Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- February 12, 2000
- Age
- Died at age 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.
