Booker T & The MGs: College Comes First For Jones
Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 27 August 1965
FEW FULL-TIME college students could find enough time, energy or initiative to record and promote a record like the 1964 hit 'Green Onions'. But Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG's had enough drive to accomplish such a feat.
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