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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.


247-Mama Cass Elliott-Make Your Own Kind of Music.


1969-Has never charted in the UK.


Best Bit-At 0.28. In 2005 the American television series ‘Lost’ used this song for the opening scene of series 2, episode 1, called ‘Man of Science,’ ‘Man of Faith,’ which is considered by ‘Spin Magazine’ to be one of the ‘Best Musical Moments From TV’s Latest Golden Age.’ As the man said,’I’ll see you in another life brother.’


‘Cass Elliot was born Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19th, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, she died in her sleep due to heart failure on July 29th, 1974, at the age of 32. Ellen chose the name ‘Cass’ in high school, probably due to her admiration for the American actress ‘Peggy Cass,’ (1924-1999) as Ellen was interested herself in becoming an actress. It was quite a while after that, that she took the name ‘Elliot,’ in memory of a friend who had died.


Prior to pursuing a solo career after the split of ‘The Mamas & the Papas’ in 1971 (see also best songs 660) Mama Cass Elliot had started out as part of the American Folk music trio the ‘Big 3,’ with whom she recorded two Albums with in 1963, and 1964. After the demise of the ‘Big 3’ which splintered into the Folk/Rock band the ‘Mugwumps’ she recorded one studio Album in 1965 called ‘The Mugwumps,’ as part of that quartet. That group stayed together for eight months, with Elliot then having a brief spell as a solo act, before being asked to join ‘The Mamas & the Papas,’ with whom she recorded six Albums between 1966-1971. As a solo artist Elliot released eight solo Albums between 1968-1973, with the five being released while she was still a member of The Mamas & the Papas,’ she also issued 16 singles in the same time period, with three of those tracks reaching the Billboard top 40 in America, and two charting on the UK top 40.


Mama Cass Elliot’s weight fluctuated, and she weighed over 300lb at times. She became a drug user and had admitted to having a shot of Heroin before going on stage, she also used Cocaine, the embarrassment of this led to Elliot plunging into a deep depression. It was while staying in an apartment in Mayfair, London, owned by the singer Harry Nilsson (1941-1994) (see also best songs 388 and 39) on July 29th, 1974, that she died in her sleep from heart failure, the forensic pathologist who conducted the autopsy found there to be no drugs in her system. Elliot died in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place, where four years later on September 7th, 1978, ‘The Who’s’ drummer Keith Moon also died in the same room, also aged 32.


‘Make Tour Own Kind of Music’ was added to Mama Cass’ second solo studio Album ‘Bubblegum, Lemonade, and…Something for Mama’ from December 1969, after the moderate success of the single (Billboard Number 36) the Album was re-packaged, and re-named ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music/It’s Getting Better,’ increasing the track listing from 11 to 12 tracks. ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music was co-written by the husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (see also best songs 782) and produced by Steve Barri (see also best songs 527.)


Mann and Weil who had also been responsible for Elliot’s previous hit ‘It’s Getting Better,’ first had the song recorded by the American Folk/Rock group the ‘Will-O-Bees in 1968, who would record a lot of their material. The song finally became a hit in the UK in 2018 when the English singer Paloma Faith released a very similar sounding version to that of Mamma Cass for a television commercial promoting ‘Skoda Cars, Faith’s version peaked at Number 28 in the UK.


‘Nobody can tell ya there’s only one song worth singing. They may try and sell ya,’ ’cause it hangs them up to see someone like you.’