
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born July 18th, 1929 (Cleveland), Died February 12th, 2000 (Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1966
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 117676 | 7/8/1966 | I'm not made of clay-1 ; I'm not made of clay | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 117677 | 7/8/1966 | All night-1 ; All night | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 117678 | 7/8/1966 | Mountain jive-1 ; Mountain jive | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 117679 | 7/8/1966 | I'll be there-1 ; I'll be there | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 118364 | 12/29/1966 | I put a spell on you | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 118365 | 12/29/1966 | Two can play this game | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 118366 | 12/29/1966 | Shattered | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist | |||
Decca | 118367 | 12/29/1966 | You're an exception to the rule | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hawkins, Screamin' Jay," accessed February 26, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320475.
Hawkins, Screamin' Jay. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320475.
"Hawkins, Screamin' Jay." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 26 February 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92065915
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q455754
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/46946622/
MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/185af318-55c7-405f-8b00-0fa308e56da9
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