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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Charlie Gillett Collection, Redferns
Screamin' Jay Hawkins' biggest hit was "I Put a Spell on You" and apparently he did just that to a lot of ladies. According to a biographer/friend of the late blues man, Hawkins claimed to have fathered at least 57 children during his 70 years of life. The biographer said she identified 33 of them via official records and organized a family reunion for them back in 2001.
