"marquee outside of the converted movie theater where Stax was based proclaimed ""Soulsville U.S.A."" Booker T. & the M.G.'s consistently issued singles from 1963 to 1965, but only a few made the charts, and none was as successful as ""Green Onions"". Their second album, ""Soul Dressing"", was released in 1965. Whereas the ""Green Onions"" album contained mostly covers, every composition but one on ""Soul Dressing"" was an original. After contributing to that album, Steinberg left the group, and Dunn (who had played on previous Stax sessions) became the group's full-time bassist. During a tour when the band was in Los"
"Booker T & the MGs; ""Green Onions"" became the biggest instrumental hit of the year, reaching #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart, where it stayed for 16 weeks, and it sold over one million copies, earning a gold record award. 1962 also saw the Stax debut of Otis Redding, who had been Johnny Jenkins' driver and was allowed to record several songs at the end of one of Jenkins' sessions, among them his own ""These Arms of Mine"", which was released on Stax's Volt subsidiary and became a minor hit in the south. Over the"
"Glass Onion ""Glass Onion"" is a song by the Beatles from their 1968 double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as the ""White Album"") primarily written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. This is the first track on the album to feature Ringo Starr on drums. Starr briefly left the group during recording sessions for the album and was replaced on drums by Paul McCartney on both ""Back in the U.S.S.R."" and ""Dear Prudence"". The title, ""Glass Onion"", was a name suggested by Lennon for The Iveys, a group who signed to Apple in 1968 and later became Badfinger. The"
"continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, ""Glass Onion"" was covered by Big Linda. Glass Onion ""Glass Onion"" is a song by the Beatles from their 1968 double album ""The Beatles"" (also known as the ""White Album"") primarily written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. This is the first track on the album to feature Ringo Starr on drums. Starr briefly left the group during recording sessions for the album and was replaced on drums by Paul McCartney on both ""Back in the U.S.S.R."" and ""Dear Prudence"". The title, ""Glass Onion"", was a name"
"partner in the label. In 1962 the Stax deal began to reap major rewards for both labels. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in the classic instrumental ""Green Onions"". In conversation with BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker on September 7, 2008, guitarist Steve Cropper revealed that the record became an instant success when DJ Reuben Washington played it four times in succession on Memphis radio station WLOK, before either the tune or the band had an agreed-upon name. The single was issued nationally in August 1962, by which time the band had been dubbed"
"1 on the R&B singles chart, for four non-consecutive weeks, an unusual occurrence in that it fell in and out of top spot three times. It first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on December 15, 1979, following its use in the film ""Quadrophenia""; it peaked at No. 7 on January 26, 1980, and stayed on the chart for 12 weeks. The Surfaris recorded a version in 1963 on their album ""Wipe Out"". (Dot DLP 3535 and DLP 25535). Harry James recorded a version in 1965 on his album ""Harry James Plays Green Onions & Other Great Hits"" (Dot DLP"
"Ebony and Ivory ""Ebony and Ivory"" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album ""Tug of War"". A self-empowerment hit that tackles issues of racial equality, the song reached number one on both the UK and the US charts. It reappears on McCartney's ""All the Best!"" hits compilation (1987), and also on the UK two-disc version of Wonder's ""The Definitive Collection"" greatest hits compilation (2002). In 2013, Billboard Magazine ranked the song as the 69th biggest hit of all-time on the"
"Billboard pop charts. This was followed by the vocal cover version by the Dovells that reached number three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1963. It is based, at least in part, on the gospel song ""Sit Down Servant"". The song was set to two Disney cartoons in D-TV, ""The Hockey Champ"" and ""Hockey Homicide"". The Philadelphia 76ers used a modified version of the song with team-specific lyrics for the franchise's marketing campaign during the 1991–92 season. In 1962 it appeared as a cover on Booker T. and the MG's first album, ""Green Onions"". Also the Bar Kays and"
"it was issued on the US compilation album """". It is included on the four CD version of the 2012 ""GRRR!"" compilation. The B-side of the second single was ""Stoned"", a ""Green Onions"" influenced instrumental composed by Nanker/Phelge, the early collective pseudonym for the group. Additionally, it included the 'Sixth Stone' pianist Ian Stewart, making it the first released self-penned composition, with added spoken asides by Mick Jagger. Some original 1963 copies were issued with the misprinted title as ""Stones"", making it doubly collectable as a rarity. A promotional video featuring the song was the first song ever performed on"
"is titled as ""Oh Dear! What Should the Color Be?"". ""Seven Old Ladies"" was assigned motif number X726.4.1 by Hoffmann. The oldest recovered American text of this song is in ""The One, The ""Only"" Baker House Super-Duper Extra Crude Song Book"" (on pages 1–2) that was probably compiled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology around 1955. Many other versions are in print or have been recorded, including a recording by Oscar Brand in volume 3 of his record series. British variants are recorded as ""Three Old Ladies"" in Baring Gould's ""Mother Goose"". One variant, recorded by Laycock, has 21 old women."
