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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 18, 1929Died February 12, 2000 (70 years)
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.

Known For

  • Mystery Train
  • Perdita Durango
  • NOWlab: I Put a Spell on You

Filmography

1999
Maybe · as Chanteur Bouge
1997
Perdita Durango · as Adolfo
1994
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 · as (segment "constipation Blues")
1989
Mystery Train · as Night Clerk
1988
Two Moon Junction · as Blues Club Singer
1986

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