One of rock's greatest showmen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins would appear on stage from
a coffin, wearing a bone through his nose, clutching a flaming voodoo skull on a
stick, letting off firecrackers and unleashing an almighty cry to the heavens. A
former boxer who dreamed of being an opera singer and idolised Paul Robeson,
Hawkins became a prisoner of war and was tortured while serving in the US
Airforce during WW2. He later played piano for Fats Domino, Count Basie and
Wynonie Harris before turning solo and releasing his legendary signature song I
Put A Spell On You in 1957. Initiall...