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Alex Chilton: rock's forgotten boy

5162 days ago
Guardian Music — Big Star's singer had an impact far beyond his band's commercial appeal"I am the world's forgotten boy," howled Iggy Pop on "Search and Destroy". But as the years, and then the decades, went by and his legend grew in his absence, that description see... more info
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Sleeve Notes: The mysteries of James Brown and Jacko

5163 days ago
Guardian Music — It's been a strange old week for some of our more iconic deceased musicians. First there were the bizarre rumours that James Brown's body was no longer in its crypt (in which he was buried in 2006). Despite the fact that his daughter LaRhonda Pettit ... more info
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Artists and Friends React to the Death of Alex Chilton

5164 days ago
Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info
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Kinema (No 749)

5164 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

5164 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

5164 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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Alex Chilton 1950-2010

5164 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, RIP

5164 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

5164 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

5164 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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