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Elvis Presley—Screaming Jay Hawkins—Carl Perkins

Jan 10, 2022

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  1. Douglas M Fenton
    Douglas M Fenton on January 10, 2022 at 11:24 am

    James & I saw Screamin’ Jay at the Apollo in ’56. He was so outrageous, he made Little Richard seem normal. The crowd went wild.

    https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/2046/screamin-jay-hawkins-interviewed-1991-coffin-rocking-wine-drinking-skull-shaker/
    The NAACP criticism of him upset him; his performance style was the only way for him to make a living so he resented their trying to take him down.

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