March 6, 1991 – The Clash is atop the UK charts with Should I Stay or Should I Go. They decide to go – out on tour. Opening act? Screamin' Jay Hawkins, still climbing out of his coffin. A Cleveland native, Hawkins inspired shock rockers for decades with his '56 hit I Put a Spell on You. Hawkins first show? Alan Freed's 1952 Moondog Coronation Ball, the birth of rock and roll & he's still climbing out of the coffin.
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