Outdoor components of a residential air-source heat pump. A heat pump is a device that transfers heat energy from a source of heat to a destination called a heat sink. Heat pumps are designed to move thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous heat transfer by absorbing heat from a cold space and releasing it to a warmer one.
Mini Bio (1) Screamin' Jay Hawkins was best known for his song I Put a Spell On You,  which he recorded on the Okeh label in 1956 and which helped win him cult status in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Other versions were: 1  In a switch of genres, jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald recorded Don't Touch Me on her 1968 Capitol Records release, Misty Blue. 2  The song was a hit for soul singer Bettye Swann in 1969. 3  American singer Etta James recorded a version for her 1997 album Love's Been Rough on Me, put to Blues/R&B tempo.