Green Onions (album) 200064 224198012 2008-07-07T19:37:01Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Green Onions | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] | Cover = BookerT.&theMG'sGreenOnions.jpg | Released = October, 1962 | Recorded = June-August 1962 | Genre = [[Southern soul]], [[Instrumental rock]] | Length = 34:55 | Label = [[Stax Records|Stax]]/[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<br /><small>S 701</small> | Producer = [[Jim Stewart (music)|Jim Stewart]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n9c8b5t4tsqf link] | Last album = | This album = '''''Green Onions'''''<br/>(1962) | Next album = ''[[Soul Dressing]]''<br/>(1965) }} '''''Green Onions''''' is the debut album by [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]], released on [[Stax Records]] in October of [[1962 in music|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 [[cover version|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]]. <ref name="Bowman">Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. p.229-233 ISBN 0825672848</ref> ==Track listing== ===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 ===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 ==Personnel== *[[Steve Cropper]] - [[guitar]] *[[Booker T. Jones]] - [[organ (music)|organ]], [[bass guitar]], [[guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] *[[Lewie Steinberg]] - upright bass *[[Al Jackson, Jr.]] - drums ==Chart history== {|class="wikitable" !align="left"|Name !align="left"|Chart (1966) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- |''Green Onions'' |align="left"|[[U.S. Pop Albums Chart]] |align="center"|33 |- |"Green Onions" |align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Pop Singles]] |align="center"|3 |- |"Green Onions" |align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard R&B Singles]] |align="center"|1 |- |"Mo' Onions" |align="left"|U.S. Billboard Pop Singles |align="center"|97 |- |"Mo' Onions" |align="left"|U.S. Billboard R&B Singles |align="center"|97 |} ==Notes== {{reflist}} [[Category:Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:1962 albums]] [[Category:Stax Records albums]] [[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]