R.I.P.Alex Chilton[The Box Tops]

[cowboy117]

Alex Chilton died yesterday.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Chilton




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(song)





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM&feature=fvst

 

[Marshwheeling]

A local station is playing a lot of his songs today:
The Current from Minnesota Public Radio

 

[DeadAye]

Alex is (was) a local boy. Recorded The Letter at 16 (1976)!
Super talent - RIP OM.

 

[Krull]

Alex is (was) a local boy. Recorded The Letter at 16 (1976)!
Super talent - RIP OM.

1976? it was 1967,I wasn't around but I did cut my teeth on 60's music so I know when a lot of these old songs were put out.

 

[ditrina]

1976? it was 1967,I wasn't around but I did cut my teeth on 60's music so I know when a lot of these old songs were put out.

1967/68.. The " Airship" lounge Lakehurst N.J. . Just outside the Main Gate NAS Lakehurst... it was about wore out on the juke box..

 

[cowboy117]

The Box Tops version of "The Letter"was the #2 song of 1967.Song was covered by many including Joe Cocker.No.1 was Lulu with "To Sir With Love''.


US Number One Songs - 1967

 

[GoHogs]

RIP Alex.
Saw him live with the Box Tops at a dance back then.
Some more of that great music and great bands that came out of Memphis during the sixties.