
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 - The First Solo Artist
Winone harris saw something in hawkins and helped him get his first solo shows. On the back of these, he made his first records as a solo artist for the tiny label timely records under his birthname, jelacey hawkins. After two of these singles, timely records folded and hawkins had to find another label. He moved on to grand records and started recording a scream in j hawkins. By this time, he had started using some of the gemmics he would use in his stage show. Though for the most part, his act was still fairly tame by modern standards.
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