Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Known for
Acting
Born
July 18, 1929
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
February 12, 2000 (aged 70)
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.
Best known work
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
Mystery Train
1989
Dance with the Devil
1997
Two Moon Junction
1988
Peut-être
1999
A Rage in Harlem
1991
American Hot Wax
1978
Mister Rock and Roll
1957
Joey
1986
57 Screaming Kids
2001Filmography
2001
57 Screaming Kidsas Self (archive footage)
1999
Peut-êtreas Chanteur Bouge
1997
Dance with the Devilas Adolfo
1991
A Rage in Harlemas Self
1989
Mystery Trainas Night Clerk
1988
Two Moon Junctionas Blues Club Singer
1986
1984
1978
American Hot Waxas Self
1957
Mister Rock and Rollas Self