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After performing on Broadway in The Lieutenant, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award, [6] he moved to Los Angeles. [7] He landed the role of Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa for Laverne & Shirley in 1976, acting on the series until its 1983 cancellation. [6] Mekka starred in roughly 50 TV shows and movies throughout his career.
Los Angeles has been home to many new and established music bands. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire , include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Inspired by Lilith Fair and held at Woodley Park, home of WorldFest (LA), Los Angeles' largest Earth Day festival, the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival was an eco-music-fest featuring over 65 bands on 5 solar-powered stages, offering vegan, vegetarian and organic refreshments, and featuring pet adoptions, and was attended by over 2500 people ...
A.i. (band) Los Abandoned; The Ace of Cups; The Action Design; Alien Crime Syndicate; Alien Fashion Show; All Good Things (band) Allah-Las; Altamont (band) Altered State (band) Ambrosia (band) American Girls (band) An Angle; Animal Logic (band) Annetenna; Anti-M; April's Motel Room; The Aquabats; Army of Anyone; Attaloss; Attitudes (band ...
The Baked Potato is a prominent jazz club on Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, opened by Don Randi (father of bassist Leah Randi) in 1970. Randi formed his own group, Don Randi and Quest, as the house band. Over the years it has hosted many live recordings from jazz fusion artists. Larry Carlton recorded Last Nite ...
Greek Theatre is an amphitheatre and performance venue located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, which has been hosting various live performances and music concerts since its opening in the early 1930s. Today, the theatre is owned by the City of Los Angeles and operated by ASM Global (AEG Ogden).
The band Wild Colonials largely got their start at Largo with a successful Tuesday night residency that lasted nine months during 1992 and 1993. In 1993, at the height of the Los Angeles spoken word scene of that decade, Largo hosted several events featuring L.A. writers Viggo Mortensen , Scott Wannberg , Ellyn Maybe , S.A. Griffin , Tequila ...
In October 1962, comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested on obscenity charges for using the word "schmuck" on stage; one of the arresting officers was Sherman Block, who would later become Los Angeles County Sheriff. [5] Michael Nesmith sometimes worked as an M.C. at the club in the 1960s, before the formation of the music group the Monkees. [6]