Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song) "Hush Little Baby" in the lyrics of his single "Mockingbird" from his 2004 album "Encore". In The Simpsons episode "Three Gays of the Condo" (2003), Marge and Homer sing the opening from the James Taylor/Carly Simon version of the song after Marge finds a puzzle piece that has James Taylor's face that is part of a jigsaw puzzle that the Simpsons put together. British singer Dusty Springfield performed the song as a duet with Jimi Hendrix on a 1968 episode of her ITV variety show, "It Must Be Dusty". No high quality versions appear to have survived to present day,
Sweet Baby James (song) it on his October 1970 album "Wrong End of the Rainbow". The Seldom Scene added harmony on their bluegrass version, released on their debut album "Act 1" in 1972. Highway 101 closed their 1989 album "Paint the Town" with it. Daniel Greaves of The Watchmen often performs it a cappella during concerts. Many listeners have thought the song was about, or additionally about, Taylor himself — a "self lullaby" being a reasonable interpretation given the name and "singing works just fine for me" lyric — and so Taylor is often referred to in the press by the nickname "Sweet Baby