Essentially intented as a b-side for Hammond organ blues-track Behave Yourself and 'accidentely' recorded while waiting for an artist to show up for a session, Green Onions is standing out by far. It probably is their biggest hit. Booker T and his MG's (Memphis Group) were the house band of Stax Records and recorded with all the Stax artists like Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Bill Withers for example. The band was unique, not only for recording instrumental tracks for their own band but moretheless because the bandmembers where of different races, very unusual for that time. Check them out playing Green Onions as well playing for different artists:
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
From Booker T & The MG's it feels natural to skip to one of the artists which they backed up while performing; Otis Redding. Most people will know Redding from his biggest hit (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay with that whistle that keeps sticking in your head for a day or 3. Other well knowned records by Otis Redding are his Rolling Stones cover of Satisfaction and his record Respect - later an enormous hit for Aretha Franklin. Originally not written for Otis Redding, his version of Try a Little Tenderness is most popular though. Redding's version features a slow soulfull opening which builds into a frantic singing and feet stomping by the man himself.
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