Today, it's The Mamas and the Papas with "California Dreamin'," which was a pretty big hit in December of '65. It was written by John and Michelle Phillips and they sang backup on it when it was first recorded by Barry McGuire. McGuire was famous for "Eve of Destruction," which I always thought was a stupid song so it wasn't on my mixtape. Later, McGuire's track on "California Dreamin'" was replaced and it was turned into a Mamas and Papas record. I can't say I was ever that fond of it but I guess I was fond enough to put it on my mixtape.
Here they are performing the song on The Hollywood Palace on January 29, 1966. This is either them lip-syncing to the record or they performed it on the show and someone has dubbed the record over their performance. Since there are no other musicians in sight and since the Hollywood Palace Orchestra didn't play this kind of music, I'm inclined to suspect the former…