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Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping 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 of recordings by artists including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and Albert King. They also released instrumental records under their own name, including the 1962 hit single "Green Onions". As originators of the unique Stax sound, the group was one of the most prolific, respected, and imitated of its era. By the mid-1960s, bands on both sides of the Atlantic were trying to sound like Booker T. & the M.G.'s.In 1965, Steinberg was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn, who played with the group until his death in 2012. Al Jackson Jr. was murdered in 1975, after which Dunn, Cropper and Jones reunited on numerous occasions using various drummers, including Willie Hall, Anton Fig, Steve Jordan and Steve Potts.The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee in 2008, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2019.Having two white members (initially Cropper and Steinberg, later Cropper and Dunn) and two black members (Jones and Jackson Jr.), Booker T. & the M.G.'s was one of the first racially integrated rock groups, at a time when soul music and the Memphis music scene, in particular, were generally considered the preserve of black culture.
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Drop the Needle: Best of Ray Charles [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:36 |
An Introduction to Ray Charles [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:33 |
Yes Indeed!/What'd I Say [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue |
Atlantic Years: In Mono [LP] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue |
Green Onions: Greatest Hits [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 3:29 |
I Got a Woman | 3:35 |
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:35 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:24 |
The Atlantic Studio Albums In Mono [Remastered] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:36 |
These Magic Moments: The Songs of Doc Pomus [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 3:24 |
Under the Covers [2016]
Song | Duration |
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It Might Have Been | 2:50 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | 5:40 |
All Along the Watchtower | 5:10 |
Green Onions/Soul Dressing [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | |
Twist and Shout | |
Lonely Avenue | |
The One Who Really Loves You | |
Can't Be Still |
Hip Hug-Her/Doin' Our Thing [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Get Ready | |
Groovin' | |
You Keep Me Hangin' On |
Green Onions & More [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 3:27 |
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:33 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:24 |
Yesterday's Gold: 24 Golden Oldies [2014]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:48 |
100 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:33 |
50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:33 |
50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 63 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:33 |
George Harrison's Jukebox: The Music That Inspired the Man [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:54 |
Lonely Avenue [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 3:35 |
Lonely Avenue | 3:30 |
A Woman a Lover a Friend | 2:33 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:26 |
Twist and Shout | 2:13 |
Memphis Soul Beat [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 3:24 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:24 |
Pete Townshend's Jukebox: The Music That Inspired the Man [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:54 |
Simply Sweet Soul Music, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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One Who Really Loves You | 2:27 |
Lonely Avenue | 3:25 |
Simply Sweet Soul Music, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 3:35 |
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:33 |
Simply Swinging the American Songbook, Vol. 3 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:37 |
Simply: Swinging the American Songbook [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 1:46 |
Soul Fingers [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Twist and Shout | |
Lonely Avenue | |
One Who Really Loves You |
The Blues Effect, Vol. 8: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:33 |
The Essential Boz Scaggs [2013]
Song | Duration |
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As the Years Go Passing By |
The R&B No. 1's of the '50s [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:52 |
The Ultimate Collection [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:32 |
Atlantic Soul Legends: 20 Original Albums from the Iconic Atlantic Label [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Twist and Shout | 2:13 |
Lonely Avenue | 3:30 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:22 |
The One Who Really Loves You | 2:26 |
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:33 |
I Got a Woman | 3:35 |
Dedicated to Love: 70 Classic Love Songs [2012]
Song | Duration |
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A Woman a Lover a Friend | 2:33 |
Early R & B Classics, Vol. 2 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:55 |
Rock n Roll Hits of the 50's, Vol. 1 [Excalibur] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
100 Hits of the 50's, Vol. 2 [Dwk] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
3/60: Soul Classics [2011]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Top Hits/60's Only Number 1's [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:56 |
40th Anniversary Editions Box Set [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Down On The Corner [*] | 2:48 |
Born On The Bayou [*] | 5:58 |
Soul Six Pack [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Eleanor Rigby | 3:37 |
The Roots of Led Zeppelin [Proper] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:47 |
Homeboys and Homegirls [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:50 |
Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) | 2:20 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 4 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Can't Be Still | 2:02 |
Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Shake |
Heartbreak Hotel [Essential Gold] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:52 |
I Got a Woman: Selected Singles 52-55 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Jazz Characters, Vol. 2: Les Jazzmen Qui Ont Fait l'Histoire [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:52 |
