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The Box Tops est un groupe de musique américain de la fin des années 1960, originaire de Memphis, dans le Tennessee[1]. Le groupe est resté célèbre pour son tube The Letter, sorti en 1967, le chanteur Alex Chilton est alors âgé de seize ans. Ce morceau a été repris notamment par Al Green, Joe Cocker et Peter Tosh & The Wailers[2], présent notamment dans le film Good Morning England.

Albums

Albums studio

1967 : The Letter/Neon Rainbow The Letter She Knows How Trains & Boats & Planes Break My Mind Whiter Shade of Pale Everything I Am Neon Rainbow People Make the World I'm Your Puppet Happy Times Gonna Find Somebody I Pray for Rain

1968 : Cry Like a Baby Cry Like a Baby Deep in Kentucky I'm the One for You Weeping Analeah Every Time Fields of Clover Trouble With Sam Lost Good Morning Dear 727 You Keep Me Hanging On

1968 : Non-Stop Choo Choo Train I'm Movin' On Sandman She Shot a Hole in My Soul People Gonna Talk I Met Her in Church Rock Me Baby Rollin' in My Sleep I Can Dig It Yesterday Where's My Mind If I Had Let You In

1969 : Dimensions Soul Deep I Shall Be Released Midnight Angel Together I'll Hold Out My Hand I Must Be the Devil Sweet Cream Ladies The Happy Song Ain't No Way Rock Me Baby

1998 : Tear Off! Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll Wang Dang Doodle Ain't That a Lot of Love It Tears Me Up Last Laugh Treat Her Right Soothe Me I'm in Love The Letter Trip to Bandstand Little Latin Lupe Lu Keep on Dancing Last Bouquet Big Bird

Compilations

• Super Hits (1968)
• The Box Tops' Greatest Hits (1982)
• The Ultimate Box Tops (1987)
• The Best of the Box Tops — Soul Deep (1996)

Notes et références

• Portail du rock

На других языках

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[de] The Box Tops

The Box Tops war eine Popgruppe der zweiten Hälfte der 1960er Jahre aus Memphis, Tennessee. Bekannt wurde die Formation unter anderem durch die Hits The Letter, Cry Like a Baby und Soul Deep. The Letter war 1967 ein Nummer-eins-Hit in den amerikanischen Charts.[1] Der Titel wurde später von Joe Cocker erfolgreich gecovert. Leadsänger der Box Tops war Alex Chilton, der am 17. März 2010 im Alter von 59 Jahren, vermutlich an einem Herzinfarkt, starb.

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[en] The Box Tops

The Box Tops is an American rock band formed in Memphis in 1967. They are best known for the hits "The Letter", "Cry Like a Baby", "Choo Choo Train," and "Soul Deep" 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 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum; and songs written by 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 a solo artist, during which he occasionally performed songs he had sung with the Box Tops.

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- [fr] The Box Tops

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[ru] The Box Tops

The Box Tops — американская поп-рок-группа, образовавшаяся в 1966 году в Мемфисе (Теннесси, США) и исполнявшая пауэр-поп с элементами музыки соул[1]. Международную известность Box Tops принесли хиты «The Letter» (#1 US, #5 UK), «Neon Rainbow», «Soul Deep», «I Met Her in Church», «Cry Like A Baby»[2]. Четыре альбома группы входили в Billboard 200[3].

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