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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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Aliases
Screaming Jay Hawkins
Real name
Jalacy J. Hawkins
Born
July 18, 1929
Died
February 12, 2000
Country
United States
IPI
00013616808 3 works
00013618410 2 works
00040687777 5 works
00069912345 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Early rock and roll and R&B singer, piano player, songwriter and actor. Hawkins was probably best known for his performances, complete with flamboyant attire, stage props and theatricality. Hawkins estimated that he had as many as 75 illegitimate children.
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Covers by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1997 The Beatles
1970 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1985 Screamin' Jay Hawkins
March 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra
1972 Chuck Willis
March 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
1972 Jesse Belvin with Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra and Chorus
1991 Tom Waits
1991 Tom Waits
1972 Cripple Clarence Lofton
March 1958 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
1991 Smiley Lewis
  March 1958 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
1985 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Orch. under the dir. of Leroy Kirkland
1997 The Wailers
1991 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1972 Conway Twitty
1979 Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
1972 Bobby Day and The Satellites
1973 Paul & Linda McCartney
  1966 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
  March 1958 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
March 1958 Nat "King" Cole and His Trio and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
August 1957 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
1970 Fats Domino
1991 Clarence Carter
March 1958 Standard Quartette
March 1958 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
1994 Tom Waits
listen on Internet Archive April 1957 William J. Halley

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