Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on July 18, 1929 — died February 12, 2000 (aged 70)

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.