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| − | [[Category: | + | '''Wallich's Music City''' was one of the most famous music stores in the country and operated from 1940 to 1978. It was located at the corner of Sunset & Vine in [[Los Angeles]]. It was a special store and a place to go for tickets, sheet music, LP's and 45's, tapes(8 track and cassette). They also sold TV's and musical instruments. |
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| + | It was the first music store to seal record albums in cellophane and put them in display racks for customers. It was also the first to have demonstration rooms for listening. Music fans flocked there to meet artists like Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer to have them sign sheet music of their latest hits. Owner Glenn Wallichs had started [[Capitol Records]], along with [[wikipedia:Johnny Mercer|Johnny Mercer]] and [[wikipedia:Buddy De Sylva|Buddy De Sylva]] from a storefront office in 1942. | ||
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| + | When in 1959 Frank Zappa moved from [[Cucamonga]] into a little apartment at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, in the [[wikipedia:Echo Park|Echo Park]] section of [[Los Angeles]], he got a job at [[Wallich's Music City]] where he worked as a salesman in the singles department. | ||
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:18, 31 July 2026
Wallich's Music City was one of the most famous music stores in the country and operated from 1940 to 1978. It was located at the corner of Sunset & Vine in Los Angeles. It was a special store and a place to go for tickets, sheet music, LP's and 45's, tapes(8 track and cassette). They also sold TV's and musical instruments.
It was the first music store to seal record albums in cellophane and put them in display racks for customers. It was also the first to have demonstration rooms for listening. Music fans flocked there to meet artists like Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer to have them sign sheet music of their latest hits. Owner Glenn Wallichs had started Capitol Records, along with Johnny Mercer and Buddy De Sylva from a storefront office in 1942.
Frank Zappa
When in 1959 Frank Zappa moved from Cucamonga into a little apartment at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, he got a job at Wallich's Music City where he worked as a salesman in the singles department.
