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BOOKER T. AND THE MGS
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
* 1962

Line-Up:

Carla Thomas - voc
Booker T. Jones - kb
Steve Cropper - g
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bg
Willie Hall - ds

Former Members:

Alan Jackson (ds, 1962-73)
Lewis Steinberg (bg, 1962-64)
Bobby Manuel (g, 7/73-?)
Carson Whitsett (kb, 7/73-?)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Green Onions	11/1962	Stax		11	33
2.	Soul Dressing	3/1964	Stax
3.	And Now	6/1966	Stax
4.	In The Christmas Spirit	10/1966	Stax
5.	Hip Hug-Her	6/1967	Stax			35
6.	Back To Back & The Mar-Keys	8/1967	Stax
7.	Doing Our Thing	5/1968	Stax
8.	Soul Limbo	10/1968	Stax
9.	The Best Of Booker T. & The MG's	11/1968	Stax
10.	Uptight	2/1969	Stax			98
11.	The Booker T. Set	6/1969	Stax			53
12.	McLemore Avenue (The Beatles: Abbey Road covers)	4/1970	Stax		70
13.	Greatest Hits	11/1970	Stax
14.	Melting Pot	2/1971	Stax			43
15.	The MG's credited to: The MG's	1972	Stax
16.	Star Collection (2LP)	1973	Warner Bros
17.	Memphis Sound	1975	Stax
18.	Booker T And The M.G.'s	7/1975	Stax
19.	Union Extended	1/1976	Stax
20.	Pop History	1976
21.	Universal Language	25.02.1977	Elektra
22.	Get Ready	1978
23.	Time Is Tight - The Best Of ...	5/1979	Stax
24.	That's Soul	1984
25.	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's	21.06.1994	Metro Select
26.	That's The Way It Should Be	8/1994	Sony
27.	Essentials	06.08.2002	Rhino
28.	Stax Instrumentals	01.04.2003	Stax
29.	Soul Men	01.04.2003	Stax
30.	Green Onions and Other Hits	10.10.2003	ZYX
31.	Stax Profiles	25.04.2006	Stax
32.	Definitive Soul Collection	11.07.2006	Rhino
33.	Platinum Collection	27.03.2007	WEA International
34.	Very Best of Booker T. and the MG's	19.06.2007	Stax
35.	Best of Booker T. & the MG's	14.08.2012	Tres Elegant
36.	Soul Fingers & The Mar-Keys	05.03.2013	Xtra
37.	Time Is Tight (3CD box set)	12.03.2013	Concord
38.	Memphis Soul Beat & The Mar Keys (2CD)	03.08.2013	Jasmine
39.	Soul Party	27.08.2013	Wounded Bird
40.	Green Onions: Greatest Hits	15.04.2016	Pepper

Booker T. Jones:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Booker T. & Priscilla & Priscilla Coolidge	9/1971	A&M
2.	Home Grown & Priscilla Coolidge	7/1972	A&M
3.	Chronicles & Priscilla Coolidge	1973	A&M
4.	Evergreen	21.02.1975	Epic
5.	Try And Love Again	11/1978	A&M
6.	The Best Of You	2/1980	A&M
7.	I Want You	1981	A&M
8.	The Prize Collection	08.06.1998	Solid State
9.	Potato Hole	21.04.2009	Anti-
10.	The Road From Memphis	10.05.2011	Anti-			85
11.	Sound The Alarm	25.06.2013	Stax		86

Steve Cropper:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Jammed Together & Albert King & Pop Staples	7/1969	Stax
2.	With A Little Help From My Friends	1971
3.	Playing My Thang	1980
4.	Night After Night	1982
5.	Nudge It Up a Notch & Felix Cavaliere	29.07.2008	Stax
6.	Midnight Flyer & Felix Cavaliere	15.06.2010	Stax
7.	Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales featuring: Steve Winwood, B.B. King, Sharon Jones, Bettye LaVette, Lucinda Williams, David Hood (bg), Spooner Oldham (kb), Steve Ferrone (ds), Steve Jordan (ds), Neal Sugarman (sax), Jon Tiven (sax), Shemekia Copeland (voc)	09.08.2011	429			162
8.	Fire It Up	4/2021

