The Box Tops
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The Box Tops are an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1967. They are best known for the hits "The Letter", "Cry Like a Baby", and "Soul Deep" and are considered a major blue-eyed soul
The Box Tops in 1967 (clockwise from left): Bill Cunningham, Danny Smythe, Alex Chilton, Gary Talley, John Evans
Box Tops in 2001: (left to right: Talley, Chilton, Cunningham, Smythe)
Alex Chilton
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William Alexander Chilton was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for th
The Box Tops
…pop tunes like "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum; and songs written by their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton later fronted the power pop band Big Star and performed as a solo artist. The Box Tops' music combined elements of soul music and light pop. Their…
Chilton performing in Tourcoing, France in February 2004
Chilton in 1986
Chilton performing in 2009
Star honoring Alex Chilton on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue