Z. Z. Hill

American blues singer (1935–1984)

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Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: September 30, 1935
Date of death: April 27, 1984
Place of birth: Naples
Place of death: Dallas
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: singer, musician
Genre: blues^[10]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[12]
Family name: Hill^[13]
Instrument: guitar, voice^[15]^[16]
Manner of death: natural causes^[14]
Place of burial: Gethsemane Cemetery^[7]
Record label: Kent^[11]
Start of work period: 1984^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 32

ISNI: 0000000118164503
VIAF cluster ID: 100918949
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n94099427
GND ID: 134406206, 108960453X
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000689965
BBC Things ID: 906ab138-99e3-4ebd-981d-e95af622daef
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13921791v
Billboard artist ID: zz-hill
CONOR.BG ID: 49216101
Deezer artist ID: 113240
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134406206
Discogs artist ID: 132972

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Europeana entity: agent/base/64898
FAST ID: 1518948
Find a Grave memorial ID: 54246069
Freebase ID: /m/01pdylx
GTAA ID: 261558
KANTO ID: 000209559
MusicBrainz artist ID: c29fd6f3-56d9-4f3e-bfcd-ad1fea6329a4
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 130999
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000063014
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1427538
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070513643
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095937930
RILM ID: 35034
SBN author ID: DDSV036768
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 13986
Tidal artist ID: 3513751
WhoSampled artist ID: Z.Z.-Hill
WikiTree person ID: Hill-75370
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJj8WWj4mvQFVFfBXCyKh3
Yale LUX ID: person/5a56c316-bffa-4933-8f9d-70e0a9f5c538

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Instrument 2

guitar, voice

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Hill

Genre 1

blues

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

singer

Place of birth 1

Naples

Place of death 1

Dallas

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Z. Z. Hill was born on September 30, 1935^[1], in Naples^[2]. He died on April 27, 1984^[3], in Dallas^[4]. He worked as a singer^[5] and musician^[6].

FAQs

Where was Z. Z. Hill born?

Z. Z. Hill was born in Naples^[2].

Where did Z. Z. Hill die?

Z. Z. Hill passed away in Dallas^[4].

What did Z. Z. Hill do for work?

Z. Z. Hill worked as a singer^[5] and musician^[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — place of birth (P19): Naples. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — place of death (P20): Dallas. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — place of burial (P119): Gethsemane Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — genre (P136): blues. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — record label (P264): Kent. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — date of birth (P569): September 30, 1935. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — date of death (P570): April 27, 1984. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — family name (P734): Hill. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Z. Z. Hill — start of work period (P2031): 1984. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 113240

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3513751

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
5w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

WikiTree person ID → Hill-75370

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57776: P2949 FindaGrave"
9w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Billboard artist ID → zz-hill

WhoSampled artist ID → Z.Z.-Hill

RILM ID → 35034

"Changed the item: Added mzn:زی. زی. هیل"
14w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

GND ID → 134406206, 108960453X

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #45810: add missing GNDs"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Record label → Kent

Place of death → Dallas

Manner of death → natural causes

Instrument → guitar, voice

+ 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31712: import P21 and P106 from GND (11)"

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