Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American musician, singer, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him perhaps the first shock rocker.
Discography
Selected singles
* 1956 "I Put a Spell On You" / "Little Demon"
* 1957 "You Made Me Love You" / "Darling, Please Forgive Me"
* 1957 "Frenzy" / "Person to Person"
* 1958 "Alligator Wine" / "There's Something Wrong With You"
* 1958 "Armpit #6" / "The Past"
* 1962 "I Hear Voices" / "Just Don't Care"
* 1962 "Ashes" / "Nitty Gritty" w/ Shoutin' Pat (Newborn)
* 1966 "Poor Folks" / "Your Kind of Love"
* 1970 "Do You Really Love Me" / "Constipation Blues"
* 1973 "Monkberry Moon Delight" / "Sweet Ginny"
Albums
* 1958 At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Okeh/Epic) - other editions entitled Screamin' Jay Hawkins and I Put a Spell on You
* 1965 The Night and Day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Planet) - also entitled In the Night and Day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
* 1969 What That Is! (Philips)
* 1970 Because Is in Your Mind (Armpitrubber) (Philips)
* 1972 Portrait of a Man and His Woman (Hotline) - also entitled I Put a Spell on You and Blues Shouter
* 1977 I Put a Spell on You (Versatile recordings from 1966-76)
* 1979 Screamin' the Blues (Red Lightnin'--recordings from 1953-70)
* 1983 Real Life (Zeta)
* 1984 Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live (Midnight Records) - live
* 1988 At Home with Jay in The Wee Wee Hours (Midnight Records) - live
* 1988 Live & Crazy (Blue Phoenix) - live
* 1990 The Art of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Spivey)
* 1991 Black Music For White People (Bizarre/Straight Records/Planet Records)
* 1991 I Shake My Stick at You (Aim)
* 1993 Stone Crazy (Bizarre/Straight/Planet)
* 1994 Somethin' Funny Goin' On (Bizarre/Straight/Planet)
* 1993 Rated X (Sting S) - live
* 1998 At Last (Last Call)
* 1999 Live at the Olympia, Paris (Last Call) - live with one studio new song
Films
As an actor
* American Hot Wax (As himself, 1978)
* Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989)
* Perdita Durango, also known as Dance with the Devil (Álex de la Iglesia, 1997)
* Peut-etre (As club singer, Cedric Klapish 1999)
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