Alex Chilton, who died of heart-related problems Wednesday night, was mourned across the alternative rock world on Thursday. By Billboard Staff Guitarist Alex Chilton, who died of heart-related ...

Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who helmed two popular Memphis-based bands, the soul-pop Box Tops and power pop pioneers Big Star, died today (March 17) of a suspected heart attack in New ...

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This '70s band with a big name never made it big commercially, but they helped define power pop by influencing many later ...

Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died. He was 59. By Associated Press Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his ...

Big Star should have been famous. The Memphis group wrote power pop that foreshadowed alternative rock. The bands they inspired are some of the most successful in history. Bell left the band a bit ...

The late Alex Chilton was one of the most enigmatic figures in pop music. From his gruff, teenage vocals on the hit "The Letter" to the pop masterpieces of Big Star to his production work with The ...

Some singers spend years trying to find their voice. Alex Chilton seemed to arrive with his fully formed. In 1968, the 17-year-old Memphis singer possessed a deep, gravelly rasp so startlingly mature ...

In 1967, a teenage Alex Chilton recorded a song that would hit the top of the charts with his band The Box Tops, and at the time, it made him a young music icon. The hit, entitled "The Letter," ...

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Alex Chilton, whose ’60s fame as lead vocalist for the hit-making pop band the Box Tops was succeeded by leadership of the massively influential ’70s group Big Star, died Wednesday in New Orleans of ...

Power-pop godfather Alex Chilton died of a heart attack Wednesday at 59. His career spanned four decades and influenced the likes of R.E.M., Wilco, The Replacements and countless other bands. He's ...