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Line 20: \| Notable_instruments = }} '''Frank Vincent Zappa''' (December 21, 1940 -– December 4, 1993) was an [[Americans\|American]] [[musician]] and [[composer]]. He was known for his strange style of music, which was often weird and funny. He made various types of [[music]] and many [[album]]s. Zappa worked with many other musicans, most notably his [[1960s]] group [[The Mothers of Invention]]<ref>{{Pop Chronicles\|43\|5}}</ref> and his friend and [[Blues music\|blues]] [[singer]] [[Captain Beefheart]]. Some people think he is the best composer in popular music or even any non-classical music. Zappa was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], but spent most of his life in [[Southern California]]. He grew up in [[Baltimore]], in [[Florida]], and in [[Monterey, California\|Monterey]], [[Claremont, California\|Claremont]] and [[El Cajon, California]]. His mother was of [[France\|French]] and [[Italy\|Italian]] descent; his father was an [[immigrant]] from [[Sicily]]. Zappa had four children with his wife Gail. They gave them all very unusual names: [[Moon Unit Zappa\|Moon Unit]], [[Dweezil Zappa\|Dweezil]], [[Ahmet Zappa\|Ahmet]], and Diva.

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