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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 labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative rock musicians. He is ...
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 ...
Mar 21, 2010 · Alex Chilton on MTV's "120 Minutes" promoting his 1985 Feudalist Tarts EP Alex Chiltoncovering Lowell Fulson's "Make A Little Love" on French TV Big Star playing "September Gurls" in 2008
"Alex Chilton" is a song by American rock band the Replacements from their fifth studio album Pleased to Meet Me. The song was written as a homage to Big Star frontman Alex Chilton, who was an idol of the band's who worked with them on several occasions. The song's hook was inspired by Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg's attempt to compliment one of Chilton's songs upon meeting him for the first time.
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 ...
Alex Chilton (born Dec. 28, 1950, Memphis, Tenn., U.S.—died March 17, 2010, New Orleans, La.) 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.
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" 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 19, 2010 · Remembering Alex Chilton: An Underground 'Big Star' Chilton, who died Wednesday from a heart attack, was the lead singer of the '60s teenage band the Box Tops and the '70s power pop group Big Star ...
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 ...
