Doin' Our Thing
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Doin' Our Thing is the sixth studio album by R&B band Booker T & The MGs, released in February 1968. The album charted at number 176 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.
Track listings
- "I Can Dig It" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 2:42
- "Expressway (To Your Heart)" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 3:05
- "Doin' Our Thing" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 4:01
- "You Don't Love MeYou Don't Love Me (Willie Cobbs song)"You Don't Love Me" is a blues song recorded by Willie Cobbs in 1960. It is based on an earlier song and has become a "blues classic" that has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of performers.-Earlier song:...
" (Willie Cobbs) – 2:49 - "Never My Love" (Don Addrisi) – 2:47
- "The Exodus Song (Theme from Exodus)" (Ernest Gold) – 2:38
- "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny BonoSonny BonoSalvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
) – 2:39 - "Ode to Billie JoeOde to Billie Joe"Ode to Billie Joe" is a 1967 song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry , a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The single, released in late July, was a number-one hit in the United States, and became a big international seller. The song is ranked #412 on Rolling Stones list of...
" (Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryRoberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is a former American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material...
) – 4:02 - "Blue on Green" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 2:28
- "You Keep Me Hanging OnYou Keep Me Hangin' OnVanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...
" (Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Eddie Holland, Brian HollandBrian HollandBrian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
) – 4:50 - "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Josephine Armistead) – 2:54
Personnel
- Steve CropperSteve CropperSteve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
– guitar - Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
- Loring Eutemey – design
- Dan Hersch – digital remastering
- Peter Hujar – photography
- Bill Inglot – digital remastering
- Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
- Booker JonesBooker T. JonesBooker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
– organ, bass, guitar, clavichord, keyboards - Peter Jujar – photography
- Bill Kington – photography
- The MG's – supervision (producer)