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    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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    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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  • their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the power pop band Big Star and to launch a career as...
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  • Tennessee, became a tour stop for The Beatles, primary songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell were fifteen 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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    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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  • 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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  • British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • covers of songs from the Third/Sister Lovers album by Big Star. The other Alex Chilton-penned track, album opener "Kangaroo", was released as a single to promote...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 both Alex Chilton...
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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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  • 2010 music festival, which took place March 12–21, was dedicated to Alex Chilton, who died shortly before he was to perform with Big Star. A tribute concert...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Bach's Bottom (category Alex Chilton albums)
    Bach's Bottom is the second solo album by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton, released in 1981. Bach's Bottom was recorded in September and October...
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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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    released under the name of The Sisterhood. In 1996, Vega collaborated with Alex Chilton and Ben Vaughn on the album Cubist Blues. Vega and Rev have both released...
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  • Illegal Records and I.R.S. Records. The tracks were all produced by Alex Chilton and recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis in 1977. The EP's liner notes...
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  • sets, duration sets, and timbre sets Set (Thompson Twins album) Set (Alex Chilton album) Set list, a list of songs to be played during musical performances...
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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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