Alex Chilton

Alex Chilton (born on December 28, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee) is 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 like Last Call Records, New Rose, Razor and Tie, Bar/None, and others, but he did draw a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields.

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December 28 - 1950 - Memphis, Tennessee - American - Pop-music - Box Tops - Big Star - 1960s - Indie music - Alternative music

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Chilton said in the September 1994 issue of Guitar Player that he considers himself a "musical performer, not a songwriter" and that some of his songs sound only "half-baked" to him. Nonetheless, his compositions have been recorded by a number of artists, including This Mortal Coil, The Bangles, Garbage, Kristin Hersh, Jeff Buckley, Yo La Tengo, and His Name Is Alive. The Replacements wrote the song "Alex Chilton" in his honor on their 1987 Pleased to Meet Me album, produced by Jim Dickinson in Memphis. Among Chilton's better known songs is "In the Street," a version of which Cheap Trick recorded in 1999 as the theme song for the television sitcom That '70s Show.

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1994 - This Mortal Coil - The Bangles - Garbage - Kristin Hersh - Jeff Buckley - Yo La Tengo - His Name Is Alive - The Replacements - 1987 - Pleased to Meet Me - Jim Dickinson - Cheap Trick - 1999 - Sitcom - That '70s Show

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