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"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song recorded by "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins and officially co-written with Herb Slotkin. The selection became a classic cult song , covered by a variety of artists. It was Hawkins' greatest commercial success, reportedly surpassing a million copies in sales, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] even though it failed to make the Billboard ...
Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins [8] (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. 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. [9]
I Put a Spell on You is a studio album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone. Recorded in 1964 and 1965 in New York City , it was released by Philips Records in 1965. It peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200 chart [ 5 ] and number 18 on the UK Albums Chart . [ 6 ]
Produced by The Who's manager Kit Lambert, with Pete Townshend credited as associate producer, on Track Records, the label begun by Lambert and Chris Stamp, it spun off an equally surprising hit single, "Fire", and contained a version of "I Put a Spell on You" written by Screaming Jay Hawkins, a similarly bizarre showman
The other single from the album was also a cover: "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Released as a follow-up to "Susie Q" in October 1968 with "Walk on the Water" as the B-side, it peaked on the U.S. charts at #58. The album was remastered and reissued on 180 Gram vinyl by Analogue Productions in 2006.
I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. I Put a Spell on You may also refer to: I Put a Spell on You, a 1965 album by Nina Simone; I Put a Spell on You, a 1992 autobiography by Nina Simone; I Put a Spell on You, a 2008 young-adult novel by Adam Selzer
"Susie Q" is a rockabilly song co-written and performed by American musician Dale Hawkins [4] released in 1957. ... "I Put a Spell on You" (1968)
The lead single "I Put a Spell on You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. [70] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.