Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    July 18, 1929 (95 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock.

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    Dance with the DevilDance with the Devil
    Mystery TrainMystery Train
    Two Moon JunctionTwo Moon Junction
    Peut-ĂȘtrePeut-ĂȘtre
    A Rage in HarlemA Rage in Harlem

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