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
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