Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Born
July 18, 1929
Died
February 12, 2000 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
