
ACFM Trip 27: Magic
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I'll Put a Spell on You, I'm Yours Right Now. You're Mad.
Jay Hawkins or Screaming Jay Hawkins, as he's also known, song I put a spell on you is patting that tradition of seeing seduction or lovers as akin to magic. The story goes that that was originally going to be recorded or they recorded a version of it just sort of as a straight sort of blues song. And then they all got drunk in the recording studio and started wilding out. That's when Jay Hawkins became known as Screaming JayHawkins because there was a little bit of magic in the room.
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