Dale Bozzio
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Dale Bozzio, born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, Massachusetts
March 2, 1955, is an American
progressive rock
and new wave
vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer
of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa
. In her solo career, Dale has released three albums and one EP
.
While with Frank Zappa
, Dale performed significant roles in two of his major works, Joe's Garage
, and Thing-Fish
.
In 1980, Dale co-founded the new wave band Missing Persons with former Zappa
musicians Warren Cuccurullo
and Terry Bozzio
. She became known for colorful, self-designed stage attire incorporating various plastics and tubing, and for a vocal style that features a high pitched flourish or 'squeak'. In addition to being the band’s lead vocalist, she also contributed appreciably to song lyrics. Missing Persons has released one EP
and six albums, including Spring Session M
, which achieved gold record status.
After Missing Persons disbanded in 1986, Dale was signed to Prince
’s Paisley Park
label, which released her first solo album, Riot in English. Its first single, Simon Simon, successfully charted. Since that time, Dale established Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio, and continues to perform Missing Persons repertoire at venues across the United States
. She has also participated periodically in reunions of the original Missing Persons band, and has continued her work as a solo artist.
at the age of 16. Instead, she chose to work as a Bunny at the Playboy Club
in Boston.
Dale was named Boston Playboy Club Bunny of the Year in 1975.
In 1976, Dale traveled to Playboy Mansion West
in Los Angeles
at the request of Hugh Hefner
, to interview for the position of Valentine party hostess. The opportunity would provide for both a continuing relationship with Playboy
and for living arrangements in L.A.
, from which she could pursue an acting career.
Dale did not accept Hefner
’s offer, and she did not secure living arrangements. However, shortly thereafter, she chanced upon musician and composer Frank Zappa
, whom she had met previously at one of his concerts in Boston
. That encounter led to her employment with Zappa
.
hired her to voice the part of Mary in his rock opera, Joe's Garage
, which was under development at that time. In that role she promoted Zappa’s views towards the Roman Catholic Church
, sexuality, and the culture of rock bands. In “Scene Sixteen-Packard Goose”, Dale expressed Zappa’s philosophy concerning how information, knowledge, wisdom, truth, beauty, love, and music relate to each other, with music as the best.
Dale’s voice can also be heard in the film Baby Snakes
(1979), and in the single “I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted” (1980), a criticism of the US military draft policy at that time. ‘’I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted was also included on the album, The Lost Episodes
(1996).
In 1984, Dale was cast in Frank Zappa’s musical
, ‘’Thing-Fish
’’. In voicing the part of Rhonda, she played opposite her real-life husband at the time, Terry Bozzio
, who voiced the character, Harry, Rhonda’s husband. In Thing-Fish
, Dale articulated Zappa’s early 1980s perspective on feminism, female sexuality, young urban professionals (Yuppie
s), and the state of Broadway musical theater
.
In November 1991, participating along with other alumni in Zappa’s fiftieth birthday tribute concert, ‘’Zappa’s Universe’’, Dale revised the words in her recitation of her lines in "Packard Goose" to, "Music...and Frank Zappa...are the best."
and Terry Bozzio
who had been one of Zappa's drummers, founded Missing Persons in 1980.
Missing Persons quickly gained popularity thanks to their music, as well as to Dale's quirky voice, unusual, futuristic fashion sense, wild makeup and hair colors. Her now ex-husband Terry described Dale as looking "like a popsicle
" when shooting the music video for the Missing Persons song Words, because of the vibrant colors and clothing she was wearing. Missing Persons had several hits during the first half of the 1980s but broke up in 1986, shortly after the release of their third full-length album Color In Your Life.
Dale Bozzio has continued to record and perform since the breakup of the original Missing Persons band.
Some of her musicians have been Wes Wehmiller
, Ron Poster, Mike Mangini
, Anthony Resta
, Ben Sesar, Tony Savarino, Brad Miller, Jeff Calder, Michael T. Ross, Van Spragins, Michael Maysonet, and Eric Welsh.
In June 2005, Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio appeared on week five of the NBC
show Hit Me Baby One More Time
. They performed "Words" and a cover of the Kylie Minogue
dance track, "Can't Get You Out of My Head".
Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio has toured throughout the United States. During the past few years, the band has made several appearances on the Regeneration Tour, played club dates on the west coast during the Summer of 2009, and played with the 1980s Club Tour at venues across the country in the Spring of 2010.
's Paisley Park Records
. The lead single "Simon Simon" was a Top 40 dance hit and was also a crossover hit in Europe. The Simon Simon music video was the only video produced from the album. The 2nd single, "Riot In English" did not chart.
In 2000 Bozzio’s cover "Into the Groove (Meeks Remix)" appeared on the album Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna Volume Two on Cleopatra Records
. That cover has also been included on some more recent “Tribute to Madonna” compilations. Dale's cover version of the Prince single "I Would Die 4 U" was also received with positive reviews.
Dale's second album New Wave Sessions was released on October 23, 2007 on compact disc by Cleopatra Records
. New versions of Missing Persons' hits "Words", and "Destination Unknown
", plus covers of '80s classics "Funkytown
", "Der Kommissar
", "Turning Japanese
", "I Know What Boys Like", and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" are included. A collectible, white vinyl album was also produced by Cleopatra Records
but limited to 300 copies.
’s vocal styling.
Also, direct comparisons have been made between the hairstyles, makeup and outfits that Dale Bozzio wore when performing with Missing Persons in the 80s, and Lady GaGa
’s style now 30 years later.
, Dale met Zappa drummer, Terry Bozzio
, in 1976. They married in 1979, after Terry Bozzio had become a member of the band, UK
. They divorced in 1986.
In 2008, Bozzio was charged with and convicted of animal cruelty. In November, 2009, she turned herself in to a New Hampshire jail to serve a short sentence for the conviction.
Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, five miles northwest of downtown Boston. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 56,173...
March 2, 1955, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
. In her solo career, Dale has released three albums and one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
.
While with Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, Dale performed significant roles in two of his major works, Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three...
, and Thing-Fish
Thing-Fish
-1995 Rykodisc CD Release:- Cast :*Thing-Fish—Ike Willis*Harry—Terry Bozzio*Rhonda—Dale Bozzio*The Evil Prince—Napoleon Murphy Brock*Harry-As-A-Boy—Bob Harris*Brown Moses—Johnny "Guitar" Watson*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon—Ray White- Musicians :...
.
In 1980, Dale co-founded the new wave band Missing Persons with former Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
musicians Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
and Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
. She became known for colorful, self-designed stage attire incorporating various plastics and tubing, and for a vocal style that features a high pitched flourish or 'squeak'. In addition to being the band’s lead vocalist, she also contributed appreciably to song lyrics. Missing Persons has released one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
and six albums, including Spring Session M
Spring Session M
Spring Session M is the debut album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1982 . The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Tracks from this album: "Words", "Windows", "Destination Unknown", and "Walking in LA" all had videos created and all received heavy play on...
, which achieved gold record status.
After Missing Persons disbanded in 1986, Dale was signed to Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
’s Paisley Park
Paisley Park Records
Paisley Park Records was Prince's record label, associated with and funded in part by Warner Bros. Records. It was started in 1985, following the success of the film and album Purple Rain...
label, which released her first solo album, Riot in English. Its first single, Simon Simon, successfully charted. Since that time, Dale established Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio, and continues to perform Missing Persons repertoire at venues across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She has also participated periodically in reunions of the original Missing Persons band, and has continued her work as a solo artist.
Early life
Aspiring to an acting career since childhood, Dale was admitted to the performing arts program at Emerson CollegeEmerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
at the age of 16. Instead, she chose to work as a Bunny at the Playboy Club
Playboy Club
The Playboy Club initially was a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room...
in Boston.
Dale was named Boston Playboy Club Bunny of the Year in 1975.
In 1976, Dale traveled to Playboy Mansion West
Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
at the request of Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
, to interview for the position of Valentine party hostess. The opportunity would provide for both a continuing relationship with Playboy
Playboy Enterprises
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held global media and lifestyle company founded by Hugh Marston Hefner to manage the Playboy magazine empire. Its programming and content are available worldwide on television networks, Websites, mobile platforms and radio...
and for living arrangements in L.A.
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, from which she could pursue an acting career.
Dale did not accept Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
’s offer, and she did not secure living arrangements. However, shortly thereafter, she chanced upon musician and composer Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, whom she had met previously at one of his concerts in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. That encounter led to her employment with Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
.
With Frank Zappa
At that chance meeting, seeing potential in Dale, Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
hired her to voice the part of Mary in his rock opera, Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three...
, which was under development at that time. In that role she promoted Zappa’s views towards the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
, sexuality, and the culture of rock bands. In “Scene Sixteen-Packard Goose”, Dale expressed Zappa’s philosophy concerning how information, knowledge, wisdom, truth, beauty, love, and music relate to each other, with music as the best.
Dale’s voice can also be heard in the film Baby Snakes
Baby Snakes
Baby Snakes is a movie which includes footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City's Palladium Theater, backstage antics from the crew, and stop motion clay animation from award-winning animator Bruce Bickford....
(1979), and in the single “I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted” (1980), a criticism of the US military draft policy at that time. ‘’I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted was also included on the album, The Lost Episodes
The Lost Episodes
The Lost Episodes is a 1996 posthumous album by Frank Zappa which compiles previously unreleased material. Much of the material covered dates from early in his career, and as early as 1958, into the mid-1970s...
(1996).
