"Pico and Sepulveda" is a 1947 song by Freddy Martin

Freddy Martin

Frederick Alfred Martin was an American bandleader and tenor saxophonist.-Early life:Martin was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Raised largely in an orphanage and with various relatives, Martin started out playing drums, then switched to C-melody saxophone and later tenor saxophone, the latter the one...

 and his orchestra. Composed by Eddie Maxwell and Jule Styne

Jule Styne

Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...

 (Ambassador Records, 1947—b/w "She of the Coffee Brown Eyes"), it utilizes a Latin-style beat, and Martin used the alias "Felix Figueroa" when performing and recording the song. It was frequently featured on the Dr. Demento

Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene Hansen , better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present....

 radio show in the 1970s.

The lyrics are mostly just a recitation of Los Angeles-area streetnames: Doheny, Cahuenga, La Brea, La Jolla, Sequoia, Alvarado, Santa Monica, Beverly, and Vine (Figueroa is also a Los Angeles street). The intersection of West Pico Boulevard

Pico Boulevard

Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from the Pacific Ocean at Appian Way in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA...

 and South Sepulveda Boulevard

Sepulveda Boulevard

Sepulveda Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles, California, which stretches some 42.8 miles from Rinaldi Street at the north end of the San Fernando Valley to the city limits of Hermosa Beach, where it "jumps" east and continues on to Long Beach. It generally runs north-south, passing underneath...

 is in the Rancho Park

Rancho Park, Los Angeles, California

Rancho Park is a small residential neighborhood in West Los Angeles, California with mostly single family homes and tree lined streets. The community is nestled between Westwood and Cheviot Hills. This enclave draws young professionals and families and is home to residents working in a variety of...

 neighborhood, and is in truth fairly nondescript.

The song was featured in the soundtrack

Forbidden Zone (soundtrack)

The Forbidden Zone OST is the soundtrack to Forbidden Zone, the 1980 cult film directed by Richard Elfman. The film's music was composed by Danny Elfman and performed by The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. The original LP version contained 18 tracks. In 1990 it was released with two additional...

 Richard Elfman

Richard Elfman

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's 1980 underground cult film, Forbidden Zone

Forbidden Zone

Forbidden Zone is a 1982 musical comedy film based upon the stage performances of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. The film stars Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell and members of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and features appearances by Warhol Superstar Viva, Joe Spinell and The...

. "Pico and Sepulveda" was covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 in 2002 by Lee Press-on and the Nails

Lee Press-on and the Nails

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on their album "El Bando En Fuego!". Several amateur versions were submitted to and played on the Dr. Demento radio program by such groups as the Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band.