Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best...
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"Alex Chilton" is a song by American rock band the Replacements from their fifth studio album Pleased to Meet Me. The song was written as a homage to Big...
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Big Star (section Alex Chilton memorial shows)
Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums)...
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The Box Tops (section Chilton activity (1976))
their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton later fronted the power pop band Big Star and launched a career as a...
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Tennessee, became a tour stop for The Beatles, primary songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell were 15 years old. Heavily influenced by the UK band,...
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the uncommercial sound of the record, and lack of interest from singer Alex Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens in continuing the project prevented the album...
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horn section on "Can't Hardly Wait", which features Big Star vocalist Alex Chilton on guitar. A music video was made for "The Ledge", but it was banned...
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Red Ceiling on the cover. Eggleston was a close friend of band member Alex Chilton. Some of the outtakes from the album include "I Got Kinda Lost", "Gone...
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27, 1978) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record...
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The Box Tops lead vocalist Alex Chilton sang "The Letter" in a gruff blue-eyed soul style. The song launched Chilton's career and inspired numerous...
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(with Alex Chilton of the Box Tops) and Golden Smog (with members of the Jayhawks and Wilco). After the deaths of Chris Bell in 1978, and Alex Chilton and...
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ultimately went unreleased until Pleased to Meet Me. The song features Alex Chilton on guitar as well as an arrangement with horns and strings, additions...
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Like Flies on Sherbert (category Alex Chilton albums)
Sherbert is the first solo album released by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton. He had previously recorded a collection of songs in 1969 and 1970, ultimately...
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High Priest (album) (redirect from Dalai Lama (Alex Chilton song))
musician Alex Chilton, released in 1987. It was his first full-length album since 1979's commercially disastrous Like Flies on Sherbert. Chilton fronts...
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1974 and released in 1978. The album features original Big Star members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens on guitar and drums respectively, with two more recent...
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In the Street (song) (category Songs written by Alex Chilton)
by the American rock band Big Star. It was written by Chris Bell and Alex Chilton. The song was featured on the 1972 album #1 Record. The song was the...
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Tim (The Replacements album) (category Albums produced by Alex Chilton)
Stylistically, the album shows Paul Westerberg's diverse influences, including Alex Chilton's Big Star on "Hold My Life," Roy Orbison and Duane Eddy on "Swingin Party"...
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artists such as Jackson Browne, Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Bragg, Warren Zevon, Alex Chilton and Ani DiFranco. Ramsey is a classically trained violinist who has been...
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Replacements appeared as the musical guest on The Tonight Show, performing "Alex Chilton". On September 19, 2014, they played at Forest Hills Stadium. Monsoon...
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Thirteen (song) (category Songs written by Alex Chilton)
their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. It was written by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom writes in his AllMusic review...
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Last Leg Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist Alex Castro (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan Alex Chilton (1950–2010)...
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talks Counting Crows tour with Rob Thomas, Jul. 31 show in New York, Alex Chilton and more". Coplen, Katherine (December 12, 2014). "Counting Crows' Adam...
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singer, songwriter, and record producer. After a brief time playing with Alex Chilton, as well as Mitch Easter under the name Sneakers, Stamey formed The dB's...
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Home" with Lucinda Williams and "Till the End of the Day" with Alex Chilton (Chilton's final recorded performance), as well as recording a version of...
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high school, in a band known as Icewater. In 1971, Bell asked singer Alex Chilton to join him, Hummel, and Stephens in a group which was eventually named...
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A Man Called Destruction (book) (redirect from A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man)
Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man is a 2014 biography of musician Alex Chilton, written by Holly George-Warren. Alex Chilton's musical...
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O My Soul (category Songs written by Alex Chilton)
"O My Soul" is a song credited to Alex Chilton that was first released by Big Star on their 1974 album Radio City. Chris Bell contributed to the lyrics...
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Franklin, Tina Turner, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell and Alex Chilton. To date, it is the band's most-performed song; they have played it over...
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Clichés (album) (category Alex Chilton albums)
album released by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton. It was recorded and released in 1993. Chilton recorded the album in New Orleans at Chez Flames...
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song "You and Your Sister," featuring Bell's guitar work and vocals, Alex Chilton backing vocal, and Cunningham's string arrangements and upright bass...
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