Person

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Acting · 1929–2000 · 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.

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  Mystery Train

  Night Clerk

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  Two Moon Junction

  Blues Club Singer

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  Stranger Than Paradise

  Songs

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  Dance with the Devil

  Adolfo

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  American Hot Wax

  Self

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  A Rage in Harlem

  Self

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  Peut-être

  Chanteur Bouge

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  57 Screaming Kids

  Self (archive footage)

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  Mister Rock and Roll

  Self

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  Joey

  1986

• 200157 Screaming KidsSelf (archive footage)
• 1999Peut-êtreChanteur Bouge
• 1997Dance with the DevilAdolfo
• 1991A Rage in HarlemSelf
• 1989Mystery TrainNight Clerk
• 1988Two Moon JunctionBlues Club Singer
• 1986Joey
• 1984Stranger Than ParadiseSongs
• 1978American Hot WaxSelf
• 1957Mister Rock and RollSelf