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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

1929 - 2000

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Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the 1989 indie film Mystery Train. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Screamin' Jay Hawkins is the 700th most popular musician (up from 716th in 2019), the 3,904th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,645th in 2019) and the 217th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 700 out of 3,175. Before him are Chaka Khan, Angélique Kidjo, Jelly Roll Morton, Zino Francescatti, Suzanne Vega, and Rufus Wainwright. After him are Jeff Buckley, Xaver Scharwenka, Eddie Gómez, Josef Suk, Steve Lacy, and Stephen Morris.

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Among people born in 1929, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 203. Before him are Gastone Moschin, Claude Goretta, Kjell Askildsen, Duje Bonačić, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, and Fernando Sebastián Aguilar. After him are Josef Suk, Gerhard Hanappi, Peter Yates, Roger Byrne, Shakuntala Devi, and René Laloux. Among people deceased in 2000, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 115. Before him are Kemal Sunal, Hendrik Casimir, Domingos da Guia, Bernhard Wicki, Aristidis Konstantinidis, and Claude Autant-Lara. After him are Walter Krupinski, Patrick O'Brian, Efstathios Chorafas, Oleg Yefremov, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, and Kalle Svensson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 3,904 out of 20,380. Before him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), Allan Kaprow (1927), Jessica Biel (1982), Jean Smart (1951), Augustine Washington (1694), and James Michael Harvey (1949). After him are Jeff Buckley (1966), Christopher Connelly (1941), Elgin Baylor (1934), Clyde Cessna (1879), James B. Donovan (1916), and Walter Cronkite (1916).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 217. Before him are Kenny Loggins (1948), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Chaka Khan (1953), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Suzanne Vega (1959), and Rufus Wainwright (1973). After him are Jeff Buckley (1966), Steve Lacy (1934), Victor Young (1900), Dick Dale (1937), Willy DeVille (1950), and Robert Gordon (1947).

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