The photo already chosen for the album's cover featured Michelle Phillips prominently, so Dunhill had Gibson take a photo posed in exactly the same position as Michelle, and then superimposed the new photo over that of Phillips.
Their conclusion was that Gibson sings on "Trip, Stumble and Fall," "Dancing Bear," "Strange Young Girls," "I Can't Wait," "Even If I Could," and "That Kind of Girl," as well as "Did You Ever Want to Cry" (which turned up on the following album, Deliver) while Michelle Phillips sings on "No Salt on Her Tail," " Words of Love," " My Heart Stood Still," " Dancing in the Street," " I Saw Her Again," and "Once Was a Time I Thought." In 2009, dedicated fans Richard Campbell and Greg Russo talked to Gibson herself, and consulted session sheets from the recording of the album. There has been considerable speculation over the years about which songs, if any, Jill Gibson sings on.
Jill Gibson was producer Lou Adler's girlfriend at the time and was already a singer/songwriter who had performed on several Jan and Dean albums.
In June, a new singer was hired to replace her. In the UK, it was released as a double A-side with " Dancing in the Street" (a cover of the 1964 hit by Martha and the Vandellas) and charted at number 47 in the UK.Īfter John Phillips discovered that group member Michelle Phillips was having an affair with Gene Clark of the Byrds, he fired her from the group on June 4, 1966.
" Words of Love" was released as the second single in the US peaking at number 5. The lead off single, "I Saw Her Again", reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. The album peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and number 24 in the UK. The Mamas & the Papas is the self-titled second studio album by the Mamas and the Papas, released in September 1966.
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