Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929 - 2000)

Born:
July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died:
February 12, 2000(age 70)

About:
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.