About
Jalacy J. “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins 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 pioneer of shock rock. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the 1989 indie film Mystery Train.
Albums/Songs:
- Spellbound
- Don’t Fool With Me
- Real Life
- At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Frenzy
- What a Price I Must Pay
- Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (mono version)
- From Grand and Gotham
- Black Music for White People
- I Shake My Stick at You!
- The Night and Day of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Rated X
- A Portrait of a Man and His Woman
- I Put a Spell on You
- I Put a Spell on You
- At Home with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Because Is in Your Mind
- Somethin’ Funny Goin’ On
- At Last
- Giants of Rock and Roll: Carl Perkins / Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Stone Crazy
- Because You’re Mine Hits & Rarities
- I Put a Spell on You
- Feast of the Mau Mau
- My Little Shop of Horrors
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