Green Onions
~ Recording by Booker T. & the MG’s
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:57 | Booker T. & the M.G.s | Green Onions (stereo) | Booker T. & the M.G.s | Album |
| Stax | S 701 |
| 1.3 | Green Onions | 2:45 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best of Booker T. & the MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 8202 |
| 1.3 | Green Onions | 2:45 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best of Booker T. & the MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | ATL 40 072 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:49 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Green Onions | Booker T. & the MG’s | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | K 10109 |
| 1.10 | Green Onions | ?:?? | Booker T. & the MG’s | Star Traks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | NE 1070 |
| 2.12 | Green Onions | 2:47 | Booker T. & the MG’s | East Memphis Music: The Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rondor International | EM 50009 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best of Booker T. & The MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81281-2, 81281-2 |
| 8.14 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781293-299 |
| 1.25 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 4: 1958-1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81296-2 |
| 2.8 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OP-2534 |
| 1.13 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2292-41138-2 |
| 1.13 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 241138-1, WX 105 | |
| 1.12 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Top of the Stax: Twenty Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | SCD-88005-2 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | R&B Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 2292-41602-2 |
| 1.12 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Top of the Stax: Twenty Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | D 29057 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best of Booker T. & The MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | R & B Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241 601-4 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | R&B Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241603-2 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | R&B: Rhythm and Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241 601-1 |
| 2.1 | Green Onions | ?:?? | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Decade: The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | ZK 74816 (2) |
| 1.6 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rockfile, Volume 30 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Backline Records (Line Music GmbH) | BLCD 9.00940 L |
| 2.1 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Decade ; The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | ZD 74816, ZD 74816(2) |
| 1.17 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Tour of Duty: The Golden Popclassics From the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 845.482-2 |
| 1.17 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Tour of Duty: The Golden Popclassics From the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 845 164-2 |
| 5.9 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:57 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Green Onions | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-822552-2 |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Born to Be Wild | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2524 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rhythm’n Blues Le Top | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | CA 805 9548-30349-2 |
| 1.17 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Power: The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CGD (Italian label) | 9548 30471-2 |
| 2.1 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82218-2 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 516/03 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Groovin’ | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71234 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 9548-32379-2 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 9548-32378-2 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1962 (1993 re-release replaces track 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70623 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1962 (1993 re-issue) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70623 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 56 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-31921-2, CA-851 |
| 1.7 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | De Pre Historie 1962, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | 74321 16218 2 |
| 1.15 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Atlantic Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 1.15 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Atlantic Story (Different tracks on disc 2 (Yes track 37 / Led Zeppelin track 28)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rock Instrumental Classics, Volume 4: Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71604 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71738 |
| 1.11 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Andre | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.16 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | L'America del rock 02: Il rhythm 'n' blues e la soul music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | AdR-02 |
| 1.11 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Let There Be Drums! Volume 2: The '60s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71548 |
| 4.1 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rock Instrumental Classics, Volumes 1–5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72035 |
| 1.9 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Rock Times Extra | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | 27000596, 27000602 |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:57 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | 7567 80595 2 |
| 5.7 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71806 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG’s | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-71738-2 |
| 1.9 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best Funk Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD44 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Get Shorty: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Antilles, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | P2 29310 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Get Shorty: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Antilles | 314 529 310-2 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Get Shorty: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (BMG Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Antilles, The Verve Group | 314 529 310-2 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:56 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Get Shorty: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Antilles | 529 310-2 |
| 1.20 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Great Instrumental Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Good Music Record Co., MCA Special Markets & Products, CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | 141721, MSD-35805, S21-18593 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:57 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Green Onions | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82255-2 |
| 2.14 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The American Diner | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | DINCD107 |
| 2.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Promised Land | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 478585-2 |
| 2.7 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | 300639300-1/2/3 |