In 1984, Dale was cast in Frank Zappa’s musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, ‘’Thing-Fish
Thing-Fish
-1995 Rykodisc CD Release:- Cast :*Thing-Fish—Ike Willis*Harry—Terry Bozzio*Rhonda—Dale Bozzio*The Evil Prince—Napoleon Murphy Brock*Harry-As-A-Boy—Bob Harris*Brown Moses—Johnny "Guitar" Watson*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon—Ray White- Musicians :...
’’. In voicing the part of Rhonda, she played opposite her real-life husband at the time, Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
, who voiced the character, Harry, Rhonda’s husband. In Thing-Fish
Thing-Fish
-1995 Rykodisc CD Release:- Cast :*Thing-Fish—Ike Willis*Harry—Terry Bozzio*Rhonda—Dale Bozzio*The Evil Prince—Napoleon Murphy Brock*Harry-As-A-Boy—Bob Harris*Brown Moses—Johnny "Guitar" Watson*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon—Ray White- Musicians :...
, Dale articulated Zappa’s early 1980s perspective on feminism, female sexuality, young urban professionals (Yuppie
Yuppie
Yuppie is a term that refers to a member of the upper middle class or upper class in their 20s or 30s. It first came into use in the early-1980s and largely faded from American popular culture in the late-1980s, due to the 1987 stock market crash and the early 1990s recession...
s), and the state of Broadway musical theater
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
.
In November 1991, participating along with other alumni in Zappa’s fiftieth birthday tribute concert, ‘’Zappa’s Universe’’, Dale revised the words in her recitation of her lines in "Packard Goose" to, "Music...and Frank Zappa...are the best."
Missing Persons
Dale, along with Zappa touring guitarist Warren CuccurulloWarren Cuccurullo
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
and Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
who had been one of Zappa's drummers, founded Missing Persons in 1980.
Missing Persons quickly gained popularity thanks to their music, as well as to Dale's quirky voice, unusual, futuristic fashion sense, wild makeup and hair colors. Her now ex-husband Terry described Dale as looking "like a popsicle
Popsicle
Popsicle is the most popular brand of ice pop in the United States and Canada. The first ice pop was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda on his porch in cold weather overnight. The next morning he went to go get the soda and it was frozen, so he put two...
" when shooting the music video for the Missing Persons song Words, because of the vibrant colors and clothing she was wearing. Missing Persons had several hits during the first half of the 1980s but broke up in 1986, shortly after the release of their third full-length album Color In Your Life.
Dale Bozzio has continued to record and perform since the breakup of the original Missing Persons band.
Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio
During the early 1990s, Dale Bozzio toured with her own hired band using the name "Missing Persons" and performing Missing Persons songs. Following controversy over Bozzio's use of the "Missing Persons" band name and her former managers' misleading use of photographs of original band members when advertising her shows, she now tours under the name "Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio."Some of her musicians have been Wes Wehmiller
Wes Wehmiller
Wes Wehmiller was a bass guitarist who performed with Duran Duran and Missing Persons.He was born in New York City, and named after John Wesley Powell...
, Ron Poster, Mike Mangini
Mike Mangini
Mike Mangini is an American drummer, and the current drummer for the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He has played for Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai, among others. He lectured at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is also known for his work as a session musician...
, Anthony Resta
Anthony Resta
Anthony J. Resta is an American record producer and musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is a known for his use of vintage audio gear in creating expansive sonic atmospheres. He has earned twelve RIAA certified gold and multi-platinum awards and has been featured in many articles for his...
, Ben Sesar, Tony Savarino, Brad Miller, Jeff Calder, Michael T. Ross, Van Spragins, Michael Maysonet, and Eric Welsh.
In June 2005, Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio appeared on week five of the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
show Hit Me Baby One More Time
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time was a 2005 reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later, as a new version, by NBC in the United States; both were presented by Vernon Kay. During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a cover version of a contemporary...
. They performed "Words" and a cover of the Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
dance track, "Can't Get You Out of My Head".
Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio has toured throughout the United States. During the past few years, the band has made several appearances on the Regeneration Tour, played club dates on the west coast during the Summer of 2009, and played with the 1980s Club Tour at venues across the country in the Spring of 2010.
Solo
Dale's solo album Riot In English was released on January 1, 1988 on PrincePrince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
's Paisley Park Records
Paisley Park Records
Paisley Park Records was Prince's record label, associated with and funded in part by Warner Bros. Records. It was started in 1985, following the success of the film and album Purple Rain...
. The lead single "Simon Simon" was a Top 40 dance hit and was also a crossover hit in Europe. The Simon Simon music video was the only video produced from the album. The 2nd single, "Riot In English" did not chart.
In 2000 Bozzio’s cover "Into the Groove (Meeks Remix)" appeared on the album Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna Volume Two on Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
. That cover has also been included on some more recent “Tribute to Madonna” compilations. Dale's cover version of the Prince single "I Would Die 4 U" was also received with positive reviews.
