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The Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s included [[The Mothers|The Mothers of Invention]] as well as [[Jim Morrison|the Doors]],<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/ Show 43 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. (Part 3)]</ref> [[Sonny & Cher]], [[Nancy Sinatra]], [[the Byrds]], and [[the Monkees]].<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19808/ Show 44 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. (Part 4)]</ref>
 
The Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s included [[The Mothers|The Mothers of Invention]] as well as [[Jim Morrison|the Doors]],<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/ Show 43 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. (Part 3)]</ref> [[Sonny & Cher]], [[Nancy Sinatra]], [[the Byrds]], and [[the Monkees]].<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19808/ Show 44 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. (Part 4)]</ref>
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==Frank Zappa==
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In 1965, Zappa lived in [[Echo Park]] in Los Angeles, removing to Formosa Avenue at [[Sunset Boulevard]] in L.A. the same year. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1965.html</ref>. Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in [[Laurel Canyon]] in [[Los Angeles]], where [[Gail Zappa]] moved in with him. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1966.html</ref>. After a stay in [[New York]] (1967-1968), <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1967.html</ref>.Zappa moved to [[The Log Cabin]] (May-September 1968), until finally settling at [[7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive]] in the Hollywood Hills, L.A., where he would lived until his death in 1993. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1968.html</ref>.
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Zappa is also buried in Los Angeles, in an unmarked grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1993.html</ref>
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==Frank Zappa concerts held in Los Angeles==
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Frank Zappa and his band performed in Los Angeles several times, namely at Mount St. Mary's College, [[Brave New World]], Cafe Unicorn, [[Canter's Deli]], Cosmo Alley Cafe, The Action, The Trip, [[Vito's Studio & Store]], [[Whisky a Go-Go]], the Danish Center, the [[Shrine Exposition Hall]], the Lindy Opera House, Wrigley Stadium, the Cheetah, [[Pandora's Box]], Aquarius Theatre, Thee Experience, [[Ash Grove]], the [[UCLA]], the Olympic Auditorium, the Hollywood Palladium, the [[Pauley Pavilion]], the Hollywood Bowl, the US Roxy, [[Royce Hall]], the Sports Arean and the Palace Theater.
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*[[1963/05/04 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College]]
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*[[1963/05/19 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College]]
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*[[64/ Los Angeles CA US Brave New World]] 
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Cafe Unicorn]]
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Canter's Delicatessen]]
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Cosmo Alley Cafe]]
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US The Action]]
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US The Trip]]
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*[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Vito's studio]]
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*[[65/11/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[65/12/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[66/01 - 02 /31 - 05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip]]
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*[[66/03-04/ Los Angeles CA US]]
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*[[66/05/03-05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip]] 
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*[[66/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Danish Center]]
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*[[66/08/13 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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*[[66/09/ Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House]]
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*[[66/09/17 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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*[[66/09/27 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[66/10/02 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[67/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[67/01/ Los Angeles CA US]]
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*[[67/02/03-04 Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House]]
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*[[68/05/10-11 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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*[[68/06/03 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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*[[68/06/27 Los Angeles CA US Wrigley Stadium]]
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*[[68/06/28-30 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah]]
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*[[68/07/14 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah]]
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*[[68/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]]
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*[[68/09/ Los Angeles CA US Pandora's Box]]
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*[[68/09/17 Los Angeles CA US]]
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*[[68/09/09 The Joey Bishop Show Vine Street Theater Hollywood Los Angeles US]]
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*[[68/09/17 Los Angeles CA US]]
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*[[68/12/06-07 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] 
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*[[69/01/24-25 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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*[[69/03/31 Los Angeles CA US Aquarius Theatre]]
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*[[69/11/28-29 Los Angeles CA US Thee Experience]]
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*[[70/03/ Los Angeles CA US Ash Grove]]
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*[[70/03/ Los Angeles CA US USC UCLA]]
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*[[70/03/07 Los Angeles CA US Olympic Auditorium]]
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*[[70/03/20 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium]]
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*[[70/05/15 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]]
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*[[71/05/09 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A Go-Go]]
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*[[71/08/07 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]]
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*[[72/09/10 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Bowl]]
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*[[73/03/23 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium]]
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*[[73/12/08 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]]
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*[[73/12/09-10 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]]
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*[[73/12/11 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]]
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*[[73/12/12 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]]
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*[[74/02/23 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium]]
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*[[74/08/06-07 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio]]
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*[[74/08/08 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium]]
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*[[74/08/27 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio]] 
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*[[75/09/17-18 Los Angeles CA US Royce Hall, UCLA]]
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*[[76/11/ Los Angeles CA US Roxy]]
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*[[77/11/20 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]]
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*[[77/12/31 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]]
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*[[80/04/06 Los Angeles CA US Sports Arena]]
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*[[81/12/ Los Angeles CA US]]
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*[[84/07/17-22 Los Angeles CA US Palace Theater]]
  
 
==References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work==
 
==References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work==
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* ''[[Magdalena]]'': ''"Daughter of the smog-filled winds of Los Angeles"''
 
* ''[[Magdalena]]'': ''"Daughter of the smog-filled winds of Los Angeles"''
 
* ''[[Debra Kadabra]]'': ''Witch goddess of [[Lankershim Boulevard]] (...) Just across East L.A."''
 
* ''[[Debra Kadabra]]'': ''Witch goddess of [[Lankershim Boulevard]] (...) Just across East L.A."''
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* ''[[Joe's Garage (Track)]]'': ''"We take you now, to a garage, in Canoga Park."''
 
