Blues
Blues Rock
Booker T. & the M.G.'s classic instrumental 'Green Onions' was originally recorded in 1962 as a B-side. The band nearly named it 'Funky Onions' until someone decided that sounded too risqué, so the title was changed. The track features Booker T. Jones’s now-famous rippling Hammond organ riff (he was only 17 at the time). It hit #1 on the R&B charts and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and later regained fame via movies like Quadrophenia. Its groove has made 'Green Onions' a timeless staple of soul music.