Soulsville Sings Hitsville: Stax Sings Songs of Motown Records [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Hear a Symphony | 2:11 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 1 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Born Under a Bad Sign | 3:04 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 3 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Eleanor Rigby | 3:38 |
Stax Does the Beatles [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Got To Get You Into My Life | 3:50 |
Got to Get You into My Life [#] | 3:51 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:38 |
Lady Madonna | 3:32 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 9 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
The Platinum Collection [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:54 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:25 |
Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
Groovin' | 2:46 |
Summertime | 4:40 |
The Soul of a Man [SPV] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Lonely Avenue | 2:35 |
The Very Best of Albert King [Stax] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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(I Love) Lucy | 2:53 |
The Way I Feel [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
The Way I Feel: I Got a Woman [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
A Classic Soul Christmas [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town [LP Version] | 2:36 |
Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best of Terence Trent d'Arby [2006]
Song | Duration |
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A Change Is Gonna Come | 4:46 |
Here's Ray Charles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Stax Profiles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Time is Tight | 4:58 |
Burnt Biscuits | 2:17 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:25 |
Lady Madonna | 3:35 |
Hang 'Em High | 3:56 |
Green Onions [Live] | 3:42 |
Stax Profiles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Walking the Dog | 2:34 |
Walking the Dog [Alternate Take] | 2:34 |
Jump Back | 2:21 |
Jump Back [Alternate Take] | 2:21 |
Strolling Beale No. 1 | 2:25 |
#1 Christmas Album [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town |
Soul Men [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Was Made to Love Her | 2:41 |
Georgia on My Mind | 3:15 |
Day Tripper | 2:53 |
You Left the Water Running | 2:19 |
Ain't That Peculiar | 2:41 |
Wang Dang Doodle | 2:51 |
On a Saturday Night | 2:49 |
The Letter | 2:43 |
I Hear a Symphony | 2:13 |
Soul Man | 2:46 |
Gimme Some Lovin' | 3:00 |
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby | 3:39 |
Stax Instrumentals [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Let's Go | 2:22 |
Greatest Hits [2 CD] [Bonus Tracks] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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A Change Is Gonna Come | 4:50 |
Terence Trent D'Arby's Greatest Hits [2002]
Song | Duration |
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A Change Is Gonna Come | 4:50 |
Ali [Original Soundtrack] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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A Change Is Gonna Come | 5:27 |
Live Concert Rock Classics [2001]
Song | Duration |
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As the Years Go Passing By | 4:44 |
Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America [Box Set] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:55 |
The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Collection [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Suzie Q | 8:37 |
Born on the Bayou | 5:58 |
Soul Christmas Classics [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 2:36 |
Time Is Tight [1998] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:53 |
Can't Be Still | 1:57 |
Hip Hug Her | 2:22 |
Summertime | 4:35 |
Groovin' | 2:40 |
Never My Love | 2:45 |
Hang 'Em High | 3:53 |
Time Is Tight | 4:54 |
Lady Madonna | 3:32 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:41 |
You're All I Need to Get By | 3:54 |
It's Your Thing | 3:02 |
Melting Pot | 8:15 |
Green Onions [Live] | 4:37 |
Buena Vista Social Club [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection [1997]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | 2:55 |
The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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As the Years Go Passing By | 5:11 |
Get Shorty [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
Motown Songbook [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Love Child | 3:00 |
Play the Hip Hits [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Was Made to Love Her [#] | 2:41 |
Day Tripper [#] | 2:53 |
You Left the Water Running [#] | 2:19 |
Ain't That Peculiar [#] | 2:41 |
On a Saturday Night [#] | 2:49 |
I Hear a Symphony [#] | 2:13 |
The Original Soul Christmas [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 1:44 |
The Promised Land [Columbia] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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A Change Is Gonna Come | 4:49 |
That's the Way It Should Be [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Let's Wait a While | 3:43 |
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) | 4:39 |
The Definitive Soul Collection [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:56 |
Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
Summertime | 4:41 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:26 |
Groovin' | 2:45 |
Soul-Limbo | 2:26 |
Hang 'Em High | 3:55 |
Time Is Tight | 3:15 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:42 |
Melting Pot | 3:50 |
Groovin' [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | |
Groovin' | |
Can't Be Still |
The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box] [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got a Woman | 2:52 |
Soul Christmas [Rhino] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 2:40 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Be Still | 1:57 |
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Can't Be Still |
The Best of Booker T. & the MG's [Stax] [1986]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang 'Em High | 3:53 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:38 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:39 |
Time is Tight | 4:56 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:22 |
Born Under a Bad Sign | 3:05 |
It's Your Thing | 3:00 |
Melting Pot | 8:12 |
