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At this point Hawkins had a certain amount of potential, but was just one of a million smooth blues singers, who relied more on stage gimmicks than on singing ability. Pawgrafoman from Worthing, EnglandNick Cave covered this song and relased that on his studio album 1986 'kicking against the prick'. Grimes gave him a job as a combination road manager and musician — Hawkins would play piano and saxophone, sing occasionally, and was also (according to Hawkins) Grimes’ valet and dog walker. Derek Johnson believes that "I Put a Spell on You" is one of the "finest rhythm and blues discs ever waxed in this country. Of the thousands of people who have hits, many of them drop off the mental radar as soon as their chart success ends.

Lennox’s cover of the song was featured in the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey and her sultry vocals fit in there perfectly. The song was later covered by numerous other artists, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nina Simone and Marilyn Manson. I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. He sold the rights to “I Put a Spell on You” shortly before his death, for twenty-five thousand dollars, which means his estate gets no songwriting royalties from his one big hit. His fifth wife, one of the two who seem to have been actually important to him in some way, has dropped strong hints that he was killed by his sixth wife, who he had been claiming was poisoning him, though there’s no evidence for that other than that she was strongly disliked by many of the people around Hawkins.

For whatever reason, it resonates with us – it could be the melody, it could be the lyrics, or it could just be an act of jumping on the ‘song cover’ bandwagon. Inspired by his dear friend, "Seasons in the Sun" paid for Terry's boat, which led him away from music and into a battle with Canadian paper mills. I believe if the distortion was on the tape then the sound of distortion would be coming from the center where the vocals are, and not out of the right channel. As Hawkins told the story, she came back to him, they stayed together for four months, and then he dumped her.Jesse Cook—This one has some very cool guitar work at the top that hints at a flamenco guitar sound, and Jesse’s voice is so smooth and lovely. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t a bad boy or a substance abuser, but I do think you put your thumb on the scale with this one.