Spoonful
| "Spoonful" | ||||
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| Single by Howlin' Wolf | ||||
| B-side | "Howlin' for My Darling" | |||
| Released | June 1960 | |||
| Recorded | June 1960 | |||
| Studio | Chess, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Willie Dixon | |||
| Producer(s) | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon | |||
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"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it’s one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B record chart hit with their duet cover of "Spoonful" in 1961 and it was popularized in the late 1960s by the British rock group Cream.