three songs that became iconic in their interpretations from the 1960s, but had been standards since the early 1930s and, in one instance, 1940s. Blue Moon and At Last debuted in movies, while Dream A Little Dream Of Me, the oldest of the three songs, would end up lending its title to a 1989 flick (and an episode of Grey’s Anatomy ). Speaking of At Last, I hear that Etta James is in very poor health. Don’t forget the index of The Originals to revisit older instalments in [...]

Continuing our month's worth of duet albums (ending on the weekend before Valentine's Day), we listen today to the unlikely pairing of former Traffic guitarist/singer Dave Mason and Cass Elliott, of the Mamas and the Papas.  Released in 1971, Dave Mason & Cass Elliott serves as a followup to Mason's solo debut, Alone Together (1970).  Elliott had released a couple solo LPs in the late 1960s but when she cut this album with Mason the Mamas and the Papas were still an active group. Mason is, of course, the [...]