In a memorable act of protest on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967, Michelle Phillips from The Mamas and the Papas ate a banana while they were forced to lip-sync "California Dreamin'."The Ed Sullivan Show, like many others at that time, typically aired live performances but sometimes used prerecorded tracks due to technical obstacles. | History In Pictures

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Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas Outfit, 1967 | Michelle Phillips wore this outfit onstage at the Monterey International Pop Festival. A landmark event that kicked off the Summer of Love and served as the prototype for all rock festivals that came afterward, Monterey was the biggest musical gathering up to that point. On June 16, the first night of the fest, there were already 30,000 people at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, even though the stadium only held 7,500. By the following af