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Rufus King is an alternative rock band from Woodland, CA. They wrote and performed the song, "Just What I Need", [1] which is featured in the film Bring It On. [2]
Guitar Center was founded in Hollywood in 1959 by Wayne Mitchell as The Organ Center, a retailer of electronic organs for home and church use. In 1964, after a supplier required him to carry Vox guitar amplifiers, to continue receiving organs, Mitchell added the amplifiers to his inventory and renamed the store The Vox Center, leveraging the Beatles association with the Vox brand.
Licorice Pizza was a Los Angeles record store chain that inspired the title of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film of the same name. [1] The term is a colloquial expression for vinyl records, comparing them to the color of licorice and the shape of a pizza.
This included many Woodland farming families. At Woodland, was a Woodland Civil Control Station, for check-in, with no overnight accommodations. [17] The post-war era spurred growth in Woodland; between 1950 and 1980, Woodland's population tripled. In the 1950s Woodland had the most millionaires per capita of any city in California. [18]
In August 1998, Wherehouse purchased Blockbuster Music from Viacom. [10] The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002. In 2003, Trans World Entertainment purchased the remaining 148 Wherehouse stores for $41 million (~$65.1 million in 2023) in cash and assumed liabilities while closing 35 under-performing stores. [11]
The Valley Music Theater was a theater-in-the-round performing arts hall located in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. It was just south of the Ventura Freeway at 20600 Ventura Boulevard , in the Chalk Hills of the western San Fernando Valley .
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Wallichs Music City was located on the northwest corner of Sunset & Vine and operated from 1940 to 1978. Owner Glenn E. Wallichs, along with Tin Pan Alley songsmith Johnny Mercer and ex-Paramount movie producer Buddy De Sylva, had founded Capitol Records, [8] starting in a small office on Vine Street in 1942 [9] and then moving to larger offices above the store in 1946.