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  • The Box Tops
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  • The Box Tops
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  • Big_Star
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  • Big Star
  • American pop rock music groups
  • American psychedelic rock music groups
  • Bell Records artists
  • Blue-eyed soul music groups
  • Musical groups established in 1963
  • Musical groups from Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1963 establishments in Tennessee
abstract
  • Memphis, Tennessee band from the late 1960's, considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period. Alex Chilton: lead vocals, guitarBill Cunningham: bass, keyboards, background vocalsJohn Evans: guitar, keyboards, background vocalsDanny Smythe: drumsGary Talley: lead guitar, background vocalsDanny Smythe quit the band in late 1968 to be replaced by Thomas Boggs (drums).
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  • The Box Tops were a Memphis rock group from the 1960s. They are best known for the hits %22The Letter%22, %22Cry Like a Baby%22, and %22Soul Deep%22 and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period. They performed a mixture of current soul music songs by artists such as James & Bobby Purify and Clifford Curry, pop tunes such as %22A Whiter Shade of Pale%22 by Keith Reid, Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum, and songs written by their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the powerpop band Big Star and to launch a career as a solo artist, during which he occasionally performed songs he had sung with the Box Tops.The Box Tops' music combined elements of soul music and light pop. Their records are prime examples of the styles made popular by Moman and Penn at American Sound Studio in Memphis. Many of their lesser known Top 40 hits, including %22Neon Rainbow%22, %22I Met Her in Church%22, and %22Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March%22, are considered minor classics. As rock critic Lester Bangs wrote in a review of the group's Super Hits album, %22A song like 'Soul Deep' is obvious enough, a patented commercial sound, yet within these strictures it communicates with a depth and sincerity of feeling that holds the attention and brings you back often.%22
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  • 1967
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  • The Box Tops
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  • Rock
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  • Blue-Eyed Soul
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