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Nutsa and Carina DeAngelo perform “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, American Idol 2023 Season 21 Hollywood Duets. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant #1: Nutsa (25 years old), Performer from Tbilisi, Georgia
Contestant #2: Carina DeAngelo (25 years old), Meatball Connoisseur from Kailua, Hawaii
Round: Hollywood Duets
Song: “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Result: TBA
Nutsa, Carina DeAngelo American Idol Season 21 “I Put a Spell on You”
It’s a major power struggle between powerhouse vocalists Carina DeAngelo and Nutsa, who were up all night struggling to compromise on how to sing “I Put A Spell On You.” Can they pull it together to dazzle the IDOL judges during Hollywood Week Duets?
Nutsa, Carina DeAngelo American Idol “I Put a Spell on You”
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2023 (Season 21)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The twenty-first season of the reality show singing competition American Idol premiered on February 19, 2023, on the ABC television network. It is the sixth season to air on ABC since the series’ revival. Ryan Seacrest returned as host, and Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie returned as judges. The Idol Across America virtual auditions program returned from the previous two seasons. The remote auditions took place from August 3 to September 14, 2022, as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these, the producers selected the contestants who can then audition in front of the judges.
“I Put a Spell on You” is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also included in Robert Christgau’s “Basic Record Library” of 1950s and 1960s recordings-published in Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981)-and ranked No. 313 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
“I Put a Spell on You” has been covered by other artists extensively; there are several hundred versions. Most of the covers treat the song seriously; few attempt to duplicate Hawkins’ bravura performance. Although Hawkins’ own version never charted, several later cover versions have.
– Nina Simone’s version from her album of the same name reached No. 120 Pop and No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1965; it also reached No. 49 on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 28 when it was reissued in 1969.
– Creedence Clearwater Revival’s version reached No. 58 on the U.S. Hot 100 in 1968. The band later performed it at the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
– In the UK, Bryan Ferry’s version, covered on the album Taxi, reached No. 18 in 1993.
– The version by Sonique reached No. 36 in 1998 and No. 8 on reissue in 2000.
Other versions of note:
– The Crazy World of Arthur Brown covered the song on their 1968 self-titled album, reaching No. 111 in the US.
– The 1993 Disney movie Hocus Pocus features a performance of the song sung by Bette Midler.
– Marilyn Manson recorded a cover of the song for his 1995 album Smells Like Children.
– Jeff Beck, with vocals by Joss Stone, covered the song on the album Emotion & Commotion in 2010. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
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