Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Also known as Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Jalacy Hawkins, Jalacy J. Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)
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Acting · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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- 57 Screaming Kids — Self (archive footage)2001
- Peut-être — Chanteur Bouge1999
- Dance with the Devil — Adolfo1997
- A Rage in Harlem — Self1991
- Mystery Train — Night Clerk1989
- Two Moon Junction — Blues Club Singer1988
- Joey1986
- American Hot Wax — Self1978
- Mister Rock and Roll — Self1957
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1929 births2000 deaths20th-century African-American male singers20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American male singers20th-century American singers20th-century American sportsmenAfrican-American male pianistsAfrican-American pianistsAfrican-American rock singersAmerican blues guitaristsAmerican blues pianists