Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name "Moon Zappa." Apart from the novelty of her unusual name, she first came to public attention at the age of 14, in 1982, as a vocalist on her father's hit single "Valley Girl". The song featured Moon Unit delivering a monologue in 'val-speak', a collection of slang terms popular in the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles. September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American singer, guitarist, composer and satirist. ... Valley girl is a term coined in the 1970s. ... San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in southern California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

"Valley Girl" was Frank Zappa's only top 40 hit in the United States, and popularized phrases such as "Grody to the max", "Gag me with a spoon", and also the word bitchin' as a term of high praise. The song appeared on Zappa's contemporary album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, a title which had itself been thought up by Moon Unit, as an explanation for the cryptic line drawing on the album's cover. Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album with 5 tracks by Frank Zappa, and one song (Valley Girl) co-written by Moon Unit Zappa, his daughter, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. ...

She has three younger siblings, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva. As an adult she has worked as a stand-up comic, magazine writer, actress (notably in the television sit-com "Normal Life"), and is author of the novel America, the Beautiful, which was published by Touchstone on September 11, 2001 (ISBN 0743213831). The semi-autobiographical novel features a protagonist named "American Throne" and was overshadowed by the events of 9/11. Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles) is a heavy metal guitarist. ... Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974 in Los Angeles) is a musician. ... Diva Muffin Zappa is the youngest daughter of Frank Zappa. ... Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs comedy in an informal way, talking to the audience with the absence of a fourth wall. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of suicide attacks against civilians of the United States conducted on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ...

Zappa is married to Paul Doucette, who is drummer for the band Matchbox 20. She gave birth to their first child, Mathilda Plum Doucette, on December 21, 2004, a date which would have been her late father's sixty-fourth birthday. Mathilda would also have been Frank Zappa's first grandchild. matchbox twenty (originally Matchbox 20) is an alternative rock band from Orlando, Florida. ... Matchbox Twenty is an alternative rock band from Orlando, Florida. ...

External links

• Moon Unit Zappa's website
• Moon Unit Zappa at the Internet Movie Database