Known for

Acting

Born

Jul 18, 1929

Died

Feb 12, 2000 (aged 70)

Place of birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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.

Titles

Mystery Train

Movie • 1989

Two Moon Junction

Movie • 1988

Stranger Than Paradise

Movie • 1984

Dance with the Devil

Movie • 1997

A Rage in Harlem

Movie • 1991

American Hot Wax

Movie • 1978

Peut-être

Movie • 1999

Mister Rock and Roll

Movie • 1957