Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Actor, Composer, Writer

July 18, 1929 — 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
    Mystery Train1989
  • Perdita Durango
    Perdita Durango1997
  • NOWlab: I Put a Spell on You
    NOWlab: I Put a Spell on You2010

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

1984