Screamin' Jay Hawkins

== Info ==
Soul musician best known for his song I Put a Spell on You, covered by such artists as Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Animals, Them, Santana, Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker, The Jeff Beck Group, and Marilyn Manson, and labeled by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. Covered Kool and the Gang and The Trammps. Toured with The Clash. Influenced Bo Diddley and The Animals frontman Eric Burdon. Died of an aneurysm at age seventy. Influenced The Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Tom Waits, and Alice Cooper. Featured in several films. He influenced Cooper through his macabre stage props and by rising from a coffin to start his performances.
== Genres ==
Soul
Blues
== Songs ==
I Put A Spell On YouCategory:Soul
Category:Blues
Category:Early Influences