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"Green Onions" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Described as "one of the most popular instrumental rock and soul songs ever" [1] and as one of "the most popular R&B instrumentals of its era", [2] it utilizes a twelve-bar blues progression and features a rippling Hammond M3 organ line played by frontman Booker T. Jones, who wrote it when he was 17.
Green Onions is the debut album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in October 1962. It reached number 33 on the pop album chart in the month of its release. . The title single was a worldwide hit and has been covered by dozens of artists, including the Blues Brothers and Roy Buchanan (both with Steve Cropper on guitar), as well as The Ventures, Al Kooper, The Shadows, Mongo ...
Green onion or scallion refers to various edible members of the genus Allium that lack a fully developed bulb. Green onion may also refer to: Green Onions, a 1962 album by Booker T. & the M.G.s "Green Onions", a hit 1962 soul instrumental by Booker T. & the M.G.s on the album listed above
William Everett Justis Jr. (October 14, 1926 – July 16, 1982) [1] was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy". [2] As a songwriter, he was also often credited as Bill Everette.
Songs by Adele, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and other artists were blocked Saturday (Sept. 28) for YouTube’s U.S. viewers due to the dispute between YouTube and SESAC ...
All songs on the soundtrack album are presented in the order they appeared in the film. The UK version of the soundtrack album is slightly reordered and omits three tracks; both Beach Boys songs and "Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning. The album is thus retitled "38 Original Hits from the Sound Track of American Graffiti".
The song was later covered by the English punk band Snuff. It references the Trinidadian dance and game The Limbo , which had a surge of popularity in the United States starting in the mid-1950s. The song makes use of a common chord progression that was featured in such 1950s and 1960s hits as " La Bamba ", " Louie Louie ", and " Wild Thing ".
Their song "Taking It Easy" was used in the European versions of the show, where another version was used in English-speaking countries. They are also known for their work on animated series, having composed original songs for Italian-dubbed anime (such as Doraemon , Ashita no Joe and Galaxy Express 999 ) and European series (such as Around the ...