Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. 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.
Although Hawkins was not a major success as a recording artist, his highly theatrical performances from "I Put a Spell on You" onward earned him a steady career as a live performer for decades afterward, and influenced subsequent acts. He opened for Fats Domino, Tiny Grimes and the Rolling Stones. This exposure in turn influenced rock acts such as Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, the Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Arthur Brown, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and Glenn Danzig. Vox described Hawkins as a "goth icon".
This 2 disc compilation was released in 1990 by Bear Family Records and, as the back cover states, is "everything you need to hear by Screamin' Jay Hawkins in one tasteless, over-the-top set. All original versions."
1-1 Voodoo
1-2 You Put The Spell On Me
1-3 Makaha Waves
1-4 There's Too Many Teardrops
1-5 I Put The Spell On You
1-6 Two Can Play This Game
1-7 Shattered
1-8 You're An Exception To The Rule
1-9 I'm Not Made Of Clay
1-10 All Night
1-11 Mountain Jive
1-12 I'll Be There
1-13 You're All Of My Life To Me
1-14 Well I Tried
1-15 Even Though
1-16 Talk About Me
1-17 In My Front Room
1-18 This Is All
1-19 What That Is
1-20 She Put The Whamee On Me
1-21 I Put The Spell On You
1-22 Two Can Play This Game
1-23 Shattered
1-24 You're An Exception To The Rule
2-1 What That Is
2-2 Feast Of The Mau Mau
2-3 Do You Really Love Me?
2-4 Stone Crazy
2-5 I Love You
2-6 Constipation Blues
2-7 I'm Lonely
2-8 Thing Called Woman
2-9 Dig!
2-10 I'm Your Man
2-11 Ask Him
2-12 Reprise
2-13 Please Don't Leave Me
2-14 I Wanta Know
2-15 I Need You
2-16 My Marion
2-17 Bite It
2-18 Move Me
2-19 Good Night My Love
2-20 Our Love Is Not For Three
2-21 Ain't Nobody's Business
2-22 Take Me Back
2-23 Trying To Reach My Soul
2-24 So Long
