SPOONFUL - HOWLIN' WOLF

SPOONFUL

HOWLIN' WOLF

SONGWRITER: WILLIE DIXON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: SPOONFUL

LABEL: CHESS RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1960

"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James had a pop and R&B record chart hit with "Spoonful" in 1961, and it was popularized in the late 1960s by the British rock group Cream.

The Howlin' Wolf Album is a 1969 album by Howlin' Wolf, with Rotary Connection as his backing band. It mixed blues with psychedelic rock arrangements on several of Howlin' Wolf's classic songs. Howlin' Wolf strongly disliked the album, and Chess Records referenced this fact on the album's cover. The album peaked at No. 69 on the Billboard Black Albums chart.

It could be a spoonful of coffee

It could be a spoonful of tea

But one little spoon of your precious love

Is good enough for me

Men lie about that spoonful

Some cry about that spoonful

Some die about that spoonful

Everybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

It could be a spoonful of water

To save you from the desert sand

But one spoon of love1 from my forty-five

Will save you from another man

Men lie about that spoonful

Some cry about that spoonful

Some die about that spoonful

Everybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

It could be a spoonful of sugar

It could be a spoonful of tea

But one little spoon of your precious love

Is good enough for me

Men lie about that spoonful

Some cry about that spoonful

Some die about that spoonful

Everybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful