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.
You Made Me Love You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Lyrics
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Al Jolson You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Al Jolson & Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Alan Jones Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
Anne Murray You made me love you. I didn't want to do it. I…
Aretha Franklin You made me love you I didn’t want to do it…
Armstrong/Venable You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Barry Manilow You made me love you I didn't wanna do it, I didn't…
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra & Peggy Lee You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Bobby Darin You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Caitlin Nicol-Thomas When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Carole King Tonight, you're mine, completely You give your love so sweet…
Clarence When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Connie Francis You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Crystal Gayle Remember when you said how much you cared How you would…
Danny Aiello You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Dave Pell You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Dean Martin You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Della Reese You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Dollar Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh God will…
Doris Day You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Doris Day & Percy Faith and his Orchestra I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
Doris Day with Harry James And His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Dr. Nick Moore Last night I waited all night long But you never text…
Duke Ellington Yesterday you came my way And when you smiled at…
Earl Hines Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Eddie Fisher When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Eddie Heywood Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Enoch Light & The Light Brigade I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
Erroll Garner Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Featuring Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Four Freshmen and Five Trombones You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Francis Bay And His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Gene Krupa You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Gloria Estefan You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hannah and Her Sisters I don't know why Don't know why that I torture myself Over…
Harry James You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James & Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Harry James And Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James And His Orch. You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Harry James and His Orchestra Vocals by Dick Haymes You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James and This orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James feat. Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry Nilsson You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Harry Salter and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hatchett`s Swingtette feat. Stéphane Grappelli Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Helen Forrest and Harry James You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Helen O'connell Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Henry Jerome and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hi-Los Our shadows pictured in the moonlight of the night Days when…
Hot Five You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orchestra Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
James Harry You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
James V. Monaco You made me love you I didn′t want to do it I…
Jimmy Durante You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Joe Loss & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Judy Garland Dear Mr. Gable, I am writing this to you and I hope…
Judy Garland & Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it,…
Judy Garland Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Julie London You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Keely Smith Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Kenny Baker You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Kenny Baker & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Lee Williams & The Cymbals I used to believe We were burning on the edge of…
Les & Larry Elgart You don't love me You don't love me Concaved empathy But you…
Les and Larry Elgart I don't know why you love me Was it something I…
Les Brown Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Little Royal You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance, You didn't even…
Louis Armstrong You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong feat. Kid Ory Johnny Dodds Lil Armstrong & Johnny St. Cyr You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong/Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five/Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Luis Arcaraz and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Marty Robbins You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Matt Doyle You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Maurice Chevalier Sweet one, fairer than the flowers Never will I meet one…
Max Jaffa and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Miki Howard Oooh Oh yeah Oh baby baby yeah I've heard it said that …
Moss-Squire Celeste Orchestra You don't love me No you don't love me You don't love…
Mrs. Mills' あっちにも loveで こっちにも loveで 世界は眩しく美しい そんなこのほしで 映画のような恋をする 気づかぬう…
Nat King Cole You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Olivia Newton-John You came when I was happy in your sunshine I grew…
Patsy Cline You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Paul Anka (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa-wa) (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop…
peggy lee & benny goodman & his orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Perry Como You made me love you I didn't wanna to do it,…
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
R. Kelly The power of love The power of love Listen Said I Said I did…
Ray Charles I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
Ray Conniff and The Singers You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Renée Zellweger You made me love you I didn't want to do it,…
Roger Hodgson Alright, you make me love you, it's alright, you make…
Sandi Patty & Kathy Troccoli Your eyes look around the distant stars Taking in everythin…
Shirley Bassey I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
Starsound Orchestra Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
Taylor Walling You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Ted Lewis & His Band I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
The Four Freshmen You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
The Grahams Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
The Harry James Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
The Harry James Orchestra & Harry James and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
The Jones Girls You gonna make me love somebody else If you keep on…
The Lennon Sisters When I said I needed you You said you would always…
The Merry Macs You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
The Ramblers o.l.v. Theo Uden Masman Ahhh, I love it Ooww, this is especially for me Baby, oh…
The Starlite Orchestra Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
The Troys Chorus: If you don't want to love me, then i'll…
Una Mae Carlisle I've been worried all day long, Don't know if I'm right…
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various artist Well, why don't you love me like you used to…
Vera Lynn If the sun should tumble from the sky If the sea…
Vilma Santos You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Wayne Newton You made me love you i didn't wanna do it I…
Wild Bill Davison Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Willie Creager and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
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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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