Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Acting

Born
July 18, 1929
Died
February 12, 2000
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.