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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" Screamin' Jay Hawkins † Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1968 [9] ... "Wrote a Song for Everyone" John Fogerty Green River: 1969 [2] Notes
The first single, "I Put a Spell on You" was the album's only top 20 hit in the U.K., peaking at No. 18. The second single, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" narrowly missed the U.K. top 20, peaking at No. 23. The third and final single, "Girl of My Best Friend" peaked at 57. [11] [12]
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
These included her covers of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You", the music video for which was directed by Per Heimly, and Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black", in which Jordan sang her own original lyrics. These two music videos became the most popular videos on her official YouTube channel, surpassing 5 million views each by 2020.
Sonia Marina Clarke [2] (born 21 June 1965), [3] better known by her stage name Sonique, is a British singer, musician and DJ. [4] She came to public attention as a member of dance band S'Express during the early 1990s, but achieved greater success as a solo artist in the early-to mid 2000s.