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Alex Chilton, 1995 American singer and songwriter Alex Chilton performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 4, 1995.

Alex Chilton

American musician
Also known as: William Alexander Chilton
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Alex Chilton (born December 28, 1950, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.—died March 17, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American singer and songwriter who, as frontman of the seminal power pop band Big Star, crafted a body of work whose influence far outstripped its volume. Quick Facts Chilton was age 16 when he began his musical career as the lead singer of the Memphis blue-eyed soul group the DeVilles. The quintet achieved a measure of local fame,...

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