Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Nascimento : 1929-07-18, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Morte : 2000-02-12

História

Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock.

Perfil

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Filmes

57 Screaming Kids
Himself (archive footage)
Screaming Jay Hawkins' 57 known children come together for a reunion - his dying wish.
Peut-être
Chanteur Bouge
Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ceiling of the toilets, he discovers a passage leading to this futurist Paris. There, he meets an old man Ako who affirms he is his son and that he wants to exist. Otherwise he will vanish into the air. Arthur is still hesitant because his life is an unfulfilled one: a has a little lucrative job, is uncertain about his future and things are getting out of hand when Ako discovers the passage and interferes in the party.
Dance with the Devil
Adolfo
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
Perigosamente Harlem
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Trem Mistério
Night Clerk
Em Memphis, Tennessee, no decorrer de uma única noite, o Hotel Arcade, dirigido por um atendente noturno excêntrico e um campanário sem pistas, é visitado por um jovem casal japonês viajando em busca das raízes do rock; uma italiana de luto que encontra uma garota tagarela tentando sair da cidade; e um trio cômico de ladrões acidentais procurando um lugar para se esconder.
Um Toque de Sedução
Blues Club Singer
Depois de se formar, April (Sherilyn Fenn) volta para a mansão da família, a fim de se preparar para o casamento com um pretendente rico arranjado pelo seu pai, um senador. Em passeio pela feira local, April conhece Perry (Richard Tyson), um anônimo trabalhador braçal, por quem se apaixona e vive uma tensa relação secreta.
Joey
A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter.
Viva o Rock'n Roll
Self
Uma cinebiografia que conta a vida do famoso Alan Freed, um locutor de rádio que inventou a expressão "Rock N' Roll" e a popularizou desde os anos 50. Freed foi uma fonte de grande controvérsia, sendo acusado de corromper a juventude.
Mister Rock and Roll
Self
Alan Freed is "Mr. Rock and Roll" as he sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll doesn't cause juvenile delinquency. Terrific original rock 'n' roll legends perform their classics!