R&B Soul Music JukeboxDiscography and Biography of Z.Z. Hill
Z.Z. Hill Songs
Arzell 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, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. The track "Down Home Blues" has been called the best-known blues song of the 1980s. According to the Texas State Historical Association, Hill "devised a combination of blues and contemporary soul styling and helped to restore the blues to modern black consciousness." Hill scored eleven Top 40 R&B hits between 1972 and 82, the biggest being "Love Is So Good When You're Stealing It" which reach #15 in 1977. His singles never made much of an impression in the pop charts, his biggest being "Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes", reaching no.62 on the Hot 100 in 1971. Sixteen Z.Z. Hill albums were released between 1969-85: Whole Lot of Soul (Kent, 1969); Brand New Z.Z. Hill (Mankind, 1971); The Bluest Blues (Excello, 1971); Dues Paid In Full (Kent, 1972; The Best Thing That's Happened To Me (United Artists, 1973); Z.Z. Hill (United Artists, 1974); Keep On Loving You (United Artists, 1975); Let's Make A Deal (Columbia, 1977); The Mark of Z.Z. Hill (Columbia, 1979); Z.Z. Hill (Malaco, 1981); Down Home (Malaco, 1982); The Rhythm & The Blues (Malaco, 1982); I'm A Blues Man (Malaco, 1983); Bluesmaster (Malaco, 1984); Thrill On The Hill (Rare Bullet, 1984); including the posthumous release In Memoriam (Malaco, 1985).
Below is a list of Z.Z. Hill songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.
(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
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to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did. 