Hip Hug-Her

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Hip Hug-Her
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Studio album by
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
ReleasedJune 1967
RecordedFebruary 9, 1967
April 26, 1967
Studio Stax Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre
Length30:26
Label Stax/Atlantic
Producer Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
In the Christmas Spirit
(1966)		Hip Hug-Her
(1967)		 Back to Back
(1967)
Singles from Groovin'
  1. "Groovin'"
    Released: June 12, 1967
Professional ratings
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Hip Hug-Her is the fifth studio album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in June 1967. The title track was the band's most successful single since their debut, "Green Onions" while their cover of the Young Rascals song "Groovin'" was also a hit (number 10 R&B, number 21 pop). The album was their last to be produced by Stax co-founder Jim Stewart, because the band started to produce themselves starting with Doin' Our Thing . The title track Hip Hug-Her is featured during the opening credits of the feature film Barfly (1987) with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Booker T & the MGs (Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones), except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Hip Hug-Her" – 2:22
  2. "Soul Sanction" – 2:30
  3. "Get Ready" (William Robinson) – 2:45
  4. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:55
  5. "Double or Nothing" – 2:51
  6. "Carnaby St." – 2:14
Side two
  1. "Slim Jenkins' Place" – 2:25
  2. "Pigmy" (Mel Brown, Billy Larkin, Hank Swarn) – 3:55
  3. "Groovin' " (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:40
  4. "Booker's Notion" – 2:25
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:24

"Slim Jenkins' Place" was originally titled "Slim Jenkins' Joint".

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s
Technical

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Top Pop Albums35
US Top R&B Albums4

Singles

YearSongChartPeak position
1967"Groovin'"US Hot 10021
1967"Groovin'"US Hot R&B Singles10
1967"Slim Jenkin's Place"US Hot R&B Singles70

References

  1. ↑ "Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & the MG's | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2306
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