
Episode 53: “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Hawkins and the Twisted Wheel
Hawkins had been popular enough that a british act screaming load such and the savages had stolen his act wholesale, cape coffin and allnethe streets ofonthelead at nigt bak bages osobe back o nging down his backo. But while people like such had admired him, hawkins was mostly a legend in british blue circles,. some one about whom almost nothing was known. The tour wasn't a commer success, but it built hawkins's reputation to the point that every beat group wanted to record i put a spell on you. Between 19 65 and 19 68. It was recorded by manford man, the crazy world of arthur brown
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