Alex Chilton
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton, December 28, 1950, in 
Memphis, Tennessee – March 17, 2010 in New Orleans) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known for his work with the pop-music bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton’s early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in his indie music solo career on small labels, but he did draw a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields.
Chilton said in the September 1994 issue of Guitar Player that he considered himself a “musical performer, not a songwriter” and that some of his songs sound only “half-baked” to him. Nonetheless, his compositions have been performed by a number of artists, including This Mortal Coil.
The Replacements wrote the song “Alex Chilton” in his honor, for their 1987 album Pleased to Meet Me.
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