Biography: Zora Neale Hurston, Zora Young, Zulema, Zuzu Bollin, Zydeco A-Go-Go, Zakiya Hooker, Zapp, Zapp & Roger,

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Zora Neale Hurston Biography, Photos, Pictures

Zora Neale Hurston was a great American black writer who exists in the relatively docile realm of recording credits due to the folklore and anthropology studies she undertook, in part to gather details for her books

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin’ Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young grew up singing not blues, but gospel Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with her family to Chicago, she attended the Greater Harvest Baptist Church and continued to sing gospel

Zulema was a pioneer of sorts in that she was a ’70s black R&B singer who wrote much of her own material, and was able to assume some of her own production chores The records themselves were average forerunners of urban contemporary music, occasionally reaching the lower parts of the R&B charts, Zulema’s vocals betraying a strong Aretha Franklin influence

Two 78s in the early ’50s and a 1989 rediscovery album don’t add up to much of a recorded legacy But Zuzu Bollin’s contribution to the Texas blues legacy shouldn’t be overlooked — his T-Bone Walker-influenced sound typified postwar Lone Star blues guitar

Zydeco A-Go-Go Biography, Photos, Pictures

Originating from the heart of Philadelphia, PA, this all-star lineup boasts a colorful group of personnel with decades of experience Bandleader Pete Eshelman is featured on accordion and vocals and he has played piano with such artists as Bo Diddley, Sleepy LaBeef, and New Orleans’ own Charles “Honeyboy” Otis

Zakiya Hooker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Zakiya Hooker is quite familiar with the blues You could even say she had a front-row seat to view the best the genre had to offer, right in her own living room Her dad was the renowned blues giant John Lee Hooker

Zapp
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Genre:R & B

One of the most underrated funk groups of the 1980s, Zapp revolutionized the computer pop of electro with their trademark vocoder talk boxes and bumping grooves, emulating the earthier side of Prince and Cameo, with a leader in Roger Troutman who was more than efficient at polished production

Zapp & Roger Biography, Photos, Pictures

Roger Troutman released music as both Zapp and Roger in the 1980s, attaining success with both, the former being his band and the latter being his solo project In the early ’90s, two Warner-released best-of collections compiled his most popular songs from both monikers: All the Greatest Hits (1994) and Greatest Hits, Vol

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