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Box Tops Singer Chilton Dead

5344 days ago
ContactMusicAmerican singer and guitarist ALEX CHILTON has died, aged 59.The musician passed away at a New Orleans, Louisiana hospital on Wednesday (17Mar10) after suffering... more info

Alex Chilton: 1950-2010

5344 days ago
Here Comes The Floodphoto: Philippe Brizard Alex Chilton, cult guitar player, singer and composer, is dead at 59. 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 ac... more info

Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton dies; known for influential work with Box Tops and Big Star

5344 days ago
TopixSinger and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. more info

Influential singer, guitarist for Big Star, Box Tops dies

5344 days ago
Detroit Free PressNEW ORLEANS -- Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died. He was 59. Chilton's longtime friend John Fry says that Chilton died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans after ex... more info

Box Tops star Alex Chilton dies

5344 days ago
The MirrorAmerican singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with the Box Tops and Big Star bands, has died aged 59. more info

Box Tops and Big Star Singer Alex Chilton Dies Aged 59

5344 days ago
GigwiseAt a hospital in New Orleans... more info

OBITUARY: Alex Chilton Big Nashville Star Dies

5344 days ago
All About JazzAlex 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 Big Star, died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans. The singer, songwriter and guitarist w... more info

RIP Alex Chilton (Dec. 28, 1950-March 17, 2010)

5344 days ago
TwangvilleAlex Chilton passed away this evening (yesterday) in New Orleans.  The former Big Star and Boxtops frontman was 59.   The Boxtops had a hit in 1967 with the Top 40 classic “The Letter”.  Big Star never came close to commercial success du... more info

Box Tops, Big Star singer Alex Chilton dies at 59

5344 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissAlex Chilton, who burst out of Memphis in the late 1960s with the Box Tops, singing “The Letter” in the smoke-gravel voice of a grizzled R&B veteran even though he was just teenager at the time, has died in New... more info

Influential guitarist, singer Alex Chilton dies at 59

5344 days ago
USA Today MusicSinger and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died. He was 59. more info

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