As the house band at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Booker T. & the MG's may have been the single greatest factor in the lasting value of that label's soul music, not to mention Southern soul as a whole.

2022 marked the 60th anniversary of this pivotal single and album by the pioneering soul/funk house band-turned-international supergroup, who reimagined the soul landscape with their Memphis sound.

Side One:

1. Green Onions
2. Rinky-Dink
3. I Got a Woman
4. Mo' Onions
5. Twist and Shout
6. Behave Yourself

Side Two:

1. Stranger on the Shore
2. Lonely Avenue
3. One Who Really Loves You
4. I Can't Sit Down
5. A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
6. Comin' Home Baby

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