Green Onions

~ Release by Booker T. & the M.G.s (see all versions of this release, 18 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Green Onions
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 181) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 418)
recording of:
Green Onions
composer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music, Carlin Music Corporation, East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music (BMI)
4.152:55
2Rinky‐Dink
recording of:
Rinky‐Dink
writer:
David Clowney and Paul Winley (songwriter)
2:41
3I Got a Woman
recording of:
I Got a Woman
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:34
4Mo’ Onions
recording of:
Mo’ Onions
composer:
Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music and Irving Music, Inc.
2:55
5Twist and Shout
cover recording of:
Twist and Shout
writer:
Bert Russell (in 1961-02) and Phil Medley (in 1961-02)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Progressive Music, Inc (publisher), Robert Mellin Ltd., Robert Mellin, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
2:12
6Behave Yourself
recording of:
Behave Yourself
writer:
Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music, Downtown DMP Songs and Irving Music, Inc.
3:58
7Stranger on the Shore
recording of:
Stranger on the Shore (original instrumental version)
composer:
Acker Bilk
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd.
2:21
8Lonely Avenue
recording of:
Lonely Avenue
lyricist and composer:
Doc Pomus
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Pomus Songs Inc., Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:28
9One Who Really Loves You
recording of:
The One Who Really Loves You
writer:
Smokey Robinson
2:25
10Can’t Sit Down
2:51
11A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
recording of:
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
lyricist and composer:
Sid Wyche
2:33
12Comin’ Home Baby
recording of:
Comin’ Home Baby (original instrumental)
composer:
Ben Tucker
3:15
13Green Onions (live)
live recording of:
Green Onions (in 1965-08)
composer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music, Carlin Music Corporation, East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music (BMI)
3:43
14Can’t Sit Down (live)
4:58

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Andrew Pham
liner notes:Bob Altshuler
Rob Bowman (ethnomusicologist and music writer) (in 2012-05)
producer:Chris Clough
Nick Phillips (US jazz trumpeter/composer/producer)
mastering:Joe Tarantino (audio engineer, mastering)
mastered at:Joe Tarantino Mastering in Berkeley, California, United States