Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Born 18 July 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died 12 February 2000 (aged 70)

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.