Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Born
- 18 July 1929 (70 years old)
- Passed away
- 12 February 2000
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Gender
- Male
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.
