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• Suburban Lawns
  ...mes]] (1991)'' Zappa claimed that ''"Gidget Goes to Hell"'' was one of his favorite punk records: ''"I thought that was good."'' [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Little Sunny Day & The Clouds
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists]]
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• Sabicas
  [[Category:Folk Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• The Bel-Aires
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Bel-Aires]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Bel-Aires]]
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• Spizzenergi
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• The Five Campbells
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Five Campbells, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Five Campbells, The]]
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• The Dreamlovers
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Dreamlovers]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Dreamlovers]]
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• The Hawks
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Hawks, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Hawks, The]]
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• The Flying Lizards
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Flying Lizards, The]] [[Category:Rock Artists|Flying Lizards, The]]
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• UK Subs
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• Tomorrow (The Band)
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• The Olympics
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Olympics]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Olympics]]
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• The Charts
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Charts, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Charts, The]]
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• Black Oak Arkansas
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Mott The Hoople
  ...um ''[[The Hoople]]'', 1974. A year later he named this same album one his favorite records in ''[[Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves]]'', June 1975. [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• The Orchids
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Orchids, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Orchids, The]]
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• Hubert Sumlin
  Frank Zappa named him one of his influences and favorite guitarists. [[Category:Favorite Artists|Sumlin]]
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• The Crests
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Crests, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Crests, The]]
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• The Solitaires
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Solitaires, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Solitaires, The]]
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• The Harptones
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Harptones, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Harptones, The]]
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• These New Puritans
  When lead singer Jack Barnett was asked to choose some favorite tracks for a transmission of Red Bull Music Academy Radio, one of the songs ...tch VPRO interview from 2007 Barnett named ''[[Are You Hung Up?]]'' as his favorite song of the moment. <ref>http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/festivals/news/full
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• The Channels
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Channels, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Channels, The]]
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• The Gaylarks
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Gaylarks]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Gaylarks]]
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• The Moonlighters
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Moonlighters, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Moonlighters, The]]
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• The Turbans
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Turbans, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Turbans, The]]
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• The Velours
  Zappa named their song ''[[Can I Come Over Tonight]]'' as one of his Top 10 favorite records in the interview ''[[Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves]]'' [[Category:Favorite Artists|Velours, The]]
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• Andre Williams
  ...(1967)'',.... He was also active as songwriter and producer for other soul artists. After suffering with drug addictions and homelessness during the 1980s Wil [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Williams, Andre]]
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• WZIR, Buffalo
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Jeff Beck
  Zappa also named Beck one of his favorite guitarists in the interview [[Dynamo Frank]]. ''"One of my favorite guitar players on the planet. From a melodic standpoint and just in terms o
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• WIOQ, Philadelphia
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Johnny Ace
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Ace, Johnny]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Ace, Johnny]]
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• Chuck Higgins
  ...wn for his hit song ''"[[Pachuko Hop]]"'' (1952). The song was a perennial favorite among Latino people, but didn't become much of a hit elsewhere.''"Pachuko"' [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Higgins]]
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• Living in a Box
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Wes Montgomery
  In ''[[My Favorite Records]]'', an FZ penned article in [[Hit Parader]] (1967) Zappa says: "'' ...o named Wes Montgomery one of his favorite artists and ''"Lover Man"'' his favorite track by him.
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• Tony Allen
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Allen, Tony]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Allen, Tony]]
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• Musik Für Junge Leute
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Jon Fishman
  ...s/news/1458912/11272002/zappa_frank.jhtml Jon Fishman: Z's Are a Few Of My Favorite Things]'', interview by Jim Macnie, VH1, November 2002.</ref>. Fishman picked his favorite Zappa tracks for the homage compilation ''[[Zappa Picks By Jon Fishman Of P
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• The Robins
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Robins, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Robins, The]]
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• Vernon Greene
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Greene, Vernon]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Greene, Vernon]]
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• Walter Gerwig
  '''Who are some of your all-time favorite guitarists?''' [[Category:Favorite Artists|Gerwig, Walter]]
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• The Thrillers
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Thrillers, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Thrillers, The]]
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• Jackie & The Starlites
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Alex Harvey
  [[Category:Rock Artists|Harvey, Alex]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Harvey, Alex]]
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• The Coasters
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Coasters, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Coasters, The]]
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• WLIR, Long Island
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• The Paragons
  ...(28 January 1978) Zappa called ''"Let's Start All Over Again"'' one of his favorite songs. And in ''[[Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves]] (June 1975)' [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Paragons, The]]
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• Huun-Huur-Tu
  ...u's ''Horses In My Herd'' their song ''Song of the Caravan Drivers'' was a favorite of Zappa, which is why they dedicated it to him. <ref>http://www.donlope.ne [[Category:Folk Artists]]
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• John Cooper Clarke
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Clarke, John Cooper]]
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• Matt Murphy
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Murphy, Matt]]
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• KUNM, Albuquerque
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Traffic (The Band)
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• Nodu C. Mullick
  [[Category:Folk Artists|Mullick, Nodu C.]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Mullick, Nodu C.]]
