Monday, October 4, 2021

31 Days of "Spooky" Music Day 4: I Put A Spell On You

 Back in the 90's, I bought one of those Halloween music CDs, but unlike a lot of the ones I have seen in the past decade or so, it actually contained original recordings instead of "All New Recordings by The Hitt Crue", or some-such nonsense. One of the songs on it was the Screamin' Jay Hawkins version of "I Put A Spell On You", and it was love at first sight... errr, sound.


Sure, there are other performers who have done this song, Nina Simone is certainly one worth mentioning, but there is only one version of this song that will likely ever count for me, and it is this one:




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