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Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years.
11.6K subscribers. New recommendations. Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco...
Arzell J. Hill. Profile: His alias / stage name was a homage to B.B. King. Pronounced Zee Zee Hill, he was an American blues and soul singer, born 30th September 1935 in Naples, Texas, U.S.A., died 27th April 1984. On the 23rd April 1984, he gave his last performance, at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas.
Arzell J. Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984), known as Z. Z. Hill (pronounced Zee Zee), was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s.
28 de nov. de 2006 · Soul, blues, and rhythm-and-blues singer Arzell (Z.Z.) Hill was born in Naples, Texas, on September 30, 1935. He was the son of Matthew W. Hill and Malisia (Woods) Hill. He devised a combination of blues and contemporary soul styling and helped to restore the blues to modern black consciousness.
Z. Z. Hill. Down Home Blues, Z.Z. Hill’s 1981–82 breakthrough smash on Malaco, hit the blues and soul music worlds like a revelation. Suddenly, in a musical marketplace dominated by post-disco mechanized pounding and the growing influence of rap and hip-hop, here was a singer whose voice sounded equal parts gravel and swamp muck.
10 de mar. de 2018 · It was around this time that Arzell J. Hill became Z.Z. Hill, a homage to his musical hero BB King. In the late fifties, Z.Z. Hill’s elder brother Matt Hill who was a producer decided to move to California. Once he was settled, he invited Z.Z. Hill to join him in the California sunshine.
