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Kinema (No 749)

5364 days ago
Guardian Music — This bunch of soul boys from Brighton are trying to recreate the 1980s with cheap from their bedroom - and they're greatHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Dominic Ashton (vocals), Andy Nelson (guitar), and Ross Flight (keytar, synth).The background: On t... more info
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Influential Big Star member, former Box Tops singer Alex Chilton dies

5364 days ago
Mercury News, California — NEW ORLEANS — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. more info
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Alex Chilton obituary

5364 days ago
Guardian Music — A teen star with the Box Tops, he formed the influential cult band Big StarThe maverick US musician Alex Chilton, who has died aged 59, enjoyed a long and extremely varied career that went from 1960s teenybop stardom through punk-era cult and beyond.... more info
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News Roundup: 3/18/2010

5364 days ago
Allmusic Blog — R.I.P. Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist for the legendary band Big Star, who died Wednesday at age 59 after suffering a heart attack in New Orleans. Chilton had complained about his health earlier that day and was taken to a hospital, where he was ... more info
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Big Star's Alex Chilton Dies

5364 days ago
411 Mania — Days before the band's SXSW set... more info
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Primal Scream - Gillespie Pays Tribute To Rock Genius Chilton

5364 days ago
ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE has paid tribute to late BIG STAR rocker ALEX CHILTON - comparing the singer/guitarist's work to the legacy of THE BEATLES.The 59... more info
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Alex Chilton 1950-2010

5364 days ago
Quick Before It Melts — I’m very saddened to wake up to the news that Alex Chilton, front man for The Box Tops in the 60s (“The Letter”) and Big Star in the 70s (“September Gurls”) has died at the age of 59.  Chilton and Big Star rose to cult status after the b... more info
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Alex Chilton, Big Star's Biggest Star, Dead at 59

5364 days ago
E! Online — You may not be able to place the name, but you'll definitely recognize the voice. Mega influential singer and guitarist Alex Chilton has died at the age of 59, after a music career... more info
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Alex Chilton, RIP

5364 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — Big Star @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple in November (more by Lori Baily) Alex Chilton, the pop hitmaker, cult icon and Memphis rock iconoclast best known as a member of 1960s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the 1970s power-pop act... more info
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Influential singer/songwriter Alex Chilton dies at 59

5364 days ago
Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Singer/songwriter Alex Chilton [ tickets ], who achieved early fame as a member of the Box Tops before helping to form the highly influential '70s pop act Big Star, has died at the age of 59. more info
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