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Famous as :
Rock music singerBirth Name :
Frank Vincent ZappaBirth Date :
December 21, 1940Birth Place :
Baltimore, Maryland, USASpouse :
Kay Sherman (1960 - 1964), Gail Zappa (21-Sep-67 - 4-Dec-93) (his death)
Masterworks Added to National Recording Registry
April 12, 2006 12:04:40
50 recordings by veteran artists, like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King, are being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Why those masterworks and not the others? It is all because the recordings are considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
As of Wonder, he makes the list with his 1976 double album, "Songs in the Key of Life", while Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?", which was hailed as one of the "most groundbreaking guitar albums of the rock era, leads the newcomers. Music legend B.B. King is recognized for his legendary 1965 live concert album, "Live at the Regal".
