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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

1929 - 2000

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Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Screamin' Jay Hawkins has received more than 1,994,634 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Screamin' Jay Hawkins is the 716th most popular musician (down from 559th in 2019), the 3,645th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,943rd in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 716 out of 3,175. Before him are Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Conrad Graf, The Big Bopper, Kenny Clarke, Peter Hammill, and Liam Gallagher. After him are Max Roach, Max Cavalera, Enrico Toselli, Brian Molko, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, and Chucho Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 202. Before him are Petr Shelokhonov, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Selim Hoss, Mariama Bâ, Alexis Weissenberg, and Roger Bannister. After him are Lee Hazlewood, Fazil Iskander, Julinho, Liz Sheridan, Anastasios of Albania, and Nigel Hawthorne. Among people deceased in 2000, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 115. Before him are Wojciech Has, Oleg Yefremov, Yevgeny Khrunov, Teruki Miyamoto, Elek Schwartz, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. After him are Son Sann, Franco Rossi, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Ian Dury, Claire Trevor, and Abdul Haris Nasution.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 3,645 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Indiana (1928), David Arquette (1971), Maureen Connolly (1934), Donald Davidson (1917), Ethel Kennedy (1928), and Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932). After him are Andre Norton (1912), Jackie Cooper (1922), Lee Hazlewood (1929), Majel Barrett (1932), Max Roach (1924), and Bert Patenaude (1909).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Screamin' Jay Hawkins ranks 221. Before him are Jerry Garcia (1942), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Elmore James (1918), The Big Bopper (1930), and Kenny Clarke (1914). After him are Max Roach (1924), Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), Horace Silver (1928), Ron McGovney (1962), and Tim Buckley (1947).

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