Green Onions (album)
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| Studio album by Booker T. & the MGs | |||||
| Released | October, 1962 | ||||
| Recorded | June-August 1962 | ||||
| Genre | Southern soul, Instrumental rock | ||||
| Length | 34:55 | ||||
| Label | Stax/Atlantic S 701 |
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| Producer | Jim Stewart | ||||
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Green Onions is the debut album by Booker T. & the MGs, released on Stax Records in October of 1962. It reached number 33 on the Pop Albums chart in the month of its release. The title single was a huge hit worldwide which has been covered by dozens of artists, including The Blues Brothers, The Ventures, Al Kooper, The Shadows, Mongo Santamaria, Count Basie and many others.
Three previous Stax LPs - two by Mar-Keys, one by Carla Thomas - had been issued on Atlantic Records. Green Onions was the first album released on the Stax label proper. It was also Stax's first charting album, peaking at number 33 on The Billboard 200. [1]
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Green Onions" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson, Jr) – 2:45
- "Rinky Dink" ( David Clowney, Paul Winley) – 2:39
- "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:32
- "Mo' Onions" (Cropper, Jackson, Jones, Steinberg) – 2:50
- "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Berns) – 2:09
- "Behave Yourself" (Cropper, Jackson, Jones, Steinberg) – 3:45
- "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin) – 2:18
[edit] Side two
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) – 3:25
- "One Who Really Loves You" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:22
- "You Can't Sit Down There Boy!" (Dee Clark, Kal Mann, Cornell Muldrow) – 2:46
- "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" (Sidney Wyche) – 3:15
- "Comin' Home Baby" (Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker) – 3:09
[edit] Personnel
- Steve Cropper - guitar
- Booker T. Jones - organ, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
- Lewie Steinberg - upright bass
- Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
[edit] Chart history
| Name | Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| Green Onions | U.S. Pop Albums Chart | 33 |
| "Green Onions" | U.S. Billboard Pop Singles | 3 |
| "Green Onions" | U.S. Billboard R&B Singles | 1 |
| "Mo' Onions" | U.S. Billboard Pop Singles | 97 |
| "Mo' Onions" | U.S. Billboard R&B Singles | 97 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. p.229-233 ISBN 0825672848
