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'''Ontario''' is a city in [[San Bernardino]] County, [[California]], where Frank Zappa lived between 1960 and 1964.
  
'''Ontario''' is a city located in San Bernardino County, [[California]], United States. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 158,007. It is the home of LA/Ontario International Airport and the huge Ontario Mills shopping mall (the largest in Southern California and one of the largest in North America). It is also the former home of the Ontario Motor Speedway. It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by Canadian engineers George Chaffey and William Chaffey, who named the settlement after their home province of Ontario, Canada.
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==Frank Zappa==
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In 1960, Frank Zappa and his wife [[Kaye Sherman]] moved to Ontario, California, where he married her. During this period, Zappa started working in [[Paul Buff]]'s [[Pal Studio]] in [[Cucamonga]] and followed a composition course in [[Pomona College]], under [[Karl Kohn]]. He also played with [[The Boogie Man]], [[The Blackouts]], [[Joe Perrino & The Mellotones]] and was hired to write the soundtrack to ''[[The World's Greatest Sinner]]'' (1961), appearing on the [[Steve Allen]] Show. He also first met [[Don Preston]] during this period.  
  
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In 1964, after filing divorce, Zappa left Ontario and moved in his recently bought studio, ''[[Studio Z]]'' (the renamed ''[[Pal Studio]]'') in [[Cucamonga]]. <ref>https://jasobrecht.substack.com/p/the-golden-era-of-guitar-player-magazine</ref>
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==See also==
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* ''[[Ontario Composer, Steve Allen, To Play Wacky Duet]]''
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* ''[[Ontario Man Writes Score For New Film]]''
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* [[wikipedia:Ontario, California, California|Ontario]]
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Revision as of 11:59, 1 August 2026

Ontario is a city in San Bernardino County, California, where Frank Zappa lived between 1960 and 1964.

Frank Zappa

In 1960, Frank Zappa and his wife Kaye Sherman moved to Ontario, California, where he married her. During this period, Zappa started working in Paul Buff's Pal Studio in Cucamonga and followed a composition course in Pomona College, under Karl Kohn. He also played with The Boogie Man, The Blackouts, Joe Perrino & The Mellotones and was hired to write the soundtrack to The World's Greatest Sinner (1961), appearing on the Steve Allen Show. He also first met Don Preston during this period.

In 1964, after filing divorce, Zappa left Ontario and moved in his recently bought studio, Studio Z (the renamed Pal Studio) in Cucamonga. [1]

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References

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