Booker T. & the M.G.'s

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American instrumental R&B band Stax Records house band soul band

Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Booker T. & the M.G.'s canonical	49
Stax Records house band	5
Stax house band	3
Green Onions (as member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s)	2
Booker T. & the M.G.'s – "Green Onions"	1
Stax Records studio band	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American instrumental R&B band ⓘ Stax Records house band ⓘ soul band ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
associatedWith	Albert King ⓘ Isaac Hayes ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ Sam & Dave ⓘ Booker T. & the M.G.'s self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stax Records studio band The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ The Mar-Keys ⓘ Wilson Pickett ⓘ
basedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	Memphis soul ⓘ R&B ⓘ Southern soul ⓘ instrumental rock ⓘ soul ⓘ
influencedGenre	Memphis soul sound ⓘ Southern soul music ⓘ
instrumentation	Hammond organ ⓘ drums ⓘ electric bass ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
member	Al Jackson Jr. ⓘ Booker T. Jones ⓘ Donald "Duck" Dunn ⓘ Lewie Steinberg ⓘ Steve Cropper ⓘ
notableAlbum	And Now! ⓘ Doin' Our Thing ⓘ Green Onions ⓘ Hip Hug-Her ⓘ McLemore Avenue ⓘ Soul Dressing ⓘ Soul Limbo ⓘ
notableSongCharacteristic	instrumental tracks ⓘ organ-led melodies ⓘ
notableWork	Green Onions ⓘ Hang 'Em High ⓘ Hip Hug-Her ⓘ Soul Limbo ⓘ Time Is Tight ⓘ
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Stax Records ⓘ Universal Records ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music → highlightsArtists → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Otis Redding → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Albert King → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Stax Records → notableArtist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Stax Records → houseBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Stax Records → notableRelease → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Booker T. & the M.G.'s – "Green Onions"

Booker T. & the M.G.'s → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax Records studio band

Carla Thomas → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax Records house band

Carla Thomas → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Isaac Hayes → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Sam & Dave → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Sam & Dave → backingBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Wilson Pickett → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance → notableWinner → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Tom Dowd → workedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Booker T. Jones → memberOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

The Bar-Kays → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Albert Nelson → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax house band

Born Under a Bad Sign → featuresBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Born Under a Bad Sign (1967 album) → backingBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Years Gone By (1969 album) → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

subject surface form: Years Gone By

Jim Stewart → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Eddie Floyd → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax Records house band

Eddie Floyd → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Stax studio → houseBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Green Onions → performer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Green Onions → isSignatureSongOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Time Is Tight → performer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Time Is Tight → hasArtist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Hip Hug-Her → artist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Soul Limbo → performer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Hang 'Em High → artist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Hang 'Em High → performer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Donald "Duck" Dunn → memberOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Donald "Duck" Dunn → notableWork → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Green Onions (as member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s)

Donald "Duck" Dunn → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax house band

Al Jackson Jr. → memberOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Al Jackson Jr. → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Al Jackson Jr. → partOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax Records house band

The Blues Brothers Band → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Soul Dressing → artist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Soul Dressing → producer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

And Now! → artist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

And Now! → performer → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

And Now! → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stax house band

Doin' Our Thing → artist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

The Mar-Keys → associatedBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ

Steve Cropper → memberOf → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