Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Born
July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
February 12, 2000
Popularity
0.8504
Biography
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.