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Booker T. Jones

American musician

Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked as a session musician with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

With the death of guitarist Steve Cropper on December 3, 2025, Jones is the last surviving original member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • Addicted to You
  • Back Home
  • Big Bird
  • Booker-Loo
  • Born Under a Bad Sign
  • Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday
  • Green Onions
  • I hob an Glücksstern
  • Lightnin’
  • Mo’ Onions
  • My Sweet Potato
  • Never Gonna Leave Again
  • Ole Man Trouble
  • Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom
  • Red Beans and Rice
  • Sidewalk Baby
  • Slim Jenkins’ Place
  • Soul Clap ’69
  • Soul Dressing
  • That Girl
  • The Cool Dude
  • The Fox
  • The Hitchhiker
  • The Hunter
  • The Runaway
  • Tic‐Tac‐Toe
  • Time Is Tight
  • You Got Me