Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
	Zappa performing in Ekeberghallen, Oslo, on Januar 16, 1977
Born	Frank Vincent Zappa; 21 December 1940; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Dee'd	4 December 1993 (aged 52); Los Angeles, Californie, U.S.
Cause o daith	Prostate cancer
Thrift	Muisicker; sangwriter; componer; conductor; record producer; activist; filmmaker; actor; author; unoffeecial ambassador tae Czechoslovakie;
Years active	1955–93
Poleetical pairty	Independent
Hauf-marrae(s)	Kay Sherman (m. 1960–1964) Adelaide Gail Sloatman (m. 1967–1993)
Bairns	Moon Zappa; Dweezil Zappa; Ahmet Zappa; Diva Zappa;
	Muisical career
Oreigin	Los Angeles, Californie, U.S.
Genres	Experimental rock; jazz; clessical; experimental pop; comedy rock; proto-prog;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; bass; keybuirds; drums; percussion;
Labels	Verve; Bizarre; Straight; DiscReet; Zappa; Barking Pumpkin;
Associate acts	The Mothers of Invention; Captain Beefheart;
Notable instruments
	Hagström Viking; Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster; Gibson SG; Gibson Les Paul; Fender Stratocaster; Synclavier;
Wabsteid
	zappa.com

Frank Vincent Zappa^{[nb 1]} (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) wis an American muisicker, sangwriter, componer, guitarist, record producer, actor an filmmakker. In a career spannin mair nor 30 years, Zappa componed rock, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral an musique concrète wirks, and produced awmaist aw o the 60-plus albums that he released wi his baund the Mothers of Invention an as a solo airtist. He an aa directit featur-lenth films an muisic videos, an designed album covers.

Notes

↑ Till discoverin his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa believed he haed been christened "Francis Vincent Zappa" efter his faither, an he is creditit as Francis on some o his early albums. The name on his birth certificate houever is "Frank", nae "Francis".^[5]

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rosenberg, Stuart (2009). Rock and Roll and the American Landscape: The Birth of an Industry and the Expansion of the Popular Culture, 1955-1969. iUniverse. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4401-6458-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
↑ Landy, Leigh (1994). Experimental Music Notebooks. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-3-7186-5554-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
↑ "Comedy rock". Allmusic.
↑ Greene, Doyle (2016). Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966–1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era. McFarland. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4766-2403-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
↑ Zappa 1989, p. 15.

[6] Till discoverin his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa believed he haed been christened "Francis Vincent Zappa" efter his faither, an he is creditit as Francis on some o his early albums. The name on his birth certificate houever is "Frank", nae "Francis".^[5]

[Rosenberg-1] Rosenberg, Stuart (2009). Rock and Roll and the American Landscape: The Birth of an Industry and the Expansion of the Popular Culture, 1955-1969. iUniverse. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4401-6458-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[2] Landy, Leigh (1994). Experimental Music Notebooks. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-3-7186-5554-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[3] "Comedy rock". Allmusic.

[4] Greene, Doyle (2016). Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966–1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era. McFarland. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4766-2403-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[FOOTNOTEZappa198915-5] Zappa 1989, p. 15.

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