Person

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Acting

Known for: Acting
Born: Jul 18, 1929
Died: Feb 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.