The Songs of John Phillips

[Dark Horse 77]

This is one great list. Not to be picky but I'd love it if the year(s) or release for each song were included, plus which album(s) they came out on. Even without that, the list shows what a fantastic songwriter John was.

[Ars_Nova_Chris]

Here's an updated version of the list -



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2001

Aloha Louie (w/ Michelle Phillips)
American Man On the Moon
A Myth Amongst the Family of Man
Andy's Talkin' Blues
April Anne
Average Man

Babies
Ben and Me (w/ Richard Weissman)
Benny (w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Billy (w/ Richard Weissman)
Biting My Nails (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Black Broadway
Blueberries for Breakfast
Bluegrass Breakdown
Boys and Girls Together
Boys From the South

California Dreamin' (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Campy California
Captain
Champagne and Kisses
Chase the Rising Sun (w/ Richard Weissman)
Chilly Winds (w/ John Stewart)
Chinaman
Chinatown
Close Your Eyes
Convent
Creeque Alley (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Cryin' In the Shower (w/ Mackenzie Phillips and Dennis Doherty)
Cup of Tea (Skyjacked)

Dancing Bear
Danny (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Devil's On the Loose
Did You Ever Want to Cry
Don't Feed the Monkey (w/Keith Richards and Richard Weissman)
Don't Turn Around (w/ John Stewart)
Down the Beach
Drum

Energy
European Blueboy
Ex Con
Even If I Could

Fairy Tale Girl (Somewhere Near Japan)
Fantastic Four
Feather Your Nest
Flawless Space
Flowers (w/ Genevieve Waite)
For the Love of Ivy (w/ Dennis Doherty)
Frankie
Free Advice (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Frustration

Gemini Childe
Girls
Goin' Away for to Leave You
Go Now
Got a Feeling (w/ Dennis Doherty)
Go Where You Wanna Go
Gram's Song
Grasshopper

Handcuffs
Hey Girl (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Holland Tunnel/First and Last Thing That You Do
Hollywood is a Honky Tonk Town
Holy Man
Hush Now Sally (w/ Richard Weissman)

I Can't Wait
If
If King Can Can, Who Can't/My Name Is Can
I'm the Little Boy
I Phthytha Batthat Bytchou
I Saw Her Again (w/ Dennis Doherty)
I Wanna Be a Star (with Michelle Phillips)
I Wish

Kokomo (w/ Scott McKenzie)
Kwela

Lady Genevieve
Larry, Joe Hal and Me
Last Of The Unnatural Acts
Let It Bleed, Genevieve
Liar, Liar
Like An Old Time Movie
Lonely Boy and Pretty Girl (w/ Scott McKenzie)
Lonely Children
Look Through My Window
Love Is Coming Back (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Love Life
Love Song (w/ Mackenzie Phillips)

Malibu People
Mansions
Marooned (Double Parked)
Me and My Uncle/Jack of Diamonds
Meditation Mama (Transcendental Woman Travels) (w/ Lou Adler)
Me Oh My, This Learning to Fly
Midnight Deadline Blastoff
Midnight Voyage
Mission Control
Mississippi
Mixed Up Media Kid
Monday, Monday
Mr. Blue
Mr. Chow

No Dough
Not Too Cool
No Salt On Her Tail

Oh Andy My Assistant
Oh, Miss Mary (w/ John Stewart)
Oh, Sail Away (Marni) (w/ Richard Weissman)
Oh, Virginia
Once Was a Time I Thought
One Quick Martini

Pacific Coast Highway
Pearl
People Like Us
Pink Gin and Lime
Plastic Bouquets
Poncho's Love
Poor Widow (with Don Adey)
Promise Not To Tell
Pussycat

Rambling Round (w/ Richard Weissman)
Remember
Rhumba Boogie
Rich Man (w/ Don Adey and Tim Smyser)
Ride, Ride, Ride
Rooms
Royal Astronomer's Waltz/Canis Minor Bolero Waltz

Safe In My Garden
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Saying Goodbye
Secret Place
Shady
She Got She
She's Just 14
Slow Starter
Soft Blow the Summer Winds
Softly
Somebody Groovy
Someone's Sleeping
Song of Introduction/Prologue
Snowqueen of Texas
Speed of Light
Starburst
Star Stepping Stranger
Step Out
Stepping to the Stars/Penthouse of Your Mind
Straight Shooter
Strange Young Girls
String Man (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Sunny, Sunny Moon
Sunset Boulevard
Susan, Susan

That Kind of Girl
The Elephants and the Donkeys
The Frenchman
The Little Red Box On the Moon
There Is a Place (Space)
The Universe
The World's Going to Blow at a Quarter to Noon
Though I'm a Little Angel
Time Machine (Cutting Ahead)
Times of Love
Too Bad
Too Late
Topanga Canyon
Transient Friends
Trashy Rumors
Treacherous Treasonous Traitorous Acts
Trip, Stumble and Fall (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Trust In Me
Truth Cannot Be Treason
Twelve-thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)

