Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins, July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) … Read Full Bio ↴Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins, July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American musician, singer, and actor, famed for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Frenzy".
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties. His initial goal was to become an opera singer (Hawkins has cited Paul Robeson as his musical idol in interviews), but when his initial ambitions failed he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist.
Hawkins was an avid and formidable boxer. In 1949, he was the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska.
In 1951, Hawkins joined guitarist Tiny Grimes's band, and was subsequently featured on some of Grimes's recordings. When Hawkins became a solo performer, he often performed in a stylish wardrobe of leopard skins, red leather and wild hats.
His most successful recording, "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. According to the AllMusic Guide to the Blues, "Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad." The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where "Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon." The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a "raw, guttural track" that became his greatest commercial success and reportedly surpassed a million copies in sales, although it failed to make the Billboard pop or R&B charts.
The performance was mesmerizing, although Hawkins himself blacked out and was unable to remember the session. Afterward he had to relearn the song from the recorded version. Meanwhile the record label released a second version of the single, removing most of the grunts that had embellished the original performance; this was in response to complaints about the recording's overt sexuality. Nonetheless it was banned from radio in some areas.
Soon after the release of "I Put a Spell on You", radio disc jockey Alan Freed offered Hawkins $300 to emerge from a coffin onstage. Hawkins accepted and soon created an outlandish stage persona in which performances began with the coffin and included "gold and leopard skin costumes and notable voodoo stage props, such as his smoking skull on a stick – named Henry – and rubber snakes." These props were suggestive of voodoo, but also presented with comic overtones that invited comparison to "a black Vincent Price."
He continued to tour and record through the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe, where he was very popular. He appeared in performance (as himself) in the Alan Freed bio-pic American Hot Wax in 1978. Subsequently, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch featured "I Put a Spell on You" on the soundtrack – and deep in the plot – of his film Stranger Than Paradise (1983) and then Hawkins himself as a hotel night clerk in his Mystery Train and in roles in Álex de la Iglesia's Perdita Durango and Bill Duke's adaptation of Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.
His 1957 single "Frenzy" (found on the early 1980s compilation of the same name) was included in the compilation CD, Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files, in 1996. This song was featured in the show's Season 2 episode "Humbug". It was also covered by the band Batmobile. "I Put a Spell on You" was featured during the show and over the credits of Episode 303 of The Simpsons.
In 1983, Hawkins relocated to the New York area. In 1984 and 1985, Hawkins collaborated with garage rockers The Fuzztones, resulting in "Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live" album recorded at Irving Plaza in December 1984. They perform in the 1986 movie Joey.
In July 1991, Hawkins released his album Black Music for White People. The record features covers of two Tom Waits compositions: "Heart Attack and Vine" (which, later that year, was used in a European Levi's advertisement without Waits' permission, resulting in a lawsuit), and "Ice Cream Man" (which, contrary to popular belief, is a Waits original, and not a cover of the John Brim classic). Hawkins also covered the Waits song, "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard", for his album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993, his version of "Heart Attack and Vine" became his only UK hit, reaching #42 on the UK singles chart.
When Dread Zeppelin recorded their "disco" album, It's Not Unusual in 1992, producer Jah Paul Jo asked Hawkins to guest. He performed the songs "Jungle Boogie" and "Disco Inferno".
Hawkins also toured with The Clash and Nick Cave during this period, and not only became a fixture of blues festivals, but appeared at many film festivals as well, including the Telluride Film Festival premier of Mystery Train.
Hawkins died on February 12, 2000 after surgery to treat an aneurysm. He left behind many children by many women; an estimated 55 at the time of his death, and upon investigation, that number "soon became perhaps 75 offspring".
Although Hawkins was not a major success as a recording artist, his highly theatrical performances from "I Put a Spell On You" onward earned him a steady career as a live performer for decades afterward, and influenced subsequent acts. He opened for Fats Domino, Tiny Grimes and the Rolling Stones. This exposure in turn influenced rock groups such as The Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Dread Zeppelin, The Horrors, Marilyn Manson, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper and Glenn Danzig.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties. His initial goal was to become an opera singer (Hawkins has cited Paul Robeson as his musical idol in interviews), but when his initial ambitions failed he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist.
Hawkins was an avid and formidable boxer. In 1949, he was the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska.
In 1951, Hawkins joined guitarist Tiny Grimes's band, and was subsequently featured on some of Grimes's recordings. When Hawkins became a solo performer, he often performed in a stylish wardrobe of leopard skins, red leather and wild hats.
His most successful recording, "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. According to the AllMusic Guide to the Blues, "Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad." The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where "Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon." The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a "raw, guttural track" that became his greatest commercial success and reportedly surpassed a million copies in sales, although it failed to make the Billboard pop or R&B charts.
The performance was mesmerizing, although Hawkins himself blacked out and was unable to remember the session. Afterward he had to relearn the song from the recorded version. Meanwhile the record label released a second version of the single, removing most of the grunts that had embellished the original performance; this was in response to complaints about the recording's overt sexuality. Nonetheless it was banned from radio in some areas.
