#Box Tops

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[dead--girls--club]

🖤nostalgia🖤

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HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY ALEX CHILTON + SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Soul Deep” – A Salute to The Box Tops, Alex Chilton, & Memphis Bubblegum Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PeiKGpEsQ ... ...“Soul Deep” came out when I was 12 years old. When this song came on the radio it wrapped me up in a safe and happy zone. The definitive version is by The Box Tops, whose classic line-up launched out of Memphis in 1967. Barely out of high school, they charted big with “The Letter” (Alex was 16) and “Cry Like a Baby.” Their sound has been called “bubblegum soul” as they mixed classic soul covers with psychedelic rock (covering “Whiter Shade of Pale”) and songs written by their producers Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. “Soul Deep” was their last Top 10 hit in 1969 before they abruptly broke up due to constant ill-treatment from their managers (who cranked out a fake Box Tops for a couple of years). Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to become a legend. He formed the influential power pop band Big Star, then embarked on a tempestuous solo career, occasionally performing Box Tops songs and oddball covers (like Brian Wilson’s “Solar System”). He produced The Cramps his career intersected with Cheap Trick, The dbs, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, REM, and other notables. The Box Tops did reunions over the years. Sadly, Alex died in 2010, but members of the original band are carrying on.

“Soul Deep” was written by Wayne Carson Thompson, who also wrote “The Letter,” “Neon Rainbow,” and “Always on my Mind.” “Soul Deep” has been covered by Eddy Arnold (charted in 1970), Gary U.S. Bonds (charted in 1982), Canadian soulsters Robbie Lane & The Disciples (who did it first), Roberta Flack, and The Gin Blossoms…and now you have my version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PeiKGpEsQMeanwhile, Happy Heavenly Birthday Alex.

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[mudwerks]

(via Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March - Box Tops (1969)

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

3. The Letter by The Box Tops debuted Aug 67 and peaked at number one, scoring 1694 points.

The group formed in Memphis and had ten chart entries from this, their first, to 1970. Two made the top ten. Alex Chilton was only 16 when he recorded the lead vocal.

The Arbors' 1969 easy listening remake peaked at number 20 and Joe Cocker's live version peaked at number seven in 1970.

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SCHOOL MOODBOARD

[radiomaxmusic]

Feature Artist / Box Tops / 5pm ET

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”, 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 Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, and…

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Perspective exercise but with snoms

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"top shortage" "bottom shortage" babe im EXHAUSTED

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I miss box tops. Like actual, real, cut out with a pair of scissors box tops.

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HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY ALEX CHILTON + SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Soul Deep” – A Salute to The Box Tops, Alex Chilton, & Memphis Bubblegum Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PeiKGpEsQ ... ...“Soul Deep” came out when I was 12 years old. When this song came on the radio it wrapped me up in a safe and happy zone. The definitive version is by The Box Tops, whose classic line-up launched out of Memphis in 1967. Barely out of high school, they charted big with “The Letter” (Alex was 16) and “Cry Like a Baby.” Their sound has been called “bubblegum soul” as they mixed classic soul covers with psychedelic rock (covering “Whiter Shade of Pale”) and songs written by their producers Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. “Soul Deep” was their last Top 10 hit in 1969 before they abruptly broke up due to constant ill-treatment from their managers (who cranked out a fake Box Tops for a couple of years). Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to become a legend. He formed the influential power pop band Big Star, then embarked on a tempestuous solo career, occasionally performing Box Tops songs and oddball covers (like Brian Wilson’s “Solar System”). He produced The Cramps his career intersected with Cheap Trick, The dbs, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, REM, and other notables. The Box Tops did reunions over the years. Sadly, Alex died in 2010, but members of the original band are carrying on.

“Soul Deep” was written by Wayne Carson Thompson, who also wrote “The Letter,” “Neon Rainbow,” and “Always on my Mind.” “Soul Deep” has been covered by Eddy Arnold (charted in 1970), Gary U.S. Bonds (charted in 1982), Canadian soulsters Robbie Lane & The Disciples (who did it first), Roberta Flack, and The Gin Blossoms…and now you have my version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PeiKGpEsQMeanwhile, Happy Heavenly Birthday Alex.

#boxtops #alexchilton #bubblegumsoul #memphis #waynecarsonthompson #theletter #danpenn #spooneroldham #chipsmoman #bigstar #thecramps #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #sanfrancisco

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Another dump of my weekly illustrations!

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

21. Cry Like a Baby by The Box Tops debuted Mar 68 and peaked at number two, scoring 1234 points.

The song was their third of seven top 40 hits 1967-70. Lead singer Alex Chilton went on to lead Big Star, a critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful band that recorded three albums 1972-78.

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