Istorijos Dainų istorijos Help Me - Green Onions - blues and rock standard
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"Help Me" a.k.a. "Green Onions" Some of the blues artists that have recorded "Help Me":
"Green Onions" is a hit soul instrumental recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.s. The tune is a twelve-bar blues with a rippling Hammond organ line. According to guitarist Steve Cropper its name arose from the band members' efforts to think of a title that was "as funky as possible". "Green Onions" entered the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 1962 where it remained for 16 weeks, peaking at number 3. The single also made it to number one the soul singles chart, for four non consecutive weeks. An unusual occurence in that, on the soul singles chart, "Green Onions" fell in and out of top spot, three times. . Originally issued on the Volt subsidiary of Stax Records, it was quickly reissued on Stax proper; it also appeared on the hit album Green Onions. The recording did not chart in the UK until January 1980 after being featured in the 1979 film Quadrophenia. "Green Onions" has been used extensively in radio, television, film and advertising. The tune is also a favorite at baseball parks across the United States. It was also used in the menu screen and various cutscenes in EA's game Skate. "Green Onions" was ranked #181 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. The song is currently ranked as the 85th greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1962, by Acclaimed Music. In a live cover of this tune from the album Everybody Needs the Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd, as his character Elwood J. Blues of the Blues Brothers comments on the song during a vamp, "I believe that this tune can be equated with the great classical music around the world. Well now you go to Germany, you got your Bach, your Beethoven and your Brahms. Here in America, you got your Fred McDowell, your Irving Berlin, your Glenn Miller, and your Booker T. & the M.G.s!"
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