Re: Lesley Duncan Re: Off Topic..............Alex Chilton dead

Allan wrote:

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On Mar 19, 7:41 am, "Allan" <al...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> La N wrote:
>> Allan wrote:

>> Yes, that big news over here. RIP Alex Chilton.

> Was this singer well known over in Scotland (where she died recently)?

> This is one of her better known songs:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4h7Qr5CRMA

I saw the obit the other day but to tell you the truth I'd never heard of
her. I think she was pretty obscure. Certainly has never had a single or
album in the charts though obviously she seems to have done a lot of
recording as a backing singer. I know the above song from Elton's own
version on Tumbleweed Connection.

Allan

Well I have never heard