Screamin Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you Halloween Series “I Put a Spell on You” is a 1956 song recorded by “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins and co-written with Herb Slotkin. The selection became a classic cult song, covered by a variety of artists. It was Hawkins’s greatest commercial success, reportedly surpassing a million copies in sales, even though it failed to make the Billboard pop or R&B charts. Hawkins’s recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that S