Screamin 'Jay Hawkins ( Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Screaming Jay Hawkins , real name Jalacy Hawkins ; July 18, 1929 - February 12, 2000) is an African American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer and song's author.
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| Full name | Jalacy J. Hawkins |
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| A country |  USA |
| Professions | musician, actor |
| Years of activity | 1954 - 1999 |
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| Genres | rock'n'roll rhythm and blues soul |
| Labels | OKeh , Philips |
One of the most famous and influential American musicians of the 1950s, whose powerful opera vocals, highly eccentric, theatrical manner of performing their own songs and the use of grotesque macabre aesthetics and black humor in their work had a significant impact on rock and pop music , forefather and pioneer of shock rock style [4] .
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Discography
- 2.1 Selected Singles
- 2.2 Albums
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born July 18, 1929 in Cleveland , Ohio , in a large family. As a child, he was fond of the work of Paul Robson , was going to become an opera singer. Since 1933 he studied piano. In 1943, he began to engage in boxing, in 1949 he became the Alaskan middleweight champion. During the Second World War he served in the Pacific Fleet.
In 1951, he began his career as a musician in collaboration with guitarist Tini Grimes . During the performances, he shocked the audience with his unusual stage costumes (Scottish kilt , leopard-skin clothes, tin cans, a turban , etc. tied to the wrists). In 1952-1953, as part of the Grimes group, he participated in the recording of several songs.
The first solo recordings began in 1954 with the songs “Baptize me in wine” and “ I Put a Spell on You ”, which made him popular all his life. The recordings were made in an extravagant manner typical of Hawkins - with hoarse cries, etc. Later on, he refined his style by trying to rewrite I Put a Spell on You in a state of extreme alcoholic intoxication with equally drunk musicians. The record gained great popularity in the conservative USA of the Eisenhower era. In the same manner ("ghoul-rock" coined by Hawkins; from the English ghoul - vampire) new songs were recorded ("Constipation Blues", "Orange Colored Sky", "Feast of the Mau Mau" and others), however, the popularity of " I Put a Spell on You ”they did not reach. Over the next decades, Hawkins has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Serge Gainsbourg writes Hawkins song of dedication “Mambo niam niam”, Nina Simon performs “I Put a Spell” for her album, imitative groups appear. However, due to the advent of new musical styles and popular groups, Hawkins' fame gradually faded.
The popularity of “I Put a Spell on You” revives Jim Jarmusch ’s film “ Stranger Than Heaven ” (1984). Skrimin Jay Hawkins begins to tour actively, acts in films ( Merge of two moons , Mysterious train ), performs together with The Clash and Nick Cave . He writes cover versions of Tom Waits ’s songs “Heartattack and Vine” and “Ice Cream Man” (the first of which went into Levi Strauss & Co.’s commercials) and Bob Marley ’s I Shot The Sheriff . In turn, cover versions of Hawkins songs are recorded by Marilyn Manson , Diamanda Galas and others.
Hawkins died on February 12, 2000, after an aneurysm- related operation.
Discography
Featured Singles
- 1956 - “ I Put a Spell On You ” / “Little Demon”
- 1957 - “You Made Me Love You” / “Darling, Please Forgive Me”
- 1957 - "Frenzy" / "Person to Person"
- 1958 - “Alligator Wine” / “There's Something Wrong With You”
- 1958 - “Armpit # 6” / “The Past”
- 1962 - I Hear Voices / Just Don't Care
- 1962 - “Ashes” / “Nitty Gritty” - together with Shoutin 'Pat (Newborn)
- 1966 - Poor Folks / Your Kind of Love
- 1970 - Do You Really Love Me / Constipation Blues
- 1973 - Monkberry Moon Delight / Sweet Ginny
Albums
- 1958 - At Home with Screamin 'Jay Hawkins (Okeh / Epic)
- 1965 - The Night and Day of Screamin 'Jay Hawkins (Planet)
- 1969 - What That Is! (Philips)
- 1970 - Because Is in Your Mind (Armpitrubber) (Philips)
- 1972 - Portrait of a Man and His Woman (Hotline)
- 1977 - I Put a Spell on You (Records 1966-76)
- 1983 - Real Life (Zeta)
- 1984 - Screamin 'Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live (Midnight Records) - live
- 1988 - At Home with Jay in The Wee Wee Hours (Midnight Records) - live
- 1988 - Live & Crazy (Blue Phoenix) - live
- 1990 - The Art of Screamin 'Jay Hawkins (Spivey)
- 1991 - Black Music For White People (Bizarre / Straight Records / Planet Records)
- 1991 - I Shake My Stick at You (Aim)
- 1993 - Stone Crazy (Bizarre / Straight / Planet)
- 1994 - Somethin 'Funny Goin' On (Bizarre / Straight / Planet)
- 1993 - Rated X (Sting S) - live
- 1998 - At Last (Last Call)
- 1999 - Live at the Olympia, Paris (Last Call) - live with one studio song
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 129060976 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ English Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Links
- Skrimin Jay Hawkins on the Internet Movie Database
- Screamin 'Jay Hawkins on the All Music Guide
- Screamin 'Jay Hawkins Complete Discography
- Skrimin Jay Hawkins profile at Last.fm