Acting

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Born 18 July 1929 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Died 12 February 2000 at 70

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.