Frank Zappa
1940 to 1993
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Frank Zappa across 7 places, from 1940 to 1988. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, conductor, actor, satirist, filmmaker, and activist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Frank Zappa was documented, and when
21 December 1940exact date
Baltimoreattested
“Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Rose Marie ( Colimore) and Francis Vincent Zappa.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1956 to 1973period
Lancaster, Californiaattested
“By 1956, the Zappa family had moved to Lancaster, a small aerospace and farming town in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert close to Edwards Air Force Base; he would later refer to Sun Village (a town close to Lancaster) in the 1973…”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1956 to 1973period
Antelope Valleyattested
“By 1956, the Zappa family had moved to Lancaster, a small aerospace and farming town in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert close to Edwards Air Force Base; he would later refer to Sun Village (a town close to Lancaster) in the 1973…”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1956 to 1973period
Edwards Air Force Baseattested
“By 1956, the Zappa family had moved to Lancaster, a small aerospace and farming town in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert close to Edwards Air Force Base; he would later refer to Sun Village (a town close to Lancaster) in the 1973…”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1959year
Echo Park, Los Angelesattested
“Zappa left home in 1959, and moved into a small apartment in Echo Park, Los Angeles.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1968year
Los Angelesattested
“Zappa and the Mothers of Invention returned to Los Angeles in mid-1968; the Zappas moved into a house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, only to move again to Woodrow Wilson Drive.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
2 February 1988exact date
Genoaattested
“Zappa's last tour began on February 2, 1988 in Albany, New York and ended on June 6th in Genoa, Italy.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
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Places Frank Zappa is documented in
Baltimore1 presence · 1940Genoa1 presence · 1988Los Angeles1 presence · 1968
Antelope Valley1 presence · 1956
Echo Park, Los Angeles1 presence · 1959
Edwards Air Force Base1 presence · 1956
Lancaster, California1 presence · 1956
Other places tied to Frank Zappa in the record
In each of these, a source puts Frank Zappa and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Frank Zappa was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1952year
Monterey, Californiamentioned
“In 1952, his family relocated for health reasons to Monterey, California, where his father taught metallurgy at the Naval Postgraduate School.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1952year
Naval Postgraduate Schoolmentioned
“In 1952, his family relocated for health reasons to Monterey, California, where his father taught metallurgy at the Naval Postgraduate School.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1958 to 1966period
Antelope Valleymentioned
“He graduated from Antelope Valley High School in 1958, and later acknowledged two of his music teachers on the sleeve of the 1966 album Freak Out!”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1958 to 1966period
Antelope Valley High Schoolmentioned
“He graduated from Antelope Valley High School in 1958, and later acknowledged two of his music teachers on the sleeve of the 1966 album Freak Out!”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
28 December 1960exact date
Ontario, Californiamentioned
“Karl Kohn of Pomona College, they moved in together in Ontario, and were married December 28, 1960.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1963year
Pal Recording Studiomentioned
“In 1963, the pair recorded a demo at the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga as the Soots, seeking support from a major label.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1963year
Rancho Cucamonga, Californiamentioned
“In 1963, the pair recorded a demo at the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga as the Soots, seeking support from a major label.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
April 1965month
Pomona, Californiamentioned
“By April 1965, Ray Collins, one of Zappa's friends during the early Studio Z days, was the singer of an R&B band called the Soul Giants, based in Pomona, California.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1966year
Garrick Cinemamentioned
“The Mothers of Invention played in New York in late 1966 and were offered a contract at the Garrick Theater (at 152 Bleecker Street, above the Cafe au Go Go) during Easter 1967.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
November 1966month
New Yorkmentioned
“Wilson nominally produced the Mothers' second album Absolutely Free (1967), which was recorded in November 1966, and later mixed in New York, although by this time Zappa was in de facto control of most facets of the production.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1967year
New Yorkmentioned
“During recording sessions in New York in 1967, Zappa increasingly used tape editing as a compositional tool.”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1968year
New Yorkmentioned
“While living in New York City, and interrupted by the band's first European tour, the Mothers of Invention recorded the album widely regarded as the peak of the group's late 1960s work, We're Only in It for the Money (released 1968).”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
1968year
New York Citymentioned
“While living in New York City, and interrupted by the band's first European tour, the Mothers of Invention recorded the album widely regarded as the peak of the group's late 1960s work, We're Only in It for the Money (released 1968).”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
October 1968month
Grugahallementioned
“During the Mothers' second European tour in September/October 1968, they performed for the Internationale Essener Songtage at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany; at the Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark; for TV programs in Germany (Beat-Club),…”
source: Wikipedia: Frank Zappa
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1975year
Documented at the same place, the same year
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How to read this page
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Sources
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