| 1.20 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Ultimate Soul Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| WTV (earlier incarnation of Warner.ESP and Warner Music TV) | 9548-33340-2 |
| 2.2 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Very Best of Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD115 |
| 1.3 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Movie Killers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2836 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Magic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 535602-2 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Striptease: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243-8-52498-2-2, E2-52498 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Striptease: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | TOCP-50004 |
| 2.14 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best Sixties Album in the World… Ever! II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin TV | 7243 8 42332 2 8, VTDCD 106 |
| 2.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | 38 soulklassiker 1960–69 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Diesel Music AB | Diesel C-18 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Elemental Rhythm & Blues: Shimmies & Shakes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 7211 |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:45 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Music That Made Memphis | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | |
| 1.12 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Ultimate Soul Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 34851 |
| 2.10 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Simply the Best: Classic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 9548-35204-2 |
| 1.3 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Their Best | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Bellaphon (lowercase bellaphon imprint, label code LC 01421) | 287.07.249 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Modrophenia | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD62 |
| 1.8 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Sports Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | R2 72711 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | '60s Soul: Try A Little Tenderness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | R2 72657 |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Caiga Quien Caiga - 53 Clásicos originales del Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DRO EastWest S.A. (not for release label use!) | 7567 80700 2 |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Lo mejor del soul clásico | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Argentina | 7567 80737 2 |
| 1.7 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Very Best of Jazz Club | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD87 |
| 1.15 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Magic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 553 091- 2 py918 |
| 2.20 | Green Onions | 2:51 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Survivors, Volume 2: 25 Years of Wigan Casino | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD2992 |
| 1.1 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Time Is Tight | Booker T. & the MG’s | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | 3SCD-4424-2 |
| 2.2 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | A Little Blues in Your Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner.ESP | 9548-36223-2 |
| 1.6 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Bar‐B‐Que Soul‐A‐Bration | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.3 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Funk Soul + R&B, Vol 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| HMV (record store promos), PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | 76974 3113-2 |
| 1.7 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Pottery Barn: Radio Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.14 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best Funk Album in the World | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 844255 2 4, VTDCD126 |
| 2.18 | Green Onions | 2:53 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Film Four Essential Soundtracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Telstar TV | TTVCD3038 | |
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Definitive Sound of Atlantic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner.ESP | 7567 80595-9 |
| 1.5 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Roots of Rhythm: Rip It Up | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | OPCD-1870 |
| 1.14 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radio Star Records, Radiocity Records | 44026 |
| 1.14 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Soul Machine, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radiocity Records | 3443 |
| 1.2 | Green Onions | 2:52 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Stella Screen: Soundtracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | SA470 |
| 1.20 | Green Onions | 2:50 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Best Jukebox Album Ever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VIR48760.2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Complete Stax–Volt Singles 1959–1968: A 26‐Track Sampler | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | PRCD 3861-2 |
| 2.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Rhino Atlantic Remasters Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | PRO2 90127 |
| 1.6 | Green Onions | 2:55 | Booker T. & the MG’s | Reborn to Run: The 35th Anniversary of Mustang | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 7434 |
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| 1.20 | Green Onions | ?:?? | Booker T. & the MG’s | Arcade Soul Power | Various Artists | Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | ADE HC 16 |
| 2.4 | Green Onions | 2:54 | Booker T. & the MG’s | The Promised Land | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 66969 |
Relationships
| recorded in: | Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1962-06) |
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| producer: | Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records) |
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| bass guitar [bass]: | Lewie Steinberg (in 1962-06) |
| drums (drum set) [drums]: | Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1962-06) |
| guitar: | Steve Cropper (in 1962-06) |
| Hammond organ: | Booker T. Jones (in 1962-06) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1967) |
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| sampled by: | That Girl by Maxi Priest (British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent) featuring Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer) |
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| mash-ups: | Michael Feels Like Green Onions by The Corporation (mashup artist) |
| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 181) (order: 181) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 418) (order: 418) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/4fQMGlCawbTkH9yPPZ49kP [info] |
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| recording of: | Green Onions (in 1962-06) |
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Related works
Green Onions
| composer: | Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) Steve Cropper Booker T. Jones Lewie Steinberg |
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| publisher: | Al Jackson Jr. Music Bug Music (music publishing) Carlin Music Corporation East/Memphis Music Corp. Irving Music (BMI) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Green Onions / Hush (order: 1) |
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| is the basis for: | Blue Onions Gemüsemann That Girl |
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