Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You: The Best Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (2010)
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Rhythm & Blues | Sony Music / Camden #88697695782
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 241 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 141 Mb
Full Scans | 00:46:31 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rhythm & Blues | Sony Music / Camden #88697695782
Ex-boxer Screamin' Jay Hawkins' live show, full of on-stage coffins, skulls, and toilets, prefigured the extravagant concert productions of later artists like Alice Cooper and George Clinton, and Hawkins' full awareness of the visual aspect of rock music extended even to his lyrics, which were purposefully graphic and surreal. In essence, Hawkins was a one- or two-trick pony, but boy, those ponies could run. His masterpiece was "I Put a Spell on You," which he originally recorded for OKeh Records (supposedly while extremely drunk) in 1956, and while Hawkins' version was never even close to being a commercial hit, the song has been covered so many times (most notably by Nina Simone) that it has deservedly been certified as a rock and R&B classic.