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Alex Chilton 1950-2010

5786 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

5786 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

5786 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

5786 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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Alex Chilton, Big Star Frontman, Dead At 59

5786 days ago
VH1 News — Cult rock icon Alex Chilton, leader of the influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star, died on Wednesday in a New Orleans hospital at age 59. more info
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Alex Chilton, Big Star Frontman, Dead At 59

5786 days ago
MTV.com News — Influential rock musician was scheduled to play at SXSW this week.By Gil Kaufman Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage Cult rock icon Alex Chilton, leader of the influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star, died on Wednesday in a New O... more info
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R.I.P., Alex Chilton

5786 days ago
Pop Candy — Last night the festive atmostphere here at South by Southwest was interrupted when news broke that Alex Chilton had died. As part of the Box Tops and Big Star, the Memphis artist made a massive impact on pop music. He went on to influence a generatio... more info
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Remembering Big Star's Alex Chilton

5786 days ago
Guardian Music — My life has been guided by Big Star and the music of Alex Chilton. Here are some of my favourite memories …March 3, 1990A tired-looking man is on stage in a half-empty pub in Leeds. He looks well into middle age, but he's not yet 40. He's playi... more info
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Alex Chilton of 70s band Big Star dies

5786 days ago
KNVA TV, Austin TX — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59. more info
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Rob Sheffield Remembers Ultimate Indie Cult Hero Alex Chilton

5786 days ago
Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Classic Alex Chilton live moment: 1987, long after midnight, a sleazy rock bar in Roanoke, Virginia. When the man strikes up his best-loved song, the Big Star classic “September Gurls,” some drunk idiot celebrat... more info
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