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Jessie Hill

Jessie Hill has been played on NTS in shows including Diddy Wah, featured first on 11 November 2013. Songs played include Whip It On Me.

Jessie Hill (b 9 December 1932, New Orleans – d 17 September 1996, New Orleans) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, best remembered for the classic Ooh Poo Pah Doo.

By his teens Hill was playing drums in local bands, and in 1951 he formed his own group, the House Rockers. After periods performing as drummer with Professor Longhair and then Huey "Piano" Smith, he formed a new version of the House Rockers in 1958, which enabled him to focus…

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Whip It On Me
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Whip It On Me
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