Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins was best known for his song "I Put a Spell On You, " which he recorded on the Okeh label in 1956 and which helped win him cult status in the United States, Europe and Japan. He had originally planned the tune as a ballad, but after a night of heavy drinking he tried again--screaming, yelling and groaning--and never looked back. The snorting, some say "cannibalistic" delivery got "I Put A Spell On You" banned from radio stations across the country. Hawkins went on to use the same demented style again and again. An outrageous performer, he used bizarre stage props, often emerging out of coffins during shows. He would wield rubber snakes and fake tarantulas and wear a boar's tooth around his neck or a bone clipped to his nose. Jay Hawkins got his first break in 1951 as a pianist-valet to veteran jazz guitarist Tiny Grimes. His recording debut was 1952's "Why Did You Waste My Time, " backed by Grimes and his Rockin' Highlanders. In the 1960s, Ha! - IMDb Mini Biography By: Stephen Hughes

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Streaming Availability

Kanopy has the most number of Screamin' Jay Hawkins’s flixes, followed by Amazon Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Screamin' Jay Hawkins on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1989 to 2001. See the full graphs of the number of Screamin' Jay Hawkins movies released per year from 1989 till 2001.

Top Genres

Screamin' Jay Hawkins works mostly in Documentary Genre followed by Music Genre flixes. 20% of Screamin' Jay Hawkins movies are Documentary Genre movies. See Top Genres that Screamin' Jay Hawkins worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Screamin' Jay Hawkins has worked on is 7.6.

7.6 / 10

Screamin' Jay Hawkins's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Comedy,Crime,Drama
Mystery Train (1989)

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.

7.5/10110 min

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