"integration. Composed of Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald ""Duck"" Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. and the MGs provided the instrumental backing for Rufus and Carla Thomas, Sam and Dave, and many other artists, The group also recorded under its own name, including the instrumental hit ""Green Onions"". In later years, members of the group pursued their own individual careers. Jones worked with the singer and producer William Bell and co-wrote the blues classic ""Born Under a Bad Sign"". Cropper supervised the recordings of Otis Redding and co-wrote hits with Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd. Stax gave back"
"Stoned (The Rolling Stones song) ""Stoned"" was released in the United Kingdom by the Rolling Stones on the Decca label on 1 November 1963, as the B-side to their version of ""I Wanna Be Your Man"". Recorded in early October 1963, it was the first song released to be credited to ""Nanker Phelge"", and the band's first original composition, derivative of ""Green Onions"" by Booker T. & the M.G.s. This bluesy quasi-instrumental features Jones on harmonica and Stewart on tack piano, with occasional vocals from Jagger who huskily recites ""Stoned ... outa mah mind ... where am I at?"" The"
"The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion, released May 1, 1961 on Mercury Records, was the first album released by the Smothers Brothers and established their reputation as folk music satirists. The Purple Onion was a celebrated comedy and music club in the North Beach area of San Francisco that launched the careers of the Kingston Trio and Phyllis Diller in addition to the Smothers Brothers. The album's full cover text is: The Songs and Comedy of the Smothers Brothers! Recorded at the Purple Onion, San Francisco, and is Mercury catalog number MG"
"often influenced by the music of the Middle East, and frequently using exotic scales. Around the time of the British Invasion, rock changed appreciably, and instrumental hits came mostly from the R&B world. Notable artists include Booker T. & the MG's and saxophonist Junior Walker. The early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac with bandleader Peter Green achieved number one chart positions with the guitar-based instrumental Albatross in February 1969. Steve Cropper of the MG's asserts: Just before the British Invasion, Lonnie Mack's version of Chuck Berry's ""Memphis"" reached #5 on the Billboard Pop chart in June 1963. Employing both the blues"
"show as well as forming an Irish folk trio. In the 1960s, Millar invited his brother, then 15, George, his cousin Joe and Jimmy Ferguson to stay with him in Calgary. He brought them on his television show and started performing with them at Calgary's first folk club, The Depression. Under the guidance of Les Weinstein, Millar's manager, he took the new group to San Francisco and after an audition they made the Purple Onion in San Francisco and the Ice House in Pasadena their home base club. In 1968, under the production of Bud Dant of Decca Records, the"
"the name of Nelson Mandela."" Ebony and Ivory ""Ebony and Ivory"" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album ""Tug of War"". A self-empowerment hit that tackles issues of racial equality, the song reached number one on both the UK and the US charts. It reappears on McCartney's ""All the Best!"" hits compilation (1987), and also on the UK two-disc version of Wonder's ""The Definitive Collection"" greatest hits compilation (2002). In 2013, Billboard Magazine ranked the song as the 69th biggest"
"replaced by Donald ""Duck"" Dunn. Steinberg was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. He lived in Memphis. Steinberg died on July 21, 2016, in Memphis, at the age of 82. ""Green Onions"" (Stax 701) ""Soul Dressing"" (Stax 705) Lewie Steinberg Lewie Polk Steinberg (September 13, 1933 – July 21, 2016) was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Steinberg was in the group from 1962 to"
"Apples and Oranges (song) ""Apples and Oranges"" is the third United Kingdom single by Pink Floyd, the final one written by Syd Barrett, and released in 1967. The B-side was ""Paint Box"" written by Richard Wright. The song is about a girl whom the narrator meets at the supermarket. It is one of only a handful of songs by Pink Floyd which deals directly with love. The song was recorded shortly before the band's US tour, on 26 and 27 October. Pink Floyd, along with Barrett, mimed the song on their first US televised performances on ""The Pat Boone Show"""
"gained the American rights to the ""Let It Be"" soundtrack album (along with the American rights to another, earlier, United Artists Beatles movie soundtrack LP, 1964's ""A Hard Day's Night""). Aside from the red apple, other examples in which the apple has been altered include George Harrison's album ""All Things Must Pass"" triple album, on which the first two discs have orange apples while the third has a jar label reading ""Apple Jam""; black and white apples on John Lennon's album ""John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"" and Yoko Ono's album ""Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band""; a blue apple on Ringo Starr's single"
"Orange Skies ""Orange Skies"" is a song written by Bryan MacLean and originally recorded in 1966 by the band Love for their second album ""Da Capo"" (1967). It was first released in December 1966 as the B-side to the band's single ""She Comes in Colors"". The original recording features band leader Arthur Lee on lead vocals instead of MacLean. According to Bryan MacLean, ""Orange Skies"" was the first song he ever wrote. At the time 17 years old and working as a roadie for The Byrds, he based the song on a section from The Byrds' version of ""The Bells"
"Booker T. & the MGs and ""Green Onions"") long before the company was a powerhouse. Later, Chips Moman asked the group to be his house band when he started his American Recording Studio. Tim Whitsett turned down both offers because he had his own label (Rim), publishing company (Gulfway), and the band was having their own success. Moman would hire session men like guitarist Reggie Young and record everyone from Wilson Pickett to Neil Diamond to Elvis Presley. Whitsett changed the group's name to The Imperial Show Band, and the group began a successful tour of the country, which included"
"referred to as a ""gray out."" Though various shades are used, the primary ones suggested by the school's identification policy are pantone 409 and pantone 282, which is the same shade as Oxford Blue. The Georgetown Fight Song, known as ""There Goes Old Georgetown"", is actually an amalgamation of three songs, only the oldest of which, 1913's ""The Touchdown Song"", contains the lyric ""here goes old Georgetown"". Students combined a version of ""The Touchdown Song"" with ""Cheer for Victory"", written in 1915, and ""The Hoya Song"", written in 1930, both of which are included in their entirety. The authors of"
"the UK, giving President Records their only number one hit. In June 1969, the group received a gold disc for a combined one million sales of the disc. A string of single releases followed, several of which charted in the UK, including two further top ten hits, ""Viva Bobby Joe"" (1969) and ""Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"" (1970). Their songs were mainly written by Eddy Grant. Though the majority were on traditional teenage pop themes, some, such as ""Stand Up and Be Counted"", ""Police on My Back"", and the funky ""Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"", touched on social and political"
"Green Is the Colour ""Green Is the Colour"" is a track on Pink Floyd's 1969 ""More"". It was composed and written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. A tin whistle is heard in the song, played by drummer Nick Mason's then-wife Lindy. A live version of the song was released as the third single to promote ""The Early Years 1965–1972"" box set in October 2016. Live arrangements of the song were performed as a full electric band piece and at a slower tempo. Richard Wright built a calm sheen of warbling organ sound throughout, which created a more"
"released spread over two sides of a 45-rpm single; Smith's organ is not heard until Part Two. The single reached No. 21 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in June 1962. Harry James recorded a version in 1965 on his album ""Harry James Plays Green Onions & Other Great Hits"" (Dot DLP 3634 and DLP 25634). The Persuasions covered the song in 1971 on their second album ""We Came To Play"" (Capitol Records). Walk on the Wild Side (David and Bernstein song) ""Walk on the Wild Side"" originated as the title song of the 1962 film as performed by Brook"
"Pinky Blue Pinky Blue is the second album by British pop group Altered Images. It was released in May 1982 and featured the hit singles ""I Could Be Happy"", ""See Those Eyes"" and ""Pinky Blue"". The album reached #12 in the UK Charts, while the singles charted well, with ""I Could Be Happy"" peaking at #7, ""See Those Eyes"" at #11 and ""Pinky Blue"" at #35. This was to be their highest placed album in the charts and was certified Silver by the BPI for sales of over 60,000 copies. The style of the album moved further away from their"
