Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

July 18, 1929

Age at death

70

Died

February 12, 2000

From

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.