Spoonful
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"Spoonful" is a classic blues song, written by Willie Dixon and popularized by Howlin' Wolf, that has become a standard in the Chicago blues repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spoonful canonical | 5 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chess Studios
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf discography ⓘ Willie Dixon song catalog ⓘ |
| composer | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformer | Howlin' Wolf ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Canned Heat
ⓘ
Cream ⓘ Etta James ⓘ Koko Taylor ⓘ Ten Years After ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ Grateful Dead ⓘ
surface form:
The Grateful Dead
Paul Butterfield Blues Band ⓘ
surface form:
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
|
| hasInfluenced |
British blues
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalMeaning | small amount with powerful effect ⓘ |
| hasTitleWordplayOn | spoonful (measure of quantity) ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
Chicago blues repertoire
ⓘ
electric blues repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| musicalForm | twelve-bar blues ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Cream
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago blues repertoire ⓘ |
| performancePractice | electric blues band arrangement ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Howlin' Wolf ONNED1 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chess Records ⓘ |
| rhythmStyle | shuffle feel ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
ⓘ
desire ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| vocalist | Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | rough, intense blues vocal ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.