Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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.

• Known ForActing
• Born18 July 1929 (age 97)
• Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA