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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
I Put a Spell on You
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote it and cut it first in 1956, and that same song later turned up for Creedence and for Sonique. So when LL put his own name on a track, he built it on someone else's.
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Written by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
First recorded by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins in 1956.
Also recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968), Sonique (1998), Bryan Ferry (1993).
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LL Cool J's self-titled track "LL Cool J" samples and carries the writing credit of "I Put a Spell on You." Who first recorded that song?Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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