Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty-nine years ago today, blue-eyed soul group The Box Tops were topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit song "The ...
Alex Chilton had a number one hit while he was still in high school, but his brilliant later music never had the same success ...
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,” ...
You know a song is a true hit when it's a major success for more than one artist or band. A perfect example? "The Letter," which shot to the top of the charts when it was originally released by The ...