Alex Chilton
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Hear Big Star’s Alex Chilton Sing Lost Reggae Cover
Singer's raw rendition of the 'Harder They Come' tune "Johnny Too Bad" appears on soundtrack album to new book 'Memphis Rent Party'
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Big Star’s Classic ‘Third’ Receives Massive Reissue
Collection features 69 tracks, 29 unheard recordings plus demos, rough mixes, vocal guides
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Suicide’s Alan Vega Talks Fiery Record With Big Star’s Alex Chilton
"I literally felt a fire burning in my scalp," Suicide vocalist recalls of recording with Chilton, Ben Vaughn
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Early Television, Richard Hell Songs to Feature on New Box Set
'Ork Records: New York, New York' to focus on mid-to-late-Seventies proto-punk and rock & roll
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Ocean Club ’77
In 1977, Alex Chilton was 10 years out from his Box Tops hit "The Letter" and recovering from the recent collapse of his power-pop band Big Star. Still in his mid-twenties, the Memphis singer tried his luck in New York, playing gigs like this one (in strong quasi-boot fidelity) that were as close, in plaintive […]
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Vinyl Box Set Collects Television, Alex Chilton, Richard Hell Singles
'Ork: Box' will include 16 seven-inches and will come out on Record Store Day
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Alex Chilton’s Secret: Inside the Big Star Legend’s New Biography
Holly George-Warren discusses 'A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man'
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R.E.M., Big Star Members Join Blitzen Trapper Onstage at SXSW
Musicians honor Alex Chilton on anniversary of his death
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Free Again: The ‘1970’ Sessions
In 1969, even before the end of his Top 40 band the Box Tops, singer Alex Chilton started making his first solo album. In 1970, he abandoned it to co-found Big Star, the Memphis version of the Beatles. Free Again finds Chilton, not yet 20, in fast bloom. The title track, "The EMI Song (Smile for […]
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Alex Chilton: ‘The EMI Song’
Not long before he formed Big Star, Chilton began making a solo album that never saw the light of day – until now. The highlight? This gentle, Beatles-ish ballad, a showcase for Chilton's angelic melodies. Listen to Alex Chilton's "The EMI Song": Related• Alex […]
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