Soon after the release of "I Put a Spell on You", radio disc jockey Alan Freed offered Hawkins $300 to emerge from a coffin onstage. Hawkins accepted and soon created an outlandish stage persona in which performances began with the coffin and included "gold and leopard skin costumes and notable voodoo stage props, such as his smoking skull on a stick – named Henry – and rubber snakes." These props were suggestive of voodoo, but also presented with comic overtones that invited comparison to "a black Vincent Price."
He continued to tour and record through the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe, where he was very popular. He appeared in performance (as himself) in the Alan Freed bio-pic American Hot Wax in 1978. Subsequently, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch featured "I Put a Spell on You" on the soundtrack – and deep in the plot – of his film Stranger Than Paradise (1983) and then Hawkins himself as a hotel night clerk in his Mystery Train and in roles in Álex de la Iglesia's Perdita Durango and Bill Duke's adaptation of Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.
His 1957 single "Frenzy" (found on the early 1980s compilation of the same name) was included in the compilation CD, Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files, in 1996. This song was featured in the show's Season 2 episode "Humbug". It was also covered by the band Batmobile. "I Put a Spell on You" was featured during the show and over the credits of Episode 303 of The Simpsons.
In 1983, Hawkins relocated to the New York area. In 1984 and 1985, Hawkins collaborated with garage rockers The Fuzztones, resulting in "Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live" album recorded at Irving Plaza in December 1984. They perform in the 1986 movie Joey.
In July 1991, Hawkins released his album Black Music for White People. The record features covers of two Tom Waits compositions: "Heart Attack and Vine" (which, later that year, was used in a European Levi's advertisement without Waits' permission, resulting in a lawsuit), and "Ice Cream Man" (which, contrary to popular belief, is a Waits original, and not a cover of the John Brim classic). Hawkins also covered the Waits song, "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard", for his album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993, his version of "Heart Attack and Vine" became his only UK hit, reaching #42 on the UK singles chart.
When Dread Zeppelin recorded their "disco" album, It's Not Unusual in 1992, producer Jah Paul Jo asked Hawkins to guest. He performed the songs "Jungle Boogie" and "Disco Inferno".
Hawkins also toured with The Clash and Nick Cave during this period, and not only became a fixture of blues festivals, but appeared at many film festivals as well, including the Telluride Film Festival premier of Mystery Train.
Hawkins died on February 12, 2000 after surgery to treat an aneurysm. He left behind many children by many women; an estimated 55 at the time of his death, and upon investigation, that number "soon became perhaps 75 offspring".
Although Hawkins was not a major success as a recording artist, his highly theatrical performances from "I Put a Spell On You" onward earned him a steady career as a live performer for decades afterward, and influenced subsequent acts. He opened for Fats Domino, Tiny Grimes and the Rolling Stones. This exposure in turn influenced rock groups such as The Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Dread Zeppelin, The Horrors, Marilyn Manson, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper and Glenn Danzig.
Move Me
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Move Me' by these artists:
Akina Nakamori くどくならボディーで 昼も夜もないくらい 求めていたあなたも 肌をさすような刺激 ねこにめかくしして 胸のボタンはずす…
Allman & Woman Move me love the way you move me, baby Groove me…
Allman and Woman MOVE ME DUET BY CHER AND GREG ALLMAN Move me Love the…
Armin van Buuren Another night out, another dance floor Another night out, an…
Article One I'm goin' through the same routines I'm always feelin' in be…
Badflower Shame, blame Words like these fester And I pray For no chang…
Cerrone Dancing Like I'm James Brown or Michael Jackson You came in …
Charli XCX I already know I'm letting go of something sacred Drive us…
Corey And The Divine Service Chorus Move me and I don't see how its done She got…
Demi Lovato I can't help myself but think of what you've done…
Duke & The Dry Cleaners The breeze is rustling through the trees And the rays are…
Echoing Angels Here I am, come move me For I am standing still Take…
Elysian Fields I put my hands in the fire, But I can't feel…
Gucci Mane I'm a real street nigga, I don't see it that…
Gudrun Gut I'm full of you I'm losing ground I'm full of you you move…
Gungor And You move me Just when I thought that I had…
Half Alive I never told You never asked 'Til I got older I kept…
Jesus Jones Around me, through me, Over me you came you went There was…
Jhameel DWNTWN & Giraffage I like the way that you move me I like the…
Jhameel DWNTWN Giraffage I like the way that you move me I like the…
Johan S There's been times when I climbed behind your eyes only…
Jordan Howerton Band I'm waiting here You're all I need This battle's raging insi…
Judie Tzuke You want to tell me how to do it If I…
Justin Stein Don't give me, the look you gave my friend. Girl feel…
Kelley McRae Hey, do you remember when you would light me on…
King's X Keeper of mysteries River of Tears After it's over And after…
LaVern Movie Move me With you, baby Yeah, yeah I just want a movie…
