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Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (1960)

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Uploaded by on Nov 23, 2008

El carismatico Screamin' Jay Hawkins logró fundir la imaginería tribal con los tópicos del terror filmico y el R&B más lacerante. Su biografía personal está trufada de extraños sucesos, repleta de amores turbulentos y de familias desestructuradas, de sorprendentes aventuras y patéticas desventuras. Capaz de lo mejor y de lo peor, protagonizó shows de terrorífica factura visual (que iniciaba surgiendo de un ataud auténtico), donde en muchas ocasiones se cruzaba la mera puesta en escena con otros elementos imprevisibles (metidas de pata garrafales y peleas legendarias sucedidas en pleno escenario). Tal como reza el dicho, fue genio y figura hasta la sepultura.

Dotado de un talento inmarcesible desde temprana edad, se dió a conocer con este tenebroso e inmortal himno R&B "I Put a Spell on You", que aterrorizó en 1956 a la muy impresionable y conservadora juventud americana de la época. Esos espeluznantes sonidos guturales debían sonar realmente perturbadores(aún a día de hoy, causan escalofrios), máxime si tenemos en cuenta que la primera intención de Screamin´ era grabar una balada. El tema fue censurado en muchas emisoras de radio de la época, lo cual no impidió que se convirtiera en un gran éxito de ventas y en un tema de culto.

"I put a spell on you" ha conocido multitud de versiones, pero de todas ellas, siento especial predilección por la rendición que hizo Manfred Mann, aunque la recreación de Them en 1965 no se queda atrás.

Esta actuación televisiva, donde Screamin' Jay Hawkins y despliega todo su encanto y parafernalia visual, se conjuró en los estudios británicos de Granada TV, a principios de los 60.

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  • Wow was this really filmed in 1960?? I've seen this clip before but i never knew how old it was, i thought maybe it was from the late 60's or early 70's. Thanks for clearing it up!

  • I haven´t got the exact date of the broadcast, but i´m almost secure that it was early 60s (1962-63 as late).

    Thanks for adding your commentary!

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  • @thewhitezombie666 Wtf do you mean with racist? He's just a Voodoo dude! jeese..

  • I love this guy. I have always loved this song. I love every version-but especially Screamin' Jay's. I first heard this when was a teenager in the late 60's, but never saw these videos until recently. Love the simplicity and the intense punctuation of the instruments. His voice is pure sex. Wish he was still alive so I could have another baby for him. lol!

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  • awesome song,I wonder if he's still alive ?

  • Always loved thus thee most!

  • awesome!!!!!!!

  • Filmed in Manchester UK, 1965

  • even this guy is better than Justin Boobie.

  • Victim of his time (and i guess his ignorance) but awesome all the same...without the ignorant visuals.

  • July 1965

  • Jay hawkins wrote this. All the rest are cover versions

  • I was under the impression this was an old R&B tune and I could have sworn Cab Callaway did a version. This version is primo. This guy is nuts and has the voice to go with it. Can scream without getting on your nerves and that takes more talent than you think lol. Wilson Picket is another who could. Great song

  • so far ahead of his time we still ain't caught up yet.

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