Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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Biography
[Edit]Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn. Prone to emerging out of coffins on-stage, a flaming skull named Henry his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable.
Hawkins' life story is almost as bizarre as his on-stage schtick. Originally inspired by the booming baritone of Paul Robeson, Hawkins was unable to break through as an opera singer. His boxing prowess was every bit as lethal as his vocal cords; many of his most hilarious tales revolve around Jay beating the hell out of a musical rival.
Hawkins caught his first musical break in 1951 as pianist/valet to veteran jazz guitarist Tiny Grimes. He debuted on wax for Gotham the following year with "Why Did You Waste My Time," backed by Grimes & His Rockin' Highlanders (they donned kilts and tam o' shanters on-stage). Singles for Timely ("Baptize Me in Wine") and Mercury's Wing subsidiary (1955's otherworldly "[She Put The] Wamee [On Me]," a harbinger of things to come) preceded Hawkins' immortal 1956 rendering of "I Put a Spell on You" for Columbia's OKeh imprint.
Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad. After he and his New York session aces (notably guitarist Mickey Baker and saxist Sam "The Man" Taylor) had imbibed to the point of no return, Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon. A resultant success despite the protests of uptight suits-in-power, "I Put a Spell on You" became Screamin' Jay's biggest seller ("Little Demon," its rocking flip, is a minor classic itself).
Hawkins cut several amazing 1957-1958 follow-ups in the same crazed vein — "Hong Kong," a surreal "Yellow Coat," the Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller-penned "Alligator Wine" — but none of them clicked the way "Spell" had. DJ Alan Freed convinced Screamin' Jay that popping out of a coffin might be a show-stopping gimmick by handing him a $300 bonus (long after Freed's demise, Screamin' Jay Hawkins was still benefiting from his crass brainstorm).
Hawkins' next truly inspired waxing came in 1969 when he was contracted to Philips Records (where he made two albums). His gross "Constipation Blues" wouldn't garner much airplay, but remained an integral part of his legacy for quite a while.
The cinema was a beneficiary of Screamin' Jay's larger-than-life persona in later years. His featured roles in Mystery Train and A Rage in Harlem made Hawkins a familiar visage to youngsters who never even heard "I Put a Spell on You." He died February 12, 2000 following surgery to treat an aneurysm; Hawkins was 70.
Title: I Put a Spell On You (Remastered)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Hear Voices - Single
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Clovertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Screamin Jay Hawkins: Greatest Hits
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Put A Spell On You (HEDigitalPost)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Put a Spell On You - the Best Of
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Screamin' Jay Hawkins " I Put A Spell On You " 1958
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Singles Collection (CD1)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock & Roll
Title: I Put a Spell On You
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Singles Collection (CD2)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock & Roll
Title: Live At the Olympia, Paris 1998
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Legends
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country
Title: The Crazy World of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: My Little Shop of Horrors
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock
Title: Million Sellers By Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Because You’re Mine Hits & Rarities
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock & Roll
Title: Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Screamin' the Blues
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Don't Fool With Me
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, J-Pop
Title: The Blues Archives: Screamin' Jay Hawkins & Elmore James
Artist: Elmore James, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Put a Spell On You & Other Favorites (Remastered)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Put A Spell On You / Little Demon (All Tracks Remastered)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Spells & Potions (CD2)
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock
Title: A Portrait of a Man and His Woman
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Night and Day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Take Me Back! Screamin' Jay Hawkins Hits 1953-1955
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock & Roll
Collections
Title: Discover - American Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: I ♥ Blues / I Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: OMG! the Biggest Halloween Anthems Ever
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues for the Road, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Plus Blue - Explicit Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Rock N' Roll Drinkers & Sinners
Genre: Rock
Title: 25 Old School Classics
Title: Stars of the Apollo (Live)
Title: Top 20 Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of the Blues: 50 Favorites (Digital Version)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Meets Rock
Genre: Blues
Title: Killer Halloween Songs of All Time
Genre: Pop
Title: Funk-a-licious - Rarities, Outakes & B-Sides
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: New York City Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Rock Me Right
Genre: Rock
Title: New York Blues (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Roots of Van Morrison
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best Vintage Tunes. Nuggets & Rarities Vol. 33
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Halloween Dance Party
Genre: Rock
Title: Versatile Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Great Blues Duets and Legends
Genre: Blues
Title: The True Story of Rhythm and Blues, Vol. 9
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: All American Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Halloween's Ghastly Grooves
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Happy Days Classics - '50s & Early '60s
Genre:
Title: Smash Soul & R&B Hits, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Halloween the Monster Mash
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of the Blues (Digital Version)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Rock
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Blues Nuggets
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Favorites for the Fall
Genre: Blues
Title: Mojo Blues - The Best From the Crossroads
Genre: Blues
Title: Nothin but Old Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: They Got the Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for the Buck
Genre: Blues
Title: Halloween Big Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: The Most Essential Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: A Scary Halloween
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues Story CD 6
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - The Blues Story CD 4
Genre: Blues
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 14
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Hits Blues Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Elvira Presents Haunted Hits
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Elvira Presents Monster Hits
Title: Greatest Ever - Rock N Roll - Legends CD3
Genre: Rock
Title: Supernatural: Season 3
Title: Trance The Ultimate Collection 2012 Vol. 3 (CD2)
Genre: Trance
Title: In Search Of Sunrise Radio 111 (2012 - 10 - 26)
Genre: Pop
Title: Trance The Ultimate Collection Best Of 2012 CD3
Genre: Trance
Title: Markus Schulz: World Tour Best Of 2012
Genre: Trance, World Music
Title: Top Trance Road. 1.
Genre: Trance
Title: 15 Top Trance Hits 02 2013
Genre: Trance
Title: Trance Special 10213
Genre: Trance
Title: Uplifting Voyager On
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor
Title: Omvision Pt. 11
Genre: Trip Hop, Trance, Drum & Bass, Dub, Pop
Title: Club News Vol. 247
Genre: Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Featuring albums
Title: The Complete Blues Anthology (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: X-Files (Songs In The Key Of X) (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Mark Snow
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: I Hate CDs: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock
Title: Witches
Artist: Lucy Durack, Opera Australia Orchestra, Jemma Rix, Amanda Harrison, Helen Dallimore, Kellie Dickerson
Genre: Classical
Title: The Cole Slaw Club - The Big Rhythm & Blues Revue
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Planet Records Archive, Vol. 5: Planet Mod
Artist: Various Artists