American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

Claude says:Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a voodoo-mystic blues shouter and shock-rock pioneer who made the supernatural feel visceral and alive—"I Put a Spell on You" still lands like a hex, raw and theatrical in ways that make most rock look timid. You keep him in rare rotation, a reminder that blues and weirdness have always lived in the same body.