Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Known for Acting

Born July 18, 1929

Died February 12, 2000 (aged 70)

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.