1. Zsuzsanna Eva Ward was born on June 2,1986 and is an American singer-songwriter from Roseburg, Oregon.
14 Facts About ZZ Ward
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ZZ Ward signed with Hollywood Records to release her debut extended play, Criminal, which preceded the release of her debut studio album, Til the Casket Drops, that same year.
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ZZ Ward recalled the first song she sang was "an Albert King track called 'As the Years Go Passing By'".
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ZZ Ward's maternal grandmother, Zsuzsanna Friedman, was a Jewish Hungarian who converted to Catholicism to avoid persecution during the Holocaust.
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On discovering this, ZZ Ward, who grew up in a secular household, took an interest in reclaiming her Jewish roots.
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ZZ Ward performed the album's first single, "Put the Gun Down", on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan on September 19,2012, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on November 1,2012, and Conan on January 10,2013.
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ZZ Ward performed her second single, "365 Days", on Good Morning America and Big Morning Buzz Live, both on March 7,2013; on the September 3,2013, episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; and on the January 30,2014, episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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On February 11,2017, ZZ Ward performed at the Americana Music Association's tribute concert to Loretta Lynn at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, performing a cover of "The Home You're Tearing Down".
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ZZ Ward performed at the inaugural Arroyo Seco Weekend festival in June 2017 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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ZZ Ward performed "Ride" on Dancing with the Stars on April 17,2017.
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ZZ Ward announced her first independent single "Tin Cups" with Aloe Blacc which end up being the lead single of her third studio album Dirty Shine; five singles were released prior the album release.
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ZZ Ward announced her pregnancy in November 2020 in the music video for her song "Giant".
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In October 2023, ZZ Ward announced via her social media accounts that she is expecting her second child.
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ZZ Ward is sometimes called "the hat girl" due to her always wearing a fedora onstage.