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Arzell "Z. Z." Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) was an American blues singer, in the soul blues tradition, known for his 1970s and 1980s recordings for Malaco. His 1982 album, Down Home, 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. This track plus the songs "Someone Else Is Steppin' In" and "Open House" have become R&B/Southern soul standards.
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Swamp Pop Boogie, Vol. 5 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:03 |
Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 4: 1970-2005 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:03 |
Snap Your Fingers with Z.Z. Hill [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Can I Get a Witness | 2:48 |
Funny Face | 2:39 |
Am I Groovin' You?: Great R&B Hits [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Can I Get A Witness | 2:45 |
Soul Heaven [Malaco] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:14 |
Blues Gold [Hip O] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:02 |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 3:59 |
Southern Soul Cellar 2 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:12 |
Juke Joint Saturday Night [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:16 |
The Modern Records Story [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Need Someone (To Love Me) | 3:05 |
Southern Soul Brothers [2000]
Song | Duration |
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What Am I Living For? | 3:47 |
Last Soul Company [Box] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:02 |
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:01 |
My Fellow Americans [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:14 |
The Complete Hill Records Collection/United Artists Recordings, 1972-1975 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Can I Get a Witness | 2:44 |
Ain't Nothing You Can Do | 2:53 |
Funny Face | 2:36 |
The Complete Hill/UA Recordings [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Can I Get a Witness | 2:45 |
Ain't Nothing You Can Do | 2:54 |
Funny Face | 2:38 |
Turn Back the Hands of Time [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg | 4:05 |
My Girl | 4:23 |
Blues Is Alright, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:10 |
Greatest Hits [Malaco] [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:10 |
Stax: Superblues, Vol. 1: All-Time Classic Blues Hits [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:15 |
Down Home Blues (Malaco) [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:13 |
The Best of Z.Z. Hill [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues |
In Memorium (1935-1984) [1985]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:10 |
Down Home [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:10 |
Blues Is Alright, Vol. 3 [1978]
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:10 |
The Brand New Z.Z. Hill [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Put a Little Love In Your Heart | 2:54 |
Put a Little Love in Your Heart [*] | 2:54 |
The Brand New Z.Z. Hill [Bonus Tracks] [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Put a Little Love in Your Heart [*] | 2:31 |
Put a Llittle Love in Your Heart [Collectors Version][*] | 2:55 |
Greatest Hits of Z.Z. Hill
Song | Duration |
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Put a Little Love in Your Heart | 3:01 |
Super Blues, Vol.1
Song | Duration |
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Down Home Blues | 5:03 |
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