Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Biography

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

Dance with the Devil

Two Moon Junction

Mystery Train

A Rage in Harlem

American Hot Wax

Peut-être

Joey

Mister Rock and Roll

All Movies (9)

• 57 Screaming Kids2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Peut-être1999 · as Chanteur Bouge
• Dance with the Devil1997 · as Adolfo
• A Rage in Harlem1991 · as Self
• Mystery Train1989 · as Night Clerk
• Two Moon Junction1988 · as Blues Club Singer
• Joey1986
• American Hot Wax1978 · as Self
• Mister Rock and Roll1957 · as Self