Venus
Very Dread

Wee Little Funkie Bats
Welcome to the Moon, Man
We've Been Asking Questions (w/ Scott McKenzie)
When You Find Your Love
When You're Not Around
While I Hide
Whiskey, Wine and Champagne
White Cadillac (w/ Genevieve Waite)
White Feather Wings/Funeral
Wilderness of Love
Willie's Song: Some Men Will Rob, Steal & Gamble
Words of Love
Wooden Rifles

Yachts
Yesterday I Left the Earth
You Can Rattle My Cage (w/ John Stewart)
You Took My Heart From Me

Zulu Warrior




The following are original arrangements that John wrote, of traditional tunes -

All the Pretty Little Horses (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Bay of Mexico (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Black Girl (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Bethlehem (trad, new arr. by)
Country Blues (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Cotton Mill Girls (w/ Hedy West)
Dunya (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Fenario (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Gilgara Mountain (trad, new arr. by, w/ Dick Weissman)
Greenland Whale Fisheries (trad, new arr. by, w/ John Stewart)
Gypsy Rover (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
I Am a Poor and a Ramblin' Boy (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Jack the Sailor (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Johnny Booker (trad, new arr. by)
Kumbaya (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Make Me a Pallet (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Michael Row the Boat Ashore (trad, new arr. by)
Old Joe Clarke's Blues (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Rag Mama (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie, Richard Weissman and Arthur Roy Traum)
River Come Down (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Rock Island Line (trad, new arr. by, w/ Dick Weissman)
Rock Me Lord (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Stackolee (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Tell Ole Bill (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Virgin Mary (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Waggoner's Lad (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)




Additionally, John wrote various commercial jingles for:
*Armstrong Tile
*Canada Dry
*San Francisco Bread Company
*Schlitz Beer


John composed incidental music for both The David Frost Show and The Dick Cavett Show

John and Michelle wrote music for the 1980 film Hide In Plain Sight



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*Western World (listed on BMI site, credited as John and Dick Weissman. Dick Weissman does not know what this song is, perhaps it's mis-titled on the BMI site?)

[davidasix]

Chris,

I would not have "Go Now" put in the John Phillips song list. While he clearly made his mark on the song as recorded by the 1981 version of the M&P (John, Denny, Spanky, and Mac). There is plenty of info here:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4133

"Before The Moody Blues recorded it, this was an obscure Soul single for Bessie Banks, who released it in 1964. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced her recording, and it was written by her husband Larry Banks."

Dave

[Rbcsoup]

Thanks for the outstanding list. I am not sure John co-wrote either “Richman” or “Poor Widow” by Jamme

[Ars_Nova_Chris]

[Ars_Nova_Chris]

Newest revision -


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2001

Aloha Louie (w/ Michelle Phillips)
American Man On the Moon
A Myth Amongst the Family of Man
Andy's Talkin' Blues
April Anne
Average Man

Babies
Ben and Me (w/ Richard Weissman)
Benny (w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Billy (w/ Richard Weissman)
Biting My Nails (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Black Broadway
Blueberries for Breakfast
Bluegrass Breakdown
Boys and Girls Together
Boys From the South

California Dreamin' (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Campy California
Captain
Champagne and Kisses
Chase the Rising Sun (w/ Richard Weissman)
Chilly Winds (w/ John Stewart)
Chinaman
Chinatown
Close Your Eyes
Convent
Creeque Alley (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Cryin' In the Shower (w/ Mackenzie Phillips and Dennis Doherty)
Cup of Tea (Skyjacked)

Dancing Bear
Danny (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Devil's On the Loose
Did You Ever Want to Cry
Don't Feed the Monkey (w/Keith Richards and Richard Weissman)
Don't Turn Around (w/ John Stewart)
Down the Beach
Drum

Energy
European Blueboy
Ex Con
Even If I Could

Fairy Tale Girl (Somewhere Near Japan)
Fantastic Four
Feather Your Nest
Flawless Space
Flowers (w/ Genevieve Waite)
For the Love of Ivy (w/ Dennis Doherty)
Frankie
Free Advice (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Frustration

Gemini Childe
Girls
Goin' Away for to Leave You
Got a Feeling (w/ Dennis Doherty)
Go Where You Wanna Go
Gram's Song
Grasshopper

Handcuffs
Hey Girl (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Holland Tunnel/First and Last Thing That You Do
Hollywood is a Honky Tonk Town
Holy Man
Hush Now Sally (w/ Richard Weissman)

I Can't Wait
If
If King Can Can, Who Can't/My Name Is Can
I'm the Little Boy
I Phthytha Batthat Bytchou
I Saw Her Again (w/ Dennis Doherty)
I Wanna Be a Star (with Michelle Phillips)
I Wish