"The Omens, who presumably had a bigger following than the Town Criers. While Doug Brown was the primary lead vocalist for the group, Seger would take the lead on some songs—covering R&B numbers. It was with this group that Seger first appeared on an officially released recording: the 1965 single ""TGIF"" backed with ""First Girl"", credited to Doug Brown and The Omens. Seger later appeared on Doug Brown and The Omens' parody of Barry Sadler's song ""Ballad of the Green Berets"" which was re-titled ""Ballad of the Yellow Beret"" and mocked draft evaders. Soon after its release, Sadler and his"
"featured four colour variants – blue (pictured), green, yellow and pink. The bird in the picture was a cut-out. A remastered CD version of the album was released on 30 July 2002 on A&M Records. The remastered CD comes with all of the original album artwork, lyrics and credits. Allmusic's brief retrospective review dismissed the album as ""a colorless and tuneless collection of prog rock meandering"". All songs written by Rick Davies and Mark Hart, except where noted. Lead vocals by Rick Davies, except where noted. The 2002 A&M Records reissue was mastered from the original master tapes by Greg"
"ever Scottish group to top that chart. Their version of ""Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"" sold around half a million in the UK, and a million copies globally by April 1969. This was followed by further success with ""Baby Make It Soon"" (written by Tony Macaulay), which reached No. 9 in the summer of 1969. In February 1969 the band appeared on the BBC's flagship program ""Colour Me Pop"", (precursor to ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"") performing a halfhour slot. They also appeared on the BBC's review of the 1960s music scene, ""Pop Go The Sixties"", performing ""Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"" live on the broadcast"
"numbers. Venues then included the 'Driftwood' Club and the 'Downbeat' Jazz Club where in February 17-year-old pianist Ian Clyne first sat in and thereafter became a regular member. In July 1964, The Red Onions signed with W&G Records who put out a well-received EP entitled ""The Red Onions At Home"" and they transferred from the 'Onion Patch' to the popular 'Campus' Club. They appeared again on TV for GTV9 and ATV0, most importantly on Graham Kennedy's influential In Melbourne Tonight. In November the band opened at ‘Opus' discotheque in South Yarra where it was estimated that more than 2,000 attended"
"the first night. The entire band also featured at the 19th Jazz Convention in Newcastle. In early 1965, The Red Onion Jazz Band released their self-titled debut LP. Its black-and-white cover art (see above) was designed by tuba player Kim Lynch, however in October, he and two other members, clarinetist, vocalist and occasional violinist Gerry Humphreys and Ian Clyne left, after three years of success, to play together the electric Rhythm and Blues that was beginning to eclipse jazz amongst younger audiences, especially after the visit of the Beatles to Melbourne in 1964. Humphrys, Clyne and Lynch went on to"
"Thijs van Leer, Uriah Heep's Ken Hensley, Pink Floyd's Rick Wright, Kansas's Steve Walsh, and Genesis's Tony Banks. Banks later claimed he only used the Hammond because a piano was impractical to transport to gigs. Ska and reggae music made frequent use of the Hammond throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Junior Marvin started to play the instrument after hearing Booker T & The MGs' ""Green Onions"", although he complained about its weight. Winston Wright was regarded in the music scene of Jamaica as one of the best organ players, and used the Hammond when performing live with Toots and the"
"of the characters; advertisements promoting these discs on the back of contemporary Kellogg's cereal boxes showed slightly different artwork, and had a copyright date of 1968, even though those 45rpm Extended Play records were released in 1969. In the prototype artwork for the second disc used in the cereal box ad, it is more clear that the Banana Buggy is driving atop the surface of a 45 RPM record. All songs on the album are true stereo mixes. There are two minor cover variations. The earliest pressings had a darker green color and had no copyright notice, which on some"