Pithecanthropus88 t1_iujau32 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:26 PM

I heard that he was blasted ass drunk when he recorded it.

piepants2001 t1_iujua0v wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:40 PM

Yep, this is from wikipedia

>Hawkins had originally intended to record "I Put a Spell on You" as "a refined love song, a blues ballad". However, the producer Arnold Maxin "brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death."

And after that song became a hit, he really played into the image, he dressed in a cape, wore tusks in his nose, and rose out of a coffin during live performances

Pithecanthropus88 t1_iujuxz4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:45 PM

You gotta give the people what they want!

Lucifurnace t1_iuk0j8d wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Good entrepreneurship right there!

BrassOwlRing t1_iuk0mqo wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:29 PM

This dude's whole life was a fucking roller coaster of craziness. He was adopted by Blackfoot, joined the Army as a teenager, and was a boxing champion in Alaska.