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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1929-07-18
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As:

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.