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Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Actor: Mystery Train. Screamin' Jay Hawkins was best known for his song "I Put a Spell On You, " which he recorded on the Okeh label in 1956 and which helped win him cult status in the United States, Europe and Japan. He had originally planned the tune as a ballad, but after a night of heavy drinking he tried again ...
May 26, 2023 · Long before shock rock and goth, there was Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Legendary for the 1956 spooky classic “I Put a Spell On You,” he was the first popular artist to fuse R&B, rock ’n’ roll, and occult imagery into a theatrical show; it included coffins, Dracula capes, and voodoo-inspired props.
Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best ...
May 23, 2018 · One of rock ’ s true wild men, Screamin ’ Jay Hawkins burst on the music scene with a 1956 hit called “ I Put A Spell On You ” and a frenzied stage show that included a coffin, a skull on a stick, and mock voodoo shrieks. Born Jalacy J. Hawkins in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 1929, the singer was one of several children (the number ...
I Put a Spell on You Lyrics. [Verse 1] I put a spell on you because you're mine. Stop the things you do. Mwahahaha, watch out! I ain't lyin', yeah. I can't stand no runnin' around. I can't stand ...
HAWKINS, JALACY "SCREAMIN JAY" (18 July1929 - 12 February 2000), was born in Cleveland Ohio. Being one of eight children, Hawkins was orphaned as an infant. He was adopted at 18 months old by a Blackfoot Indian couple who raised him. He learned how to play the piano as well as to read and write music by the time he turned four years old.