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Behave Yourself / Green Onions	5/1962	Volt
2.	Green Onions / Behave Yourself	7/1962	Stax		3
3.	Jelly Bread / Aw' Mercy	12/1962	Stax		82
4.	Home Grown / Big Train	5/1963	Stax
5.	Chinese Checkers / Plum Nellie	7/1963	Stax		78
6.	Mo' Onions / Tic Tac Toe (or) Fannie Mae	12/1963	Stax		97
7.	Soul Dressing / M.G. Party	2/1964	Stax		95
8.	R&B With Booker T (Volume 2) EP	2/1965
9.	Can't Be Still / Terrible Thing	5/1964	Stax
10.	Boot-Leg / Outrage	5/1965	Stax		58
11.	Be My Lady / Red Beans & Rice	14.01.1966	Stax
12.	Green Onions / Bootleg	6/1966	Atlantic
13.	My Sweet Potato / Booker Loo (v GB 21.10.66, Atlantic)	8/1966	Stax		85
14.	Jingle Bells / Winter Wonderland	12/1966	Stax
15.	Hip Hug-Her / Summertime	3/1967	Stax		37
16.	Groovin' / Slim Jenkins' Place	7/1967	Stax		21
17.	Silver Bells / Winter Snow (v GB)	12/1967	Atlantic
18.	Soul-Limbo / Heads Or Tails	6/1968	Stax	30	17
19.	Hang 'Em High / Over Easy	10/1968	Stax		9
20.	Time Is Tight / Johnny I Love You	3/1969	Stax		6
21.	Time Is Tight / Hang 'Em High	4/1969	Atlantic	4
22.	Mrs. Robinson / Soul Clap '69	5/1969	Stax	35	37
23.	Slum Baby / Meditation	8/1969	Stax		88
24.	The Horse / Slum Baby	11/1969	Stax
25.	Something / Sunday Sermon	7/1970	Stax		76
26.	Something / Down At Ralph's Joint (v GB)	9/1970	Atlantic
27.	Melting Pot / Kinda Easy Like	3/1971	Stax		45
28.	Fuquawi / Jamaica This Morning	9/1971	Stax
29.	Green Onions / Bootleg (reissue)	6/1972	Atlantic
30.	Sugarcane / Blackride credited to: The MG's	7/1973	Stax
31.	Breezy / Neckbone credited to: The MG's	1973	Stax
32.	Red Beans & Rice	4/1974	Atlantic
33.	Green Onions	8/1974	Stax
34.	Time Is Tight / Soul Limbo	11/1974	Stax
35.	Time Is Tight / Bring It Home To Me / My Baby Specialises	1974	Stax
36.	Winter Wonderland	12/1974	Atlantic
37.	Soul Limbo / Mrs. Robinson	09.07.1976	Stax
38.	Sticky Stuff / The Stick	3/1977	Asylum
39.	Grab Bag / Reincarnation	6/1977	Asylum
40.	Shaft	1977	Stax
41.	Soul Limbo / Soul Clap '69	1977	Stax
42.	Time Is Tight / Soul Limbo (reissue)	09.11.1977	Stax
43.	Green Onions / Bootleg (reissue)	12/1979	Atlantic	6
44.	Hip Hug Her / Slim Jenkins' Place	3/1980	Atlantic
45.	Time Is Tight / Soul Limbo (reissue)	14.03.1980	Stax
46.	Soul Limbo / Soul Clap '69 (reissue)	8/1982	Stax
47.	Green Onions / Chinese Checkers	1/1985	Old Gold
48.	Time Is Tight / Soul Limbo (reissue)	9/1985	Old Gold
49.	Soul Limbo / Soul Clap '69 (reissue)	8/1987	Stax
50.	Soul Limbo / Heads Or Tails	8/1987	Atlantic
51.	Hang 'Em High / Over Easy (reissue)	9/1987	Stax
52.	Green Onions / Balboa Blue & The Mar Kets	09.10.2015	Outta Sight

Booker T. Jones:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Let's Go Dancing / Knockin' On Heaven's Door	2/1979	A&M
2.	Groove Me	03.11.1997	Junior Boy's Own
3.	Gotta Get Mine & Groove Chronicles	11.09.2000	white label

Steve Cropper:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Tupelo / Tupelo (part 2) & Albert King & Pop Staples	8/1969	Stax
2.	Water / Opus De Soul & Albert King & Pop Staples	10/1969	Stax

Movies:

1. The Blues Brothers (1980, starring Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Willie Hall, directed by John Landis)