Booker T. & the M.G.'s Greatest Hits [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang 'Em High | 3:53 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:34 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:38 |
Time Is Tight | 3:14 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:22 |
Cosmo's Factory [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born on the Bayou | 5:58 |
Cosmo's Factory [40th Anniversary Bonus Tracks] [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Born on the Bayou [*] | 5:58 |
Do the Funky Chicken [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Funky Mississippi [*] | 2:58 |
Greatest Hits [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Hang 'Em High | |
Eleanor Rigby | |
Mrs. Robinson | |
Time Is Tight | |
Hip Hug-Her |
McLemore Avenue [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Day Tripper | 2:53 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:41 |
Lady Madonna | 3:36 |
McLemore Avenue [Bonus Tracks] [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Day Tripper [*] | 2:52 |
Eleanor Rigby [*] | 3:41 |
Lady Madonna [*] | 3:35 |
The Booker T. Set [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Love Child | 3:04 |
Sing a Simple Song | 3:36 |
Lady Madonna | 3:36 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:41 |
This Guy's In Love With You | 3:10 |
You're All I Need to Get By | 3:56 |
It's Your Thing | 3:02 |
Willy and the Poor Boys [40th Anniversary Edition] [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Down on the Corner [*][Version] | 2:48 |
Doin' Our Thing [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Never My Love | 2:47 |
The Exodus Song | 2:39 |
The Beat Goes On | 2:39 |
You Keep Me Hanging On | 4:51 |
You Keep Me Hangin' On | 4:50 |
Let's Go Get Stoned | 2:55 |
Soul Limbo [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang 'Em High | 3:53 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:38 |
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone | 2:55 |
Born Under a Bad Sign | 3:07 |
Foxy Lady | 3:15 |
The Best of Booker T. & the MG's [Atlantic] [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:54 |
Can't Be Still | 2:02 |
Summertime | 4:35 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:22 |
Groovin' | 2:45 |
The Best of Booker T. And the M.G.S [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Hip Hug-Her | |
Green Onions | |
Groovinā | |
Summertime | |
CanāT Be Still |
Get Ready [UK] [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Get Ready |
Hip Hug-Her [1967]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hip Hug-Her | 2:22 |
Get Ready | 2:50 |
Groovin' | 2:45 |
Sunny | 3:24 |
Hip Hug-Her [LP] [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Get Ready |
And Now!...Booker T. and the MG's [1966]
Song | Duration |
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In the Midnight Hour | 2:58 |
Summertime | 4:41 |
Working in the Coal Mine | 2:42 |
In the Christmas Spirit [1966]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 2:40 |
The Christmas Song | 3:22 |
Merry Christmas Baby | 3:17 |
Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:17 |
Soul Dressing [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Aw' Mercy | 2:39 |
Mercy Mercy | 2:37 |
Can't Be Still | 2:01 |
Green Onions [1962]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:56 |
I Got a Woman | 3:35 |
Twist and Shout | 2:13 |
Lonely Avenue | 3:30 |
One Who Really Loves You | 2:26 |
The One Who Really Loves You | 2:26 |
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 2:33 |
Comin' Home Baby | 3:15 |
Green Onions [Bonus Tracks] [1962]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | |
I Got a Woman | |
Lonely Avenue | |
Twist and Shout | |
One Who Really Loves You |
Green Onions [LP] [1962]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Woman | |
Twist and Shout | |
Lonely Avenue | |
One Who Really Loves You |
Green Onions [The Definitive Remastered Edition] [1962]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:56 |
Lonely Avenue | 3:27 |
One Who Really Loves You [*] | 2:29 |
Best of Booker T. & the MG's [Tres Elegant]
De Pre Historie: 1955, Vol. 1
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got a Woman | 2:54 |
Green Onions [7" Single]
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:45 |
Green Onions and Other Hits
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:54 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:25 |
Groovin' | 2:43 |
Green Onions/Balboa Blue
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions |
Groovin' [Single]
Song | Duration |
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Groovin' | 2:40 |
Hang 'Em High
Song | Duration |
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Hang 'Em High | 3:53 |
Hip Hug-Her [Single]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hip Hug-Her | 2:22 |
Summertime | 3:05 |
Melting Pot
Song | Duration |
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Melting Pot | 8:15 |
Melting Pot [7" Single]
Song | Duration |
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Melting Pot | 3:50 |
Monterey International Pop Festival: June 16, 17, 18, 1967
Song | Duration |
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Shake | 3:17 |
Respect | 2:39 |
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) | 4:08 |
Satisfaction | 3:46 |
Rhino Hi-Five: Booker T. & the MG's, Vol. 1
Song | Duration |
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Green Onions | 2:56 |
Groovin' | 2:46 |
Short Stax, Vol. 1
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Time is Tight | 3:17 |
Green Onions | 3:41 |
Soul Music: The First Generation
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got a Woman | 2:53 |
Soul Party
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Groovin' | 2:43 |
Soul-Limbo [Single]
Song | Duration |
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Soul-Limbo | 2:23 |
The Essentials
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:53 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:25 |
Groovin' | 2:43 |
The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:55 |
Groovin' | 2:44 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:26 |
Hang 'Em High | 3:55 |
Time Is Tight | 3:16 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:41 |
Melting Pot | 3:49 |
The Very Best of Booker T. and the MG's [Stax]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Green Onions | 2:54 |
Hip Hug-Her | 2:26 |
Groovin' | 2:45 |
Soul-Limbo | 2:24 |
Hang 'Em High | 3:57 |
Time Is Tight | 4:59 |
Mrs. Robinson | 3:42 |
Melting Pot | 8:13 |
Time Is Tight [Single]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Time Is Tight | 3:14 |
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