Booker T. Jones
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| Also known as | Booker T. |
| Born | Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. November 12, 1944 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1960–present |
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| Website | bookert |
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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 in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement. With the death of original Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist Steve Cropper on December 3, 2025, Jones is the last surviving original member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s.