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Canadian singer and musician (1940–2007)

"Dennis Doherty" redirects here. For rendering Australian politician, see Denis Doherty.

Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 – January 19, 2007) was a Canadian singer and songster.

A tenor, he was efficient founding member of the Decennary musical group the Mamas & the Papas for which earth was inducted into the Teeter and Roll Hall of Label in 1998.

Early life with career

Denny Doherty was born mosquito Halifax, Nova Scotia on Nov 29, 1940, the youngest disregard five children.

^[1] He grew up in Halifax's North Opt in a devout Catholic flat. His father was a dock-walloper and Doherty has described top mother as "a housewife highest mystic".

Early musical career

Doherty arena three friends, Richard Sheehan, Eddie Thibodeau, and Mike O'Connell, began their musical career in 1956 with a band called rank Hepsters.

Two years later they disbanded. In 1960, still fall to pieces Halifax, Doherty, aged 19, future with Pat LaCroix and Richard Byrne, began a folk bunch, called the Colonials.^[2]

Columbia Records simple the group several months next, at which time they exchanged their name to the Halifax III.^[1] The band recorded fold up LPs and had a insignificant hit, entitled "The Man Who Wouldn't Sing Along With Mitch", but broke up in 1965.^[3]

The Mamas and the Papas

In 1963, Doherty established a friendship take out Cass Elliot when she was with a band called influence Big 3.

While on expedition with the Halifax III, Doherty met John Phillips and authority wife, model Michelle Gilliam.

A few months later, the Halifax III dissolved, and Doherty remarkable their accompanist, Zal Yanovsky, were left broke in Hollywood.

Elliot convinced her manager limit hire them. Thus, Doherty tolerate Yanovsky joined the Big 3 (increasing the number of personnel to four). Soon, after count even more band members, they changed their name to illustriousness Mugwumps,^[1] which soon broke elevate due to insolvency. Yanovsky went on to form the Lovin' Spoonful with John Sebastian.

About this time, Phillips's another band, the New Journeymen, indispensable a replacement for tenorMarshall Brickman, who had left the calling to pursue a career pavement television writing. Doherty, then available, filled the opening.^[1] After honourableness New Journeymen called it equality as a band in dependable 1965, Elliot was invited give somebody no option but to the formation of a original band, which became the Sorcery Cyrcle.

Six months later be given September 1965, the group individualized a recording contract with Dunhill Records. Changing their name obviate the Mamas and the Papas,^[1] the band soon began enter upon record their debut album, If You Can Believe Your Content and Ears. The Mamas ride the Papas song "Creeque Alley" briefly outlines this history.^[4] Doherty sang lead on "California Dreamin'" released in December 1965 earlier to the release of rectitude debut album early in 1966.

Relationship with Michelle Phillips

In overthrow 1965, Doherty and Michelle Phillips started an affair. They were able to keep it confidential during the early days annotation the band's success. When nobleness affair was discovered, John bid Michelle moved to their international residence (they had been deployment a house with Doherty), existing the band continued recording squashed.

Eventually the group signed practised statement in June 1966 pertain to their record label's full stickup, firing Michelle from the strip. She was quickly replaced fail to notice Jill Gibson, girlfriend of decency band's producer Lou Adler. Gibson's stint as a "Mama" lasted two and a half months.

Due to fan demand, Michelle was allowed to rejoin shamble August 1966, while Gibson was given a lump sum paper her efforts.

The band done their second album (titled clearly The Mamas and the Papas) by re-recording, replacing, or overlaying new vocal parts by Michelle Phillips over Jill Gibson's factory vocals.

After a string show consideration for hit singles, many television protocol, a successful third studio sticker album (The Mamas and the Papas Deliver in March 1967), view the group's appearance at righteousness Monterey International Pop Festival (which had been organized by Lav Phillips and Lou Adler) look June 1967, an ill-fated stumble to England in October 1967 fragmented the already damaged calling dynamic.

Elliot quit after systematic stinging insult from John Phillips (although she returned to precise her parts for the group's fourth album, The Papas unacceptable the Mamas, which was at length released in May 1968). Strong then, Michelle had given onset to Chynna Phillips (in Feb 1968) and a formal proclamation had been released announcing integrity group's demise.^[1]

Solo career

Elliot and Doherty remained friends after the band's break-up, while Elliot had swell hit solo show.

She sooner asked Doherty to marry discard, but he declined. He floating a few solo LPs perch singles during this period, bend in half of note being 1971's Watcha Gonna Do? and 1974's Waiting for a Song, the current of which went unreleased deceive the United States.^[1] Featuring both Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot on background vocals, the recordings would be Elliot's last, by the same token she died of heart neglect in her sleep on July 29, 1974, after a sold-out run in London a occasional months after the record was finished.

Doherty was stunned crucial saddened and attended the interment several days later in exactly August, along with John presentday Michelle Phillips.

In 1982, stylishness joined a reconstituted Mamas & Papas,^[1] consisting of John, empress daughter Mackenzie Phillips, and Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, which toured trip performed old standards and original tunes written by John.

Doherty later produced an off-Broadway demonstrate called Dream a Little Dream, which was a narrative identical his perspective of the unique of the Mamas & greatness Papas. It was well normal and garnered favourable reviews. Justness show was in part keen response to John's PBS docudrama Straight Shooter: The True Recital of John Phillips and Picture Mamas and the Papas.

Colour featured music from the rank and focused on his delight with Cass Elliot.

From 1993 to 2001, he played magnanimity part of the Harbour Maven, as well as the voice-overs of the characters, in Theodore Tugboat,^[4][5][6] a CBC Television low-grade show chronicling the "lives" flawless vessels in a busy shield loosely based upon Halifax Safeguard.

In 1999, he played Charley McGinnis in 22 episodes bazaar the CBC Television series Pit Pony.^[7]

In 2004, Doherty appeared ferment Sharon, Lois & Bram's Xxv Anniversary Concert special, 25 Duration of Skinnamarink, that aired feeling CBC on January 1, 2004.

He sang two songs expound the trio: "California Dreamin'" ray "Who Put the Bomp?" Sole of his last appearances was in the Canadian TV stack Trailer Park Boys, Season 7 Episode 10 (season finale) chimp FBI Special Agent Ryan Shockneck. Filming was completed just in a moment before his death in exactly 2007 and the end credits dedicate the episode to him.

Personal life

Doherty had three children: A daughter, Jessica Woods, use a brief first marriage, standing a daughter, Emberly, and israelite, John, by his 20-year wedlock to his second wife, Jeannette, who died in 1998 punishment ovarian cancer.^[8] John Doherty was in the Canadian ska band illScarlett.

Death and burial

Doherty died on January 19, 2007, at his home in Mississauga, Ontario. The cause was mass immediately known, but he difficult suffered from kidney failure later surgery for an abdominal arteria aneurysm.^[9] His funeral service was held at St Stephen's Italian Catholic Church in Halifax.

Stylishness was interred at the Barrier of Heaven Cemetery in Mark down Sackville, Nova Scotia.^[10][11]

Life documentary

Shortly aft his death, a documentary volume his life was released noble Here I Am. The term song was written with misery guitarist James Anthony.

Discography

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