Kokomo (w/ Scott McKenzie)
Kwela

Lady Genevieve
Larry, Joe Hal and Me
Last Of The Unnatural Acts
Let It Bleed, Genevieve
Liar, Liar
Like An Old Time Movie
Lonely Boy and Pretty Girl (w/ Scott McKenzie)
Lonely Children
Look Through My Window
Love Is Coming Back (w/ Genevieve Waite)
Love Life
Love Song (w/ Mackenzie Phillips)

Malibu People
Mansions
Marooned (Double Parked)
Me and My Uncle/Jack of Diamonds
Meditation Mama (Transcendental Woman Travels) (w/ Lou Adler)
Me Oh My, This Learning to Fly
Midnight Deadline Blastoff
Midnight Voyage
Mission Control
Mississippi
Mixed Up Media Kid
Monday, Monday
Mr. Blue
Mr. Chow

No Dough
Not Too Cool
No Salt On Her Tail

Oh Andy My Assistant
Oh, Miss Mary (w/ John Stewart)
Oh, Sail Away (Marni) (w/ Richard Weissman)
Oh, Virginia
Once Was a Time I Thought
One Quick Martini

Pacific Coast Highway
Pearl
People Like Us
Pink Gin and Lime
Plastic Bouquets
Poncho's Love
Poor Widow (with Don Adey)
Promise Not To Tell
Pussycat

Rambling Round (w/ Richard Weissman)
Remember
Rhumba Boogie
Rich Man (w/ Don Adey and Tim Smyser)
Ride, Ride, Ride
Rooms
Royal Astronomer's Waltz/Canis Minor Bolero Waltz

Safe In My Garden
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Saying Goodbye
Secret Place
Shady
She Got She
She's Just 14
Slow Starter
Soft Blow the Summer Winds
Softly
Somebody Groovy
Someone's Sleeping
Song of Introduction/Prologue
Snowqueen of Texas
Speed of Light
Starburst
Star Stepping Stranger
Step Out
Stepping to the Stars/Penthouse of Your Mind
Straight Shooter
Strange Young Girls
String Man (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Sunny, Sunny Moon
Sunset Boulevard
Susan, Susan

That Kind of Girl
The Elephants and the Donkeys
The Frenchman
The Little Red Box On the Moon
There Is a Place (Space)
The Universe
The World's Going to Blow at a Quarter to Noon
Though I'm a Little Angel
Time Machine (Cutting Ahead)
Times of Love
Too Bad
Too Late
Topanga Canyon
Transient Friends
Trashy Rumors
Treacherous Treasonous Traitorous Acts
Trip, Stumble and Fall (w/ Michelle Phillips)
Trust In Me
Truth Cannot Be Treason
Twelve-thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)

Venus
Very Dread

Wee Little Funkie Bats
Welcome to the Moon, Man
We've Been Asking Questions (w/ Scott McKenzie)
When You Find Your Love
When You're Not Around
While I Hide
Whiskey, Wine and Champagne
White Cadillac (w/ Genevieve Waite)
White Feather Wings/Funeral
Wilderness of Love
Willie's Song: Some Men Will Rob, Steal & Gamble
Words of Love
Wooden Rifles

Yachts
Yesterday I Left the Earth
You Can Rattle My Cage (w/ John Stewart)
You Took My Heart From Me

Zulu Warrior




The following are original arrangements that John wrote, of traditional tunes -

All the Pretty Little Horses (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Bay of Mexico (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Black Girl (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Bethlehem (trad, new arr. by)
Country Blues (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Cotton Mill Girls (w/ Hedy West)
Dunya (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Fenario (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Gilgara Mountain (trad, new arr. by, w/ Dick Weissman)
Greenland Whale Fisheries (trad, new arr. by, w/ John Stewart)
Gypsy Rover (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
I Am a Poor and a Ramblin' Boy (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Jack the Sailor (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Johnny Booker (trad, new arr. by)
Kumbaya (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Make Me a Pallet (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Michael Row the Boat Ashore (trad, new arr. by)
Old Joe Clarke's Blues (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Rag Mama (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie, Richard Weissman and Arthur Roy Traum)
River Come Down (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Rock Island Line (trad, new arr. by, w/ Dick Weissman)
Rock Me Lord (trad, new arr. by, w/ Richard Weissman)
Stackolee (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)
Tell Ole Bill (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Virgin Mary (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Richard Weissman)
Waggoner's Lad (trad, new arr. by, w/ Scott McKenzie and Dick Weissman)




Additionally, John wrote various commercial jingles for:
*Armstrong Tile
*Canada Dry
*San Francisco Bread Company
*Schlitz Beer


John composed incidental music for both The David Frost Show and The Dick Cavett Show

John and Michelle wrote music for the 1980 film Hide In Plain Sight



????
*Western World (listed on BMI site, credited as John and Dick Weissman. Dick Weissman does not know what this song is, perhaps it's mis-titled on the BMI site?)

[Ars_Nova_Chris]

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