SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Gender: Male

Known for: Acting

Birthday: July 18, 1929

Deathday: 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.