* ''[[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite]]'': ''"And it's the charming Mary from Canoga Park"'' (a neighborhood in L.A., in the [[San Fernando Valley]])
 
* ''[[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite]]'': ''"And it's the charming Mary from Canoga Park"'' (a neighborhood in L.A., in the [[San Fernando Valley]])
 
* ''[[Valley Girl]]'': About girls from the [[San Fernando Valley]]: ''"On [[Ventura]], there she goes"''
 
* ''[[Valley Girl]]'': About girls from the [[San Fernando Valley]]: ''"On [[Ventura]], there she goes"''
 
* ''[[Jezebel Boy]]'': ''"Now this is what happens in Los Angeles."''
 
* ''[[Jezebel Boy]]'': ''"Now this is what happens in Los Angeles."''
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* ''[[What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?]]'' (from ''[[Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta (BTB)]]''): ''"A partial list of clubs and bars to go get laid while you're on the road!" (...) The [[Whisky a Go-Go]] - City of the Angels."''
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* ''[[Groupie Bang Bang]]'': ''"Balls every dude on the Sunset Strip."''
  
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==Frank Zappa concerts held in Los Angeles==
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==People born (or from) Los Angeles==
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*[[68/09/09 The Joey Bishop Show Vine Street Theater Hollywood Los Angeles US]]
 
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==People born in Los Angeles==
 
 
* [[Diane Baker]]
 
* [[Diane Baker]]
 
* [[Busdriver]]
 
* [[Busdriver]]
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* [[Big Jay McNeely]]
 
* [[Big Jay McNeely]]
 
* [[Pamela Miller]]
 
* [[Pamela Miller]]
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* [[The Surfaris]]
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* [[Scott Thunes]]
 
* [[Jack Tillar]]
 
* [[Jack Tillar]]
 
* [[Tyler, The Creator]]
 
* [[Tyler, The Creator]]
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* [[Ivan Ulz]]
 
* [[Mark Volman]]
 
* [[Mark Volman]]
 
* [[Burt Ward]]
 
* [[Burt Ward]]
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* [[Canter's Deli]]
 
* [[Canter's Deli]]
 
* [[Carl's House]]
 
* [[Carl's House]]
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* [[Cheviot Hills]]
 
* [[Chez]]
 
* [[Chez]]
 
* [[Colonial West Model]]
 
* [[Colonial West Model]]
 
* [[Cosmo Alley]]
 
* [[Cosmo Alley]]
 
* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]
 
* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]
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* [[Frascati]]
 
* [[Gee Gee's]]
 
* [[Gee Gee's]]
 
* [[Glenoaks]]
 
* [[Glenoaks]]
 
* [[Haunted House]]
 
* [[Haunted House]]
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* [[Hollywood]] ([[Barney's Beanery]], [[Canters Fairfax Restaurant]], [[Hollywood Boulevard]], [[Hollywood Police Station]], [[Hollywood Ranch Market]], [[Sunset Boulevard]])
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* [[Hollywood]] ([[Barney's Beanery]], [[Canters Fairfax Restaurant]], [[Hollywood Boulevard]], [[Hollywood Police Station]], [[Hollywood Ranch Market]], [[Stripcombers]], [[Sunset Boulevard]])
 
* [[IT's Boss]]
 
* [[IT's Boss]]
 
* [[Kendun Recorders]]
 
* [[Kendun Recorders]]
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* [[The World Church]]
 
* [[The World Church]]
  
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==Frank Zappa about Los Angeles==
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''"The audience in [[London]] is very similar to the audience in [[Los Angeles|L.A.]] – which is to say, singularly boring and jaded."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime]]'', interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.
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==References==
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==External links==
 
*[[Wikipedia:Los Angeles|Los Angeles on Wikipedia]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Los Angeles|Los Angeles on Wikipedia]]
  

Latest revision as of 05:57, 7 September 2026

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Los Angeles is a city in Southern California, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States of America, after New York.

The Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s included The Mothers of Invention as well as the Doors,[1] Sonny & Cher, Nancy Sinatra, the Byrds, and the Monkees.[2]

Frank Zappa

In 1965, Zappa lived in Echo Park in Los Angeles, removing to Formosa Avenue at Sunset Boulevard in L.A. the same year. [3]. Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, where Gail Zappa moved in with him. [4]. After a stay in New York (1967-1968), [5].Zappa moved to The Log Cabin (May-September 1968), until finally settling at 7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills, L.A., where he would lived until his death in 1993. [6].

Zappa is also buried in Los Angeles, in an unmarked grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park. [7]

Frank Zappa concerts held in Los Angeles

Frank Zappa and his band performed in Los Angeles several times, namely at Mount St. Mary's College, Brave New World, Cafe Unicorn, Canter's Deli, Cosmo Alley Cafe, The Action, The Trip, Vito's Studio & Store, Whisky a Go-Go, the Danish Center, the Shrine Exposition Hall, the Lindy Opera House, Wrigley Stadium, the Cheetah, Pandora's Box, Aquarius Theatre, Thee Experience, Ash Grove, the UCLA, the Olympic Auditorium, the Hollywood Palladium, the Pauley Pavilion, the Hollywood Bowl, the US Roxy, Royce Hall, the Sports Arean and the Palace Theater.

References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work

People born (or from) Los Angeles

See also

Frank Zappa about Los Angeles

"The audience in London is very similar to the audience in L.A. – which is to say, singularly boring and jaded." - Frank Zappa in Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime, interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.

References

External links

Sources