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," ...

This song topped the Billboard Hot 100.

The No. 1 song on September 27, 1967, was by the Box Tops, and not only was the singer only 16, the track also included the sound of a real airplane in flight.

Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59. Chilton died at a hospital in New Orleans after experiencing ...

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 ...

Alex Chilton found success early on in his career as the lead singer for the 60's teen group The Box Tops and later became one of rock's most revered cult figures as the front-man for groundbreaking ...

Fifty-nine years ago today, blue-eyed soul group The Box Tops were topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit song “The Letter.” Released in August 1967 as the lead single from their debut ...