Propelled by Booker T. Jones’ smoky organ and the funky guitar bursts of Steve Cropper, “Green Onions,” the first chart-topper by Booker T. & The MG’s slithered across the 1962 airwaves, followed immediately by an album of the same name every bit as savory. Hot on the heels of that first MG’s smash was “Mo’ Onions,” as well as the exquisite pop delights of “Stranger On The Shore” and the unsurpassed after-hours smolder of “Behave Yourself.”
