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Green Onions by Booker T. & The Mg's

Biographie de l'artiste pour Booker T. & The Mg's

Booker T. & The M.G.'s Est Un Groupe De Musique Soul Instrumental Proéminent Dans Les Années 1960 Et 1970. Orchestre « Maison » Du Label Américain Stax Ils Ont Accompagné Pratiquement Toutes Les Vedettes De Ce Label En Particulier Otis Redding Et Ont Connu Le Succès Grâce Au Titre Green Onions. La Suite Ici Wikipedia

Frogtoon Musique - Informations sur la chanson: Green Onions

"Green Onions" Is A Hit Soul Instrumental Recorded In 1962 By Booker T. & The MG's Composed By Steve Cropper Al Jackson Jr. Booker T. Jones And Lewis Steinberg. The Tune Is A Twelve Bar Blues With A Rippling Hammond Organ Line. According To Guitarist Steve Cropper Its Name Arose From The Band Members' Efforts To Think Of A Title That Was "as Funky As Possible". 1 "Green Onions" Entered The Billboard Hot 100 In September Of 1962 Where It Remained For 16 Weeks Peaking At Number 3. Originally Issued On The Volt Subsidiary Of Stax Records It Was Quickly Reissued On Stax Proper It Also Appeared On The Hit Album Green Onions. The Recording Did Not Chart In The UK Until January 1980 After Being Featured In The 1979 Film Quadrophenia. "Green Onions" Has Been Used Extensively In Radio Television Film And Advertising. The Tune Is Also A Favorite At Baseball Parks Across The United States. "Green Onions" Was Ranked #181 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In A Live Cover Of This Tune From The Album Everybody Needs The Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd As His Character Elwood Blues Of The Blues Brothers Comments On The Song During A Vamp "I Believe That This Tune Can Be Equated With The Great Classical Music Around The World. Well Now You Go To Germany You Got Your Bach Your Beethoven And Your Brahms. Here In America You Got Your Fred McDowell Your Irving Berlin Your Glen Miller And Your Booker T. & The MG's!"

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