I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Lisa Simone’s earliest release of “I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl” on file came out in 2015. James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Nina Simone’s, from 1962. Also recorded by Allison Moorer (released 2008), Sarah Jane Morris (released 2008) and Davina and the Vagabonds (released 2019), among 16 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
Simone put her own name on that one alongside Clarence Williams, James “Tim” Brymn and Dally Small, so this is a song she helped build, not one she borrowed. Lisa Simone picked it up in 2015, and it is worth hearing what changes when someone else takes the bowl.
Credited writers: James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams.
Earliest release on file: Nina Simone, 1962.
- Emanuel Pessanha2005
- Allison Moorer2008
- Sarah Jane Morris2008
- Isabel Rose2014
- Davina and the Vagabonds2019
- Jo Harrop2019
16 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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