Screamin' Jay Hawkins
| 18 Jul 1929 | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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Death date: 12 Feb 2000
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.