Dale's second album New Wave Sessions was released on October 23, 2007 on compact disc by Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
. New versions of Missing Persons' hits "Words", and "Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown (song)
Destination Unknown is a single by the new wave band Missing Persons. It was released in 1982 on their album Spring Session M. In the US it was a minor hit spending 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #42....
", plus covers of '80s classics "Funkytown
Funkytown
"Funkytown" is a 1980 disco hit song by the disco band Lipps Inc. The song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keeps me groovin' with some energy". It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Dance charts in 1980, also reaching number 1 in Germany,...
", "Der Kommissar
Der Kommissar (song)
"'" is a song first recorded by Falco in Austria in 1981, covered a year later by After the Fire and reworked in 1983 by Laura Branigan. Originally written by Robert Ponger and Falco, the Falco version reached the top of the charts in many countries....
", "Turning Japanese
Turning Japanese
"Turning Japanese" is a song released by the English band The Vapors from their album New Clear Days, and the song for which they are known best. The song's lyrics consist mainly of the singer talking about pictures of his love...
", "I Know What Boys Like", and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" are included. A collectible, white vinyl album was also produced by Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
but limited to 300 copies.
Influence on other artists
Dale Bozzio has been credited with influencing Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...
’s vocal styling.
Also, direct comparisons have been made between the hairstyles, makeup and outfits that Dale Bozzio wore when performing with Missing Persons in the 80s, and Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
’s style now 30 years later.
Personal life
During her work with Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, Dale met Zappa drummer, Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
, in 1976. They married in 1979, after Terry Bozzio had become a member of the band, UK
UK (band)
U.K. were a short-lived British progressive rock supergroup active from 1977 until 1980.The band was composed of Singer/Bassist John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep, Keyboardist/Electric Violinist Eddie Jobson, formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's...
. They divorced in 1986.
In 2008, Bozzio was charged with and convicted of animal cruelty. In November, 2009, she turned herself in to a New Hampshire jail to serve a short sentence for the conviction.
With Frank Zappa
- Joe's GarageJoe's GarageJoe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three...
Act I (1979) - Joe's GarageJoe's GarageJoe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three...
Acts II, and III (1979) - Thing-FishThing-Fish-1995 Rykodisc CD Release:- Cast :*Thing-Fish—Ike Willis*Harry—Terry Bozzio*Rhonda—Dale Bozzio*The Evil Prince—Napoleon Murphy Brock*Harry-As-A-Boy—Bob Harris*Brown Moses—Johnny "Guitar" Watson*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon—Ray White- Musicians :...
(1984) - The Lost EpisodesThe Lost EpisodesThe Lost Episodes is a 1996 posthumous album by Frank Zappa which compiles previously unreleased material. Much of the material covered dates from early in his career, and as early as 1958, into the mid-1970s...
(1996)
With Missing Persons
- Missing Persons EP (1980)#46 US
- Spring Session MSpring Session MSpring Session M is the debut album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1982 . The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Tracks from this album: "Words", "Windows", "Destination Unknown", and "Walking in LA" all had videos created and all received heavy play on...
(1982, 1995)#17 US - Rhyme & ReasonRhyme & ReasonRhyme & Reason is the second album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1984. After the successful debut album by the band, this LP fell flat in sales. The pleasant-sounding "Surrender Your Heart" was its signature single...
(1984, 2000)#43 US - Color In Your LifeColor in Your LifeColor in Your Life is the third and final album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1986 .-Track listing:All songs by Missing Persons, except where noted#"Color in Your Life" – 5:00...
(1986, 2000)#88 US - The Best of Missing Persons (1987)
- Late Nights, Early Days (1998)
- Remixed Hits (1999)
- Lost TracksLost Tracks (Missing Persons album)Lost Tracks is a compilation album by American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 2002. Compiled by former Missing Persons guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, it contains a selection of previously unreleased studio and live recordings.-Track listing:...
(2002) - Classic Masters: Missing Persons (2002)
- The Best of Missing Persons: 10 Best Series (2002)
- Walking in LA: The dance mixes (2006)
- Live From the Danger Zone!: Dale Bozzio & Missing Persons (March 2008 Acadia Records UK – Europe & Airline Records – USA)
Solo releases
- Riot In English (1988)
- New Wave Sessions (2007)
- Talk Talk EP (2010)
- Make Love Not War (2010)
Filmography
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Lunch Wagon (1981)
- Zappa’s Universe (1993)
- US Festival 1983 Days 1-3 (2009)
Missing Persons
- Words (1981)
- Mental Hopscotch (1982)
- Destination Unknown (1982)
- Noticeable One (1983)
- Surrender Your Heart (1984)
- Give (1984)
- Right Now (1984)
- I Can’t Think About Dancing (1986)