Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Born

July 18, 1929 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died

February 12, 2000

• Actor
• music_department
• Composer

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.