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02:32 on March 18 2010
Big Star Singer and Cult Icon Alex Chilton Dead at 59
Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away... more info
13:20 on March 18 2010
Remembering Big Star's Alex Chilton
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-em... more info
13:27 on March 18 2010
Alex Chilton, Big Star Frontman, Dead At 59
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, leade... more info
19:33 on March 19 2010
Flashback: Big Star Classics By Beck, Wilco, Elliott Smith and More
Rolling Stone — This week the rock world lost Alex Chilton, so we’re devoting our Flashback to covers of Big Star songs by artists ranging from Beck to Wilco to the Bangles, who perfor... more info
00:08 on March 21 2010
Alex Chilton: rock's forgotten boy
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 th... more info
10:40 on March 18 2010
14:03 on March 18 2010
Alex Chilton, RIP
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 ... more info
17:14 on March 19 2010
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05:09 on March 18 2010
Box Tops, Big Star singer Alex Chilton dies at 59
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Alex 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 thou... more info
10:16 on March 18 2010
Big Star's Chilton dies
BBC 6 Music — Tributes to cult rock hero Alex Chilton, who influenced acts from REM to Wilco more info
13:34 on March 18 2010
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13:16 on March 18 2010
Alex Chilton of 70s band Big Star dies
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
14:29 on March 18 2010
15:22 on March 18 2010
Primal Scream - Gillespie Pays Tribute To Rock Genius Chilton
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
16:06 on March 18 2010
03:07 on March 18 2010
Box Tops and Big Star Singer Alex Chilton Dead At 59
Undercover, Australia — Alex Chilton, front man for indie rock legends Big Star has died in New Orleans. more info
06:02 on March 18 2010
Influential singer, guitarist for Big Star, Box Tops dies
Detroit Free Press — NEW 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... more info
12:03 on March 18 2010
Alex Chilton top 10: All you need to know about the late Big Star and Box Tops star
The Mirror — 1. As a teenager Chilton formed the Box Tops, and topped the charts with The Letter in 1967. Their other hits included Soul Deep and Cry Like a Baby. more info
12:20 on March 18 2010
Alex Chilton lead singer of REM favourites Big Star dies
The Mirror — Alex Chilton, frontman of cult US rock band Big Star, has died aged 59. more info
16:24 on March 18 2010
Influential Big Star member, former Box Tops singer Alex Chilton dies
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
06:48 on March 18 2010
13:01 on March 18 2010
Shorties (Alex Chilton, Books Every Man Must Read,and more)
LargeHeartedBoy — RIP, Alex Chilton of Big Star and the Box Tops. Remembrances by Ben Greenman, the Guardian, the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Arts Beat, Entertainment Weekly, and Greg Kot. ... more info
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