Awards:

1991 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
1994 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Cruisin'")
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Green Onions", 1962)
2007 Grammy Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award

Various:

1962-5/71 Booker T. & The MG's
5/71-1973 The MG's
disbanded 1973
reunited 8/76

MG = Memphis Group

Steve Cropper:

appeared on the LP:

Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing (8.8.75, Warner Bros)
Nigel Olsson: Nigel Olsson (9/75, MCA)
Chris Hillman: Slippin' Away (5/76, Asylum)
Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva/Warner Bros)
Rita Coolidge: Anytime, Anywhere (8.4.77, A&M)
Roy Buchanan: Loading Zone (29.7.77, Polydor)
Rod Stewart: Foot Loose And Fancy Free (10/77, Riva)
Levon Helm: Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (12/77, ABC)
Stephen Bishop: Bish (28.7.78, ABC)
Harry Nilsson: Flash Harry (9/80, Mercury)
Ringo Starr: Vertical Man (1998)
Marty Grebb: Smooth Sailin' (5.10.99, Telarc)
John Mayall & Friends: Along For The Ride (26.3.01, Eagle)
Frank Black: Honeycomb (19.7.05, Back Porch)
Frank Black: Fastman / Raiderman (20.6.06, Back Porch)
David Hasselhoff: Open Your Eyes (27.9.19)

appeared on the SP:

Mark Knopfler: Going Home (15.3.24)

produced by LP:

Cate Brothers: In One Eye And Out The Other (10/76, Asylum)
Tower Of Power: We Came To Play (7.4.78, CBS)
John Cougar: Nothin' Matters, And What If It Did? (9/80, Riva)
Harry Nilsson: Flash Harry (9/80, Mercury)

produced by SP:

Cate Brothers: Union Man (1/76, Asylum)
Cate Brothers: Can't Change My Heart (11.6.76)

Awards:

2005 Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Donald "Duck" Dunn:

appeared on the LP:

Herbie Mann: Push Push (1971, Rhino)
Freddie King: Getting Ready (16.7.71, Shelter/A&M)
Freddie King: Texas Cannonball (1972, Shelter)
Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing (8.8.75, Warner Bros)
Chris Hillman: Slippin' Away (5/76, Asylum)
Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva/Warner Bros)
Joan Baez: Blowin' Away (24.6.77, Portrait)
Roy Buchanan: Loading Zone (29.7.77, Polydor)
Diana Ross: Baby It's Me (10/77, Tamla Motown)
Levon Helm: Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (12/77, ABC)
Albert King: The Pinch (18.11.78, Stax)
Harry Nilsson: Flash Harry (9/80, Mercury)
Eric Clapton: Money And Cigarettes (1983, Warner Bros)
Neil Young: Are You Passionate? (26.3.02, Reprise)

Booker T. Jones:

appeared on the LP:

Levon Helm: Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (12/77, ABC)
Willie Nelson: Stardust (6/78, CBS)
Carlos Santana: Havana Moon (4/83, Columbia)
John Lee Hooker: Mr. Lucky (4/91, Charisma)
John Lee Hooker: Chill Out (2/95, Pointblank)
Neil Young: Are You Passionate? (26.3.02, Reprise)
LeAnn Rimes: Today Is Christmas (16.10.15)

produced by LP:

Willie Nelson: Stardust (6/78, CBS)
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison (2.10.20, Concord)

Compilation Appearances:

"Can't Buy Me Love" on compilation "The Art Of McCartney" (17.11.14)

Awards:

2009 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Album ("Potato Hole")
2011 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Instrumental Album ("The Road From Memphis")

Willie Hall:

appeared on the LP:

Albert King: The Pinch (18.11.78, Stax)

Alan Jackson:

appeared on the LP:

Herbie Mann: Push Push (1971, Rhino)
Freddie King: Texas Cannonball (1972, Shelter)
Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing (8.8.1975, Warner Bros)
Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva)
Albert King: The Pinch (18.11.78, Stax)
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1985, Rhino)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	10.04.1971	17	Pop Albums	album review
1976	28	10.07.1976	22	New Albums	album review
1976	38	18.09.1976	4
1977	50	10.12.1977	20	Singles - Soul	single review
1979	20	26.05.1979	30	Albums	album review
1980	11	15.03.1980	28	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	5	14.03.1994	7	Galerie