Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Known for

Acting

Life

1929 – 2000 (aged 70)

Born in

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Credits

5 acting credits

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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.