THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

906-Booker T. & the M.G.’s-Green Onions.

1962-It did not chart in the UK until 1980, when reaching Number 7.

Best Bit-At 1.52.I would be pleased to have this as part of my five a day, at anytime.

Booker T. & the M. G.’s were formed as the house band at Stax Records, their equivalent at Tamla Motown were the ‘Funk Brothers.’ The musicians who played on this song were Booker T. Jones (organ, and piano,) Steve Cropper (guitar,) Lewie Steinberg (bass,) (1933-2016,) and Al Jackson Jr. (drums) (1935-1975.) In 1965 Steinberg was replaced by Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn who remained with the band until his death in 2012. Apart from releasing their own music,they have also played on hundreds of other artists songs, some of which appear in this countdown, including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Isaac Hayes.’Green Onions’ developed in the recording studio from an original idea from Booker T. Jones, which was developed upon by the other group members, resulting in all four receiving song writing credits.The song was a major hit on Billboard in 1962 when it reached Number three, but it didn’t chart in the UK until featured in the 1979 film Quadrophenia, gaining the song new fans.