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Sunday 20 October 2019

Z. Z. Hill

Arzell J. Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984)

Blues Singer, Z.Z. Hill, released Albums in the 1970's and 1980's and is most remembered for his Album "Down Home" that stayed on the Billboard Soul Album chart for nearly 2 years. He was initially a Gospel Singer in the 1950's and branched into secular music in the 1960's. He died in 1984 at aged 48 years old from an heart attack caused by a blood clot that  formed when he was in a car crash two months earlier. Please take a listen here and have a relaxing Sunday: You were wrong, I need someone (to love me), Cheating in the next room, I created a monster, It ain't no use, Choking kind and Down Home Blues

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._Z._Hill
Background information 
Birth nameArzell J. Hill
BornSeptember 30, 1935
Naples, Texas,United States
DiedApril 27, 1984(aged 48)
Dallas, Texas, US
GenresBluessoul
InstrumentsVocals
Years activeLate 1950s – 1984
LabelsM.H., Hill, Kent, Mankind, United ArtistsColumbia,Malaco, Rare Bullet

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