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From Grand and Gotham by Screamin' Jay Hawkins released in 1991. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting 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 ...
Feb 11, 2021 · Long before Rob Zombie, KISS, and even Alice Cooper, there was Screamin' Jay Hawkins. This is the crazy real-life story of music's first shock rocker.
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Feb 11, 1990 · 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.
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock’s dawn. Prone to emerging out of coffins on-stage, a flaming skull named Henry his constant companion, Screamin’ Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable.
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Apr 11, 1991 · Screamin’ Jay, a Cleveland native who was born Jalacy J. Hawkins 61 years ago, served in the military and scored some Golden Gloves knockouts before beginning his musical career.
