TWILIGHTZONE!: The One and Only for Halloween...

Saturday, 1 November 2014

JakeBlues said...: Thanks for the video. Hard to believe this song is almost 60 years old and even harder to believe it never charted. The song was banned by radio stations so that probably explains why it never charted. Nice to see Henry the skull in the video too.The song has been covered by a lot of others including CCR, Jeff Beck and Joe Cocker.; 1 November 2014 at 20:25
RYP said...: I think the version by The Alan Price Set reached the Top Twenty (8 or 9) in the UK in 1966, but indeed never by the author Screamin' Jay Hawkins!; 1 November 2014 at 20:44
Korla said...: Pure magic.; 2 November 2014 at 01:56
Anonymous said...: Thanx for linking to this video.

I had the pleasure of seeing SJY in person when he played a small club two blocks away from where I was living many years ago. It was a great show and it was fun being right next to the stage.

I currently working on a comp of cover versions of I Put a Spell on you. So far I have about 30 versions collected.

There is a rip of a concert dvd available here: http://polloking2.blogspot.com/2013/12/screamin-jay-hawkins-put-spell-on-tokyo.html

RIP Madman.
cc5; 4 November 2014 at 18:50