El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. The city's slogans are the end of the Santa Fe Trail and Welcome to Friendly El Monte. As of 2002, El Monte is the 191st largest city in the United States. It was also the 44th largest city in California. The city is also famous for the long time rock n roll hit, Memories of El Monte, written by native Frank Zappa and originally recorded by The Penguins, one of the local Doo-wop groups from the 1950s that became famous nationwide. The Song is in remembrance of The El Monte Legion Stadium and can be heard on many albums including Art Laboe's Memories of El Monte.