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• ZZ Top
  [[Category:Favorite Artists]] [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• The Four Deuces
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Four Deuces]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Four Deuces]]
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• Peppermint Harris
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Harris, Peppermint]]
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• Willie Joe Duncan and Bob "Froggy" Landers
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Duncan, Willie Joe]]
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• Frankie Valli
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Valli, Frankie]]
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• Ian Rankin
  ...ferences Zappa a lot in his work and names him one of his favorite musical artists. <ref>http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/624692f4-f525-11e0-9023-00144feab49a.h
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• The Dovells
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Dovells, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Dovells, The]]
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• Blondie
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• The El Dorados
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|El Dorados, The]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|El Dorados, The]]
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• Henry Purcell
  ...mentioned he brought music cassettes of Purcell with him, along with other favorite composers: ''"Well, what I do is I take cassettes with me on the road becau [[Category:Favorite Artists|Purcell]]
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• The Penguins
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Penguins]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Penguins]]
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• Walk the Moon
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• The Clovers
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Clovers]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Clovers]]
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• KSAN, San Francisco
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• The Spaniels
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Spaniels, The]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Spaniels, The]]
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• The Velvets
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Velvets]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Velvets]]
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• KSJO, San Jose
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. One such appearance was on radio statio [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Jimmy Nolen
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Nolen, Jimmy]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Nolen, Jimmy]]
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• Ewan MacColl
  ...er gave it back, claiming Zappa had given it to him it and that it was his favorite record <ref>Captain Beefheart: The Biography, Mike Barnes, ISBN 0711941343< [[Category:Favorite Artists|MacColl, Ewan]]
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• The Shaggs
  ...eurish music Irwin Chusid named them as one of the first ''outsider'' rock artists, together with [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] and [[Captain Beefheart]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Shaggs, The]]
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• Ron Simasek
  ...acebook page he lists [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] as one of his personal favorite books. [[Category:Rock Artists|Simasek, Ron]]
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• The Murmaids
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Murmaids, The]]
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• Twisted Sister
  ...the group during his concerts in the 1980s when he changed the line ''"Her favorite group was [[Helen Reddy]]"'' from [[Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me]] in [[Category:Rock Artists]]
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• Chatur Lal
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Lal, Chatur]] [[Category:Folk Artists|Lal, Chatur]]
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• The Plastics
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Plastics, The]] [[Category:Rock Artists|Plastics, The]]
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• Lew Lewis
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Lewis, Lew]] [[Category:Rock Artists|Lewis, Lew]]
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• Mats Öberg
  [[Category:Rock Artists|Öberg, Mats]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Öberg, Mats]]
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• Moondog
  ...S. Burroughs]] and comedian [[Lenny Bruce]]. His music has been covered by artists like [[Janis Joplin]] and Julie Andrews. [[Category:Folk Artists]]
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• The Feathers
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Feathers]] [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Feathers]]
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• Big Jay McNeely
  ...7 - 16 September 2018) was an American tenor saxophone player. Inspired by artists like Lester Young and [[Johnny Otis]], he played in a very flamboyant and e [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|McNeely, Big Jay]]
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• Cream
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Roy Tann
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Tann, Roy]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Tann, Roy]]
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• Vincent Persichetti
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Persichetti, Vincent]]
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• Lloyd Price
  [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Price, Lloyd]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Price, Lloyd]]
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• Silvestre Revueltas
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Revueltas, Silvestre]]
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• Speaking Of Music
  ...ns [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and aired his favorite music selections on radio stations. Although not strictly in the role of a [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Frédéric Chopin
  ...mentioned he brought music cassettes of Purcell with him, along with other favorite composers: ''"Well, what I do is I take cassettes with me on the road becau [[Category:Favorite Artists|Chopin]]
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• Chuck Berry
  ...nced basically all rock guitarists since. Therefore he was among the first artists to be inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. [[Category:Rock Artists|Berry]]
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• Lene Lovich
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Lovich]] [[Category:Rock Artists|Lovich]]
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• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  [[Category:Rock Artists|Hawkins, Screamin' Jay]] [[Category:Favorite Artists|Hawkins, Screamin' Jay]]
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• Little Richard
  [[Category:Rock Artists]] [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
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• Cecil Taylor
  Zappa mentions him again in the article ''[[My Favorite Records]]'', in [[Hit Parader]] (August 1967): "''You also should go out an [[Category:Favorite Artists|Taylor, Cecil]]
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• Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Walker, Johnny "Big Moose"]]
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• Hank Ballard
  ''"One of my favorite Negro & groups during the 50s was Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Their w [[Category:Rock Artists|Ballard, Hank]]
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• Black Sabbath
  ...FZ what he was currently listening to, outside of his own work. Among the artists that FZ commented on were Black Sabbath. The editorial continues as follows ==Zappa's favorite tracks by Black Sabbath==
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• Muddy Waters
  ...ive Long Years" (1963). His songs have been covered by numerous blues rock artists, including [[The Rolling Stones]] who were named after one of his hit songs ...named [[The Best Of Muddy Waters|Muddy Waters' first album]] as one of his favorite records. Zappa played Waters' "Mannish Boy" in 1980 on the ''[[Star Special
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• Glenn Gould
  [[Category:Favorite Artists|Gould, Glenn]]
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