Ethel Waters

She was posthumously recognized in 1984 by the Gospel Music Association where her name was placed in its Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In Austin Powers, Moon Unit Zappa is one of the units on the moon. Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California. Moon Unit Zappa gave birth to Frank Zappa's first grandchild (Mathilda Plum Doucette) on December 21, 2004, which would have been her late father's sixty-fourth birthday. Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896-September 1, 1977) was an African American vocalist who performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on Broadway and off. Zappa is married to Paul Doucette, drummer for the band Matchbox 20. Famous valspeak quote: "Gag me with a spoon.".

Recently she has worked as a stand up comic, magazine writer, actress (including the sit-com 'Normal Life'), and author of the novel America, the Beautiful, Publisher: Touchstone (September 11, 2001) ISBN 0743213831. She has three younger siblings, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva. Moon was born in New York City. It was first released on the album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch.

The song was released on a single (the only one from Zappa that became a United States top 40 hit), which features several pictures of Moon with her father Frank. This song is about vals (Valley girls) and features Moon improvising phrases in the valspeak dialect. Her first fame derives from a vocal improvisation on her father's song "Valley Girl" on 1982 when she was 15. Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is the oldest daughter of rock musician Frank Zappa.