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Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.
Mar 18, 2010 · The influential rock musician suffered a heart attack in New Orleans in 2010, days before performing at SXSW. Big Star's albums and songs were praised by R.E.M., the Replacements, Beck and many others.
Mar 19, 2010 · Musician Alex Chilton died Wednesday from an apparent heart attack in New Orleans. He was 59. Chilton's music, with his '60s band the Box Tops, his '70s group Big Star and his solo work later,...
May 3, 2024 · Alex Chilton was an American singer and songwriter who, as frontman of the seminal power pop band Big Star, crafted a body of work whose influence far outstripped its volume. Chilton was age 16 when he began his musical career as the lead singer of the Memphis blue-eyed soul group the DeVilles.
Mar 21, 2010 · Alex Chilton, who died last week at the age of 59, had a strange and complicated relationship with fame. He achieved it early as the lead singer for the Box Tops, struggled to recapture it in...
Apr 15, 2010 · A tribute to the late singer-songwriter of the Box Tops and Big Star, who had his first hit at 16 and became a cult hero with his power-pop band. The article traces his career, personality and legacy, from his early fame to his later obscurity and struggles.
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Apr 11, 2014 · The band's singer, Alex Chilton —barely old enough to vote at the time—was crashing at Dennis Wilson ’s house in Pacific Palisades with a motley crew of musicians and hangers-on. Among them was...
