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Zoot Suit (other)
A zoot suit is a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Zoot suit may also refer to: * ''Zoot Suit'' (play), a 1979 Broadway play by Luis Valdez ** ''Zoot Suit'' (film), a 1981 filmed version of the play * "Zoot Suit" (song), a 1964 song by the High Numbers, an alternate name for the Who See also *'' The Zoot Suit Murders'', 1978 murder mystery by Thomas Sanchez *Zoot Suit Riots The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that took place from June 3–8, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residen ..., a series of conflicts in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States * ''Zoot Suit Riot'' (album), by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies ** "Zoot Suit Riot" (song), the album's title song * Zoot (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit (play)
''Zoot Suit'' is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. ''Zoot Suit'' is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots. Debuting in 1979, ''Zoot Suit'' was the first Chicano play on Broadway. In 1981, Luis Valdez also directed a filmed version of the play, combining stage and film techniques. Plot ''Zoot Suit'' tells the story of Henry Reyna and the 38th Street Gang, who were tried for the Sleepy Lagoon murder in Los Angeles, during World War II. After a run-in with a neighboring gang at the local lovers lane, Sleepy Lagoon, the 38th Street Gang gets into a fight at a party, where a young man is murdered. Discriminated against for their zoot suit-wearing Chicano identity, twenty-two members of the 38th Street Gang are placed on trial for the murder, found guilty, and sentenced to life in San Quentin prison. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Henry's brother Rudy is beaten and stripped of his zoot suit during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit (film)
''Zoot Suit'' is a 1981 drama musical film of the Broadway play '' Zoot Suit''. Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film stars Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos — both reprising their roles from the stage production — and Tyne Daly. Many members of the cast of the Broadway production also appeared in the film. Like the play, the film features music from Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In ''Zoot Suit'', Luis Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial — when a group of young Mexican-Americans were charged with murder — resulting in the racially fueled Zoot Suit Riots throughout Los Angeles. In the play, Henry Reyna (inspired by real-life defendant Hank Leyvas) is a pachuco gangste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit/I'm The Face
"Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" was the first single of the British rock band the Who, who recorded it under the name the High Numbers in an attempt to appeal to a mod audience. "Zoot Suit" was written by Peter Meaden, the band's first manager. The song is a direct copy of "Misery" by the American R&B group the Dynamics, while the B-side, "I'm the Face", is a copy of Slim Harpo's "I Got Love If You Want It." The single was meant for a mod audience, but failed to chart. The band changed their name back to The Who, found new management, and released their own composition "I Can't Explain", which became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom. Both songs embraced mod culture - a zoot suit being a fashionable item of clothing for mods, and a "Face" being mod slang for a well-respected member of mod society. Album/single appearances "I'm the Face" appeared on ''Odds & Sods'' in 1974 (2:37 full-length version in stereo). "I'm the Face" was again released as a B-side single to "Long Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Zoot Suit Murders
''Zoot-Suit Murders'', by Thomas Sanchez, is a 1978 murder mystery set in the Los Angeles of the 1940s and employing the true historical events of the Zoot Suit Riots The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that took place from June 3–8, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residen ... as a backdrop. References Historical mystery novels 1978 American novels Novels set in Los Angeles Novels set in the 1940s Hollywood novels E. P. Dutton books {{1970s-hist-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit Riots
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that took place from June 3–8, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residents. It was one of the dozen wartime industrial cities that suffered race-related riots in the summer of 1943, along with Mobile, Alabama; Beaumont, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; and New York City. American servicemen and white Angelenos attacked and stripped children, teenagers, and youths who wore zoot suits, ostensibly because they considered the outfits, which were made from large amounts of fabric, to be unpatriotic during World War II. Rationing of fabrics and certain foods was required at the time for the war effort. While most of the violence was directed toward Mexican American youth, African American and Filipino American youths who were wearing zoot suits were also attacked. The Zoot Suit Riots were related to fears and hostilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit Riot (album)
''Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies'' is a compilation album by the American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997 by Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. The album is a collection of swing and jazz-influenced songs from the band's first three studio albums, along with four bonus tracks recorded especially for this compilation. After an independent release in early 1997, ''Zoot Suit Riot'' was reissued by Universal Records subsidiary Mojo Records the following summer. By early 1998, regular radio airplay of the album's lead single "Zoot Suit Riot" helped propel the album to #1 on ''Billboard's'' Top Heatseekers chart and eventually the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' 200, contributing to the swing revival of the late 1990s. By January 2000, ''Zoot Suit Riot'' had achieved double-platinum status of over two million copies sold in the United States, while also attaining gold record sales in Canada and New Zealand. Background By 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Suit Riot (song)
"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by the American ska-swing music, swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry (Oregon musician), Steve Perry for the band's 1997 Zoot Suit Riot (album), compilation album of the same name on Mojo Records. First issued as a Single (music), single in October 1997, "Zoot Suit Riot" slowly gained radio momentum with the commercial growth of the late-1990s swing revival before ultimately hitting its peak in the summer of 1998, reaching #41 on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs), Hot 100 Airplay chart and #15 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, Modern Rock chart, while a surrealism, surrealist music video became one of MTV's most played of the year, earning the Daddies a nomination for "Best New Artist in a Video" at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. , "Zoot Suit Riot" remains the only single of the Daddies' career to place on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' charts. Overview Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
