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Screamin' Jay Hawkins: King of Rock and Horror

Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 5 June 1965

EVERY ONCE in a while someone different comes along. In January, none other than the legendary Screamin' Jay Hawkins entered Britain, and established himself as a performer with something new to offer.

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