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Booker T. & the MG's

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and jazz band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962. The band helped shape the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the Mar-Keys, the rotating slate of musicians that served as the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Time Is Tight - #2: Green Onions - #3: Soul Limbo - #4: Green Onions - #5: Hang 'Em High

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1962-1964	Green Onions	199		MP3
	1.	08/1962	Green Onions	193	US 3 • US R&B ✫1	MP3	[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #181] instrumental [Stax 127] written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr.
	2.	02/1964	Mo' Onions	5	US 97	MP3	[Stax 142] written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr.

	2.	1964	Soul Dressing	5		MP3
	1.	08/1964	Soul Dressing	5	US 95	MP3	[Stax 153] written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr.

	3.	1966	And Now!	15		MP3
	1.	09/1966	My Sweet Potato	15	US 85 • US R&B 18	MP3	instrumental [Stax 196] written by Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones & Al Jackson Jr.

	4.	1966		3		MP3
	1.	11/1966	Booker - Loo	3	US R&B 37	MP3	instrumental US B side to My Sweet Potato [Stax 196] written by Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr. & Donald "Duck" Dunn

	5.	1967	Hip Hug-Her	149		MP3
	1.	03/1967	Hip Hug-Her	59	US 37 • US R&B 6 • UK 51	MP3	instrumental [Stax 211] written by Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr. & Booker T. Jones
	2.	07/1967	Slim Jenkin's Place	25	US 70 • UK 58	MP3	[Stax 224] written by Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr. & Booker T. Jones
	3.	08/1967	Groovin'	65	US 21 • US R&B 10	MP3	instrumental US B side to Slim Jenkin's Place [Stax 224] written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati

	6.	1968	Soul Limbo	209		MP3
	1.	07/1968	Soul Limbo	109	US 17 • US AC 32 • US R&B 7 • UK 30	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0001] written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg
	2.	11/1968	Hang 'Em High	101	US 9 • US AC 39 • US R&B 35	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0013] written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg

	7.	1969	Uptight	293		MP3
	1.	03/1969	Time Is Tight	293	US 6 • US AC 9 • US R&B 7 • UK 4	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0028] written by Booker T. Jones

	8.	1969	The Booker T. Set	35		MP3
	1.	06/1969	Mrs. Robinson	35	US 37 • US AC 20 • US R&B 35	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0037] written by Paul Simon

	9.	1970	McLemore Avenue	12		MP3
	1.	07/1970	Something	12	US 76 • US AC 38	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0073] written by George Harrison

	10.	1971	Melting Pot	27		MP3
	1.	03/1971	Melting Pot	27	US 45 • US R&B 21	MP3	instrumental [Stax 0082] written by Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn & Steve Cropper

	11.	1973	The MG's	2		MP3
	1.	08/1973	Sugarcane	2	US R&B 67	MP3	as The MG's instrumental [Stax 0169] written by David Madden

	12.	1977	Universal Language	2		MP3
	1.	05/1977	Sticky Stuff	2	US R&B 68	MP3	instrumental [Asylum 45392] written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper & Donald "Duck" Dunn

See also...

Al Jackson Jr. • Bobby Manuel • Booker T. Jones • Carson Whitsett • Donald Dunn • Lewie Steinberg • Steve Cropper • Willie Hall

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