At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins

by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1958
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding beyond his shock-rock persona, this eccentric debut LP reveals the theatrical singer's surprising capabilities as an operatic baritone and interpreter of pop standards. The bizarre, grunting vocal deliveries and macabre humor set a crucial precedent for future generations of musical provocateurs.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, vocal, theatrical, bluesy, cover, novelty

Tracklist

  1. Orange Colored Sky
  2. Hong Kong
  3. Temptation
  4. I Love Paris
  5. I Put A Spell On You
  6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  7. Yellow Coat
  8. Ol' Man River
  9. If You Are But A Dream
  10. Give Me My Boots And Saddle
  11. Deep Purple
  12. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)

Credits

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