Lewis OfMan Feelings were uptight When you suddenly arrived You can't mo…
Lowe Never knew the way Through this vicious game Nothing seems…
Lowell Hales Move to soothe Move me to you I fell down I fell to…
Michael Gungor And You move me Just when I thought that I had…
Monstercat If you could look around my heart You would see the…
Mura Masa Step, step to the left, step, step Step, step, s-step, s-ste…
N.R.G. Cell Okay Walking through hell with an F.N Said look at my eye…
Nazareth Time goes between us, and there's no release Silent ref'ren…
Pacific Lights Get get up, get up on your feet And get moving…
PRiZM I wanna wake up After a long night of dreaming of…
Rebecca Lynn Howard Another same old same old Friday night What a surprise dinn…
Rod Stewart It's obvious darlin' You've become allergic to me Are my t…
Sara Watkins Every step's been shown to you Like all those years in…
Shaun Groves My cup is never empty My eyes are never dry I'd be…
Signal Move me Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Move me Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Move me…
SUMMER CAKE After dancing we had few drinks Now were linking with anothe…
The Ghost Inside I leave behind this sentiment to the man that I’ll…
Troy Von Balthazar Our love with surely burn With the trash in the gutter One…
Tru Frass Can't feel my pain I'm off of the zootie VVS Netflix…
Watkins Sara Every step's been shown to you Like all those years in…
Wet Call me by my real name Call me all the time Call…
Wet (Pop) Call me by my real name Call me all the time Call…
Willie Dixon Yeah, shake me, baby Like a leaf on a willow tree Yeah,…
Zauntee Move me out of my way I'm lost in the pain that…
中森明菜 くどくならボディーで 昼も夜もないくらい 求めていたあなたも 肌をさすような刺激 ねこにめかくしして 胸のボタンはずす…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Screamin' Jay Hawkins:
07-I Put a Spell on You I put a spell on you Because you're mine Stop the…
Ain't That a Shame I put a spell on you because you're mine You better…
Alligator Wine Ah ah Take the blood out of an alligator Take the…
Constipation Blues Ladies and gentlemen, most people record songs about love, h…
Deep Purple Woo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo When the…
Do You Really Love Me Who do you love? Who do you love? You! You! Nobody…
Do You Really Love Me? Who do you love? Who do you love? You! You! Nobody…
Don't Deceive Me Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh…
Ebb Tide First the tide rushes in, plants a kiss on the…
Feast of the Mau Mau OUH OUHH WOAH! HOAHH WOAWOAH!! Cut the fat off the back of a…
Frenzy Frenzy!!! Dig this crazy mood I'm in, listen to my heart as…
Goodnight sweetheart Good night sweetheart, till we meet tomorrow Good night swe…
Heart Attack and Vine Liar liar with your pants on fire White spades hangin′ on…
Hong Kong Standin' on the corneeeeeeeeer in Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnnnnng..…
I Am the Cool I'm the one your mama warned you about When you see…
I Hear Voices You went away and left me long time ago And now…
I Love Paris Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue…
I Love You I put a spell on you Because you're mine Stop the…
I Put A Spell On You / I put a spell on you because you're mine You better…
I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
Ice Cream Man Clickin' by your house about two forty-five Sidewalk sundae …
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby I've got a gal that's always late Every time we have…
It's Only Make Believe People see us everywhere They think you really care, But mys…
Itty Bitty Pretty One Mm-mm-mm-hm-mm-mm Mm-mm-mm-hm-mm-mm Mm-mm-mm-hm-mm-mm Mm-mm-…
Just Don't Care You're gonna hurt me baby When I put my trust in…
Litte Demon own in the valley on a foggy little rock Stood a…
Little Demon Down in the valley on a foggy [...] rock Stood a…
Mafia 2: I Put A Spell On You I put a spell on you Because you're mine Stop the…
Monkberry Moon Delight So I sat in the attic A piano up my nose And…
Night It's been a hard day's night, and I been working…
Ol' Man River Ol' man river. That ol' man river. He don't say nothin' he d…
Old Man River Ol' man river. That ol' man river. He don't say nothin' h…
Orange Colored Sky I was walkin' along Minding my business, When out of the ora…
Person to Person Come on home Don't write no letter, Don't even telephone I…
Please Don't Leave Me Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh…
Portrait of a Man I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man Who…
Shut your mouth when you sneeze Shut your mouth when you sneeze Don't put them funky things…
Sing Low Sweet Chariot I looked over Jordan and what did I see? Comin' for…
Strange How many wrinkles in a pickle How many hairs in a…
Swing Low Sweet Chariot I looked over Jordan and what did I see? Comin' for…
Temptation You came, I was alone I should have known you were…
The Rose Ah ah ah Sexier rosey my chérie coco baby i see something…
The Whammy I met a big woman With eyes of fury And…
There's Something Wrong With You There's something wrong with you Something's missing some pl…
Voodoo I met this chick at a come-through flick and she really…
Whammy I met a big woman With eyes of fury And…
What That Is What I see Must be Now! To was or not to happen Eating…
Whistlin' Past the Graveyard Coming on the night train With an arm full of box…
Yellow Coat A forty gallon hat And some polka-dot shoes. Tomato pickin' …
You Put a Spell on Me I put a spell on you Because you're mine Stop the…
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Who played the bass on this? This track is phenomenal!
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