Green Onions Booker T. & the M.G.'s , released on Stax Records in October 1962. It reached number 33 on the pop album chart in the month of its release. The title single was a worldwide hit and has been covered by dozens of artists, including the Blues Brothers and Roy Buchanan (both with Steve Cropper on guitar), as well as The Ventures , Al Kooper , The Shadows , Mongo Santamaría , Deep Purple (Live and studio versions) and Count Basie .
Three previous Stax LPs – two by the Mar-Keys , one by Carla Thomas – had been issued on Atlantic Records . Green Onions was the first album released on the Stax label. It was also Stax's first charting album, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard 200[ 10] instrumental songs and features Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster .[ 11]
The cover photo was shot by Irving Schild , who would go on to have a 52-year career as Mad Magazine 's primary photographer.[ 12] 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [ 13]
In 2012, the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant".[ 14]
Side One Title Writer(s) 1. "Green Onions " Booker T. Jones , Steve Cropper , Lewie Steinberg , Al Jackson Jr. 2:53 2. "Rinky Dink " (Dave "Baby" Cortez cover) David Clowney, Paul Winley 2:41 3. "I Got a Woman " (Ray Charles cover) Ray Charles , Renald Richard3:35 4. "Mo' Onions" Jones, Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson 2:57 5. "Twist and Shout " (The Top Notes cover) Phil Medley , Bert Berns 2:13 6. "Behave Yourself" Jones, Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson 3:55 Total length: 18:14
Booker T. & the M.G.s Technical Haig Adishian – cover design
Irving Schild – cover photography
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^ Electric Guitar Classics:2010 Calendar Published by Sellers Publishing, Inc. Archived 2010-12-29 at archive.today Copyright 2009^ https://staxmuseum.com/meet-irving-schild-who-took-the-very-first-stax-records-lp-cover-photo-green-onions/ [bare URL ^ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2 .
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