Cass Elliot - Don't Call Me Mama Anymore

Primary Artist
Cass Elliot
Album Title
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Release Date
1973 
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Review by William Ruhlmann
Despite her background in folk music and her popular emergence as "Mama Cass" in the folk-rock group The Mamas & The Papas, Cass Elliot was really a traditional pop entertainer in the pre-rock tradition, and she gradually turned to that field in her solo career of the late '60s and early '70s, putting together a Las Vegas cabaret act and appearing frequently on television. On this live album, recorded at Mister Kelly's, the prestigious Chicago nightclub, in the summer of 1973, she performed her act, which she was polishing in preparation for its adaptation into a television special in the fall. Read More