I Put A Spell On You

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Before taking on his spooky stage persona, Hawkins (real name: Jalacy Hawkins) was a boxer and professional piano player. On his first record, with Grimes, he’s not the blues shouter that he had a reputation of being, and nor is he the screamer he would later become — instead he sounds like he’s imitating Clyde McPhatter’s singing on “The Bells” by Billy Ward and His Dominoes, but in a bass register somewhat reminiscent of Paul Robeson. I tried to put together a Spotify playlist instead, but a few of the recordings I use here aren’t on Spotify.

I quickly found out the answer was WAY more than I expected (or cared to listen to), but since that moment I’ve paid attention to how many covers I find of iconic Halloween songs…and squirreled them away into playlists to share someday. Djamo from Lommel, BelgiumThis song was also used in a Pringles commercial, whitch I saw a lot on MTV, it was for the , then new, Pringles Hot and Spicy, a commercial about a guy whose chips get eaten by a crocadile at his house in the swamps. Covering a song is an essential part of the conversation that takes place between the artist and their audience during the performance of the song. P. Arnold in its successor venue Night People two weeks ago, she kept referring to it as the Twisted Wheel, even though the original club closed down in 1971, because she had such strong memories of the original venue.It not only provides an excellent rendition of Nina Simone’s timeless music but also establishes a connection between the listeners and the artist in a way that’s hard to put into words.

The singer leaned fully into the theatrics of “I Put a Spell on You,” as live performances show him with bones sticking out of his nose to look like horns, dressed in a lavish outfit while holding a skull as he wails the song. The band quickly garnered a recording contract with Decca Records and subsequently debuted on record with a cover of Burt Bacharach's " Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" in August 1965.He added, "There are really fine tunes and interpretations, on which Simone gives an edge to the potentially fey pop songs, taking a sudden (but not uncharacteristic) break for a straight jazz instrumental with 'Blues on Purpose. A singer dressed in a skeleton costume is singing the original song, and when Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy enter the party, She later takes over the stage and performs her version. Jalacey Hawkins was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and would often claim that he had musical training at the Ohio Conservatory of Music.