August 11, 1962 –
Booker T and the MG’s released Green Onions on Stax Records, on this date.
This is an instrumental with a simple but unusual 2/4 time signature. Booker T. & the MG’s were the house band for the Memphis soul music label Stax Records. They recorded with many of the Stax artists, including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and Isaac Hayes, but they also recorded their own material between sessions.
The Haus of Dcaligari 