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Z.Z. Hill is tagged as: blues, soul, southern soul, male, male vocalists

Z.Z Hill ( born Arziel Hill September 30, 1935, Naples, Texas — died April 27, 1984, Dallas, Texas) was a popular charting southern blues singer and guitarist from the late 60’s until his death in the mid 1980s. He made recordings released on a variety of labels, including Kent, M.H, Capricorn, Quinvy, Atlantic, Mankind, Hill, United Artists Columbia and later Malaco.
He started his career as a gospel singer touring Texas with The Spiritual Five in the 1950’s but started gigging solo in Dallas in local R&B clubs with the bands of Big Bo Thomas and Frank Shelton. By the mid 60’s he was recording soulful rock n roll with an emphasis on bluesy balladry. Z.Z Hill’s style is somewhat reminiscent of other southern blues & soul singers like Percy Sledge, Bobby Bland and his biggest influence B.B King, which is supposedly where he got the idea to shorten his name to Z.Z.
He started hitting his commercial stride with early 70’s hits including Chokin’ Kind, Don’t Make Me Pay for His Mistakes, and Faithful and True. While signed to Columbia, “Love Is So Good When You’re Stealing It,” spent 18 weeks on the Billboard R&B chart in the summer of 1977. Cheatin’ in the Next Room was released in early 1982 an...
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Top 10 Z.Z. Hill Songs
Down Home Blues
I Think I'd do It
Faithful and True
Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
Someone Else Is Steppin' In
Cheatin' in the Next Room
Right Arm For Your Love
Clean Up America
Open House At My House
Please Don't Let Our Good Thing End
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Down Home
Greatest Hits
The Brand New Z.Z. Hill
A Man Needs a Woman
The Complete Hill Records Collection / United Artists Recordings, 1972-75
The Down Home Soul of Z.Z. Hill
This Time They Told the Truth: The Columbia Years
I'm a Blues Man
Z. Z. Hill Greatest Hits
Love is So Good When You're Stealing It
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