Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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I put a spell on you --"I Put a Spell on You" (1956) "Do you realise they banned “I Put a Spell On You” because it had cannibalistic sounds? When they banned it, it had already sold a million. When they banned it, it sold another quarter of a million. I wish they’d ban every record I made.’" Screamin' Jay Hawkins, interviewed by Norbert Hess in Blues Unlimited, 1976 |
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'Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929 – 2000) was an African-American singer.
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.
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