Screamin' Jay Hawkins
7/18/1929 – 2/12/2000Cleveland, 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.
Filmography (9 titles)
Movie57 Screaming Kids
Self (archive footage) · 2001
5.3MoviePeut-être
Chanteur Bouge · 1999
6.5MovieDance with the Devil
Adolfo · 1997
5.4MovieA Rage in Harlem
Self · 1991
7.3MovieMystery Train
Night Clerk · 1989
6.0MovieTwo Moon Junction
Blues Club Singer · 1988
7.0MovieJoey
1986
5.7MovieAmerican Hot Wax
Self · 1978
6.0MovieMister Rock and Roll
Self · 1957