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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. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away at the age of 59.Chilton reportedly suffered a heart attack ...
Apr 15, 2010 · Alex Chilton had his first pop hit at 16. Then he became one of rock's greatest cult heroes with Big Star. But he spent his last two decades running a
Mar 18, 2010 · Alex Chilton, the Box Tops and Big Star lead singer who served as an inspiration for generations of indie rock bands, has died. He was 59. Chilton died Wednesday at a New Orleans hospital, where ...
Apr 11, 2014 · In 1968, teen phenoms the Box Tops were opening for the Beach Boys when they took a break from touring. The band's singer, Alex Chilton—barely old enough to vote at the time—was crashing at ...
Dec 28, 2023 · Alex Chilton was many things: a blue-eyed soul singer, a Big Star power-popper and an indie iconoclast. The one thing he was not? Forgotten. The first time many people heard Alex Chilton’s name ...
Mar 19, 2010 · Alex Chilton, a mercurial rock musician whose work ranged from the soul songs of the Box Tops to the multiple incarnations of his pop band Big Star, and who left a legacy more easily measured in ...
Mar 18, 2010 · "Alex Chilton" is an outsider-king fantasy in which "children by the millions" turn out for their hero when he comes to town. It was a playable track in Rock Band 2; these days, when you search ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59. Chilton died at a hospital in New Orleans after experiencing what ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Alex Chilton was not well-known. But he was worshiped by a generation of rock stars, including REM, Wilco and The Replacements, who wrote an entire song about him.He died Wednesday afternoon of an ...
