Green Onions
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"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. Read Full Bio"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!"
"Green Onions" entered the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 1962 where it remained for 16 weeks, peaking at number 3. Read Full Bio"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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Ayeola Moore
This was my grandma’s hit. I’ll never forget how she got up out of her seat at her 80th bday party and cut a rug. Rest peacefully grandma
Dolly Smith
❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Dolly Smith
❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉R.I.P. my Mother 2
HashCraft
You totally hit a nerve when you said "my grandma's hit"!! 🤗 Unfortunately I never got to celebrate my grandma's 80th birthday, but she definitely loved this "tune". 😄She gave me my first vinyl albums when I was a kid, I'll never forget this one!! Thanks for sharing, it's cool to know someone else thinks about that whenever they hear this song. ✌️
Meg Phelps
I’m only 20
Meg Phelps
What the heck why? Lol 😂 😂
IncorporatedOps
Quite possibly the greatest lyricless instrumental song of all time.
Karen Woods
BEST cruising tune ever.
RONNIE WALL
CHECK THIS
https://youtu.be/W2nO_W9JZYw
RONNIE WALL
HERES A COOL ONE.
https://youtu.be/0JvfyOuVrvI