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    Frank Vincent Zappa (/ˈzæpə/ ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more...
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    albums by Frank Zappa, including all those credited to the Mothers of Invention. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. Since 1994, the Zappa Family...
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    Carl Black. Frank Zappa was asked to take over as the guitarist when a fight between Collins and Hunt led to the latter's being fired. Zappa insisted they...
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  • Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress, singer, and author. She is a daughter of musician Frank Zappa. Moon Zappa was born in...
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    the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Zappa developed a strong affinity for playing the...
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  • Adelaide Gail Zappa (née Sloatman; January 1, 1945 – October 7, 2015) was the wife of musician and composer Frank Zappa and the trustee of the Zappa Family Trust...
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    Zappa Plays Zappa is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the elder son of late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing...
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  • Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute is a posthumous album by Frank Zappa. According to the liner notes, Frank's son Dweezil...
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  • comedy single. She is the youngest child of musician Frank Zappa and wife Gail Zappa. Diva Zappa was born in Los Angeles. She has three older siblings:...
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  • a 1988 live album by Frank Zappa. It is the follow-up to 1981's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar; like that album it features Zappa's guitar solos excerpted...
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    California, the third of four children born to musician Frank Zappa and businesswoman Gail Zappa (née Sloatman). His father was of Italian (Sicilian), Greek...
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  • Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released in April 2007 as a two-CD set, consisting of the complete concert given on October 25, 1980...
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  • Look up zappa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frank Zappa (1940–1993) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer...
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  • album by the Mothers of Invention, and the twentieth overall album by Frank Zappa, released in June 1975. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Top LPs...
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  • Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention is a 1985 album by American musician Frank Zappa. The album was originally released in two slightly different...
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  • "Montana" is a song composed by Frank Zappa for his 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation. The last track on the album is one of Zappa's most famous and renowned compositions...
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    the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she performed significant roles in two of his major works,...
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  • released by American musician Frank Zappa in September and November 1979. Originally released as two separate albums on Zappa Records, the project was later...
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    with Missing Persons, U.K., and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing...
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  • musician Frank Zappa, released in 1975 on One Size Fits All. In 1993, the year of Zappa's death, Steve Vai covered "Sofa" for Zappa's tribute album Zappa's Universe...
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  • Frank Zappa for President is a compilation album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in July 2016, consisting of unreleased compositions played...
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  • Francesco Zappa is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa. It features synthesized arrangements of chamber music by the Italian composer Francesco Zappa, who composed...
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    including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K. and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976–77. Aside from his keyboard work Jobson has also gained...
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  • Halloween is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in DVD-Audio format by Vaulternative Records in 2003. It features recordings compiled from various...
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    & Eddie, where he used the pseudonym Eddie. He also was a member of Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention. Kaylan was born in the Bronx to a Jewish...
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    nominated twice. Since the late 1970s, he has recorded and toured with Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, among many other appearances in the studio...
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    in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983...
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    songwriter, restaurant owner, and former bodybuilder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in...
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  • Pachygnatha zappa is a spider named after musician Frank Zappa because of its unique markings which resemble his famous moustache. Belgian biologists Robert...
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    married Ahmet Zappa, in 2010. They have a daughter, Halo Violetta Zappa, and a son, Arrow D'Oro Leon Zappa. "In the Hive With: Shana Zappa & The Star Darlings :...
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