Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Birthday: July 18th, 1929 Date of Death: February 12th, 2000 Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.