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The notion was that Hawkins was somehow associated with voodoo. First, he changed his name to ScreaminвЂ™ Jay Hawkins. When Alan Freed heard I Put a Spell on You, he convinced Hawkins to adopt a shocking stage persona. The studio cleaned up the song a bit, but it remained harsh and guttural. When Hawkins heard the resulting tapes, his вЂblues balladвЂ™ had become a raucous rant filled with shouts and grunts. He went into the studio to record the song however, he recounts that he and the entire band got roaring drunk, and he blacked out during the recording session. In the mid 50s, Jay Hawkins wrote a blues ballad, I Put a Spell on You. So unfortunately, Jay Hawkins lost an opportunity to have performed at the вЂfirst-everвЂ™ rock and roll concert! The official explanation was a fear of rioting, although the fact that the crowd included both black and white concertgoers may also have influenced the decision to close the venue. A huge crowd showed up for the concert, and broke down the doors when they were unable to get inside.ДЄfter the first song, the police closed down the event. In addition, it is rumored that many counterfeit tickets were also produced.

Unfortunately, FreedвЂ™s organization sold far more tickets than the 10,000-seat capacity of the venue. At left we show the poster for this event note that Tiny GrimesвЂ™ band was one of the headliners. This rock and roll concert was unusual in that it featured both black and white performers and a racially-mixed audience, a rarity at a time when racial segregation was strictly enforced around most of the country. On March 21, 1952, Freed organized an event, the Moondog Coronation Ball, to be held in the Cleveland Arena. Poster for the March, 1952 Moondog Coronation Ball.

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