Childhood
Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother, Rose Marie ( See more

Rebirth of the Mothers and filmmaking
In 1970, Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta. They arranged a May 1970 concert where Mehta conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic augmented … See more

Genres
The general phases of Zappa's music have been variously categorized under blues rock, experimental rock, jazz, classical See more

Formation
In April 1965, Ray Collins, singer of a local R&B band called the Soul Giants, asked Zappa to take over … See more

Beginning of Barking Pumpkin Records label
Zappa cut ties with Phonogram after the distributor refused … See more

Zappa died from prostate cancer on December 4, 1993, at his home with his wife and children by his side. At a private ceremony the following day, his body was buried in a grave at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles. The grave has … See more

Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1963. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman. He and his second wife had four children: Moon, Dweezil See more