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Born: Francis Vincent Zappa Jr. on 12/21/1940 in Baltimore, MD Died: 12/4/1993 of prostate cancer
Experimental singer/songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Rock music’s leading satirist. Born of Sicilian parentage. Raised in California. Formed The Mothers of Invention in 1965. In the movies 200 Hotels and Baby Snakes. Father of Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa.
Song(s):
Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (1967)
Album(s):
Freak Out! (The Mothers of Invention, 1966)
We’re Only in It for the Money (The Mothers of Invention, 1968)
Hot Rats (1969)
Born: 7/7/1932 Died: 11/9/2007
Austrian jazz pianist with Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, and Weather Report.
Hans Zimmer
Album(s):
The Lion King (composed with Elton John and Tim Rice, 1994) ST
The Zombies
Song(s):
Time of the Season (1969)
Album(s):
Oddessey & Oracle (1968)
Boogie-rock trio formed in Houston, TX.
Active: 1969-2003 Members: Billy Gibbons (v/g – Moving Sidewalks; ZZ Top), Dusty Hill (v, b), and Frank Beard (d)
Song(s):
La Grange (1974)
Legs (1984)
Album(s):
Tres Hombres (1973)
Eliminator (1983)
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