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Booker T & The MG's is an American instrumental rhythm and blues and soul combo formed in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. They are best remembered as the in-house backing band for a prominent record label. The band's name combines the first names of their organist, Booker T. Jones, and the acronym for "Memphis Group," MG. Other members included Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar, who was replaced by another bassist in 1963, Steve Cropper on guitar, and Al Jackson Jr. on drums. In addition to playing on and producing a large number of records with vocalists, they achieved success as a band with hits like "Green Onions" (1962) and "Hip Hug-Her" (1967). The band effectively disbanded in the early 1970s when both Cropper and Jones left the label. A planned reunion in 1975 did not occur due to the murder of Jackson in October of that year. The three remaining members reunited several times since the late 1980s, often with Jackson's cousin serving as a drummer. Booker T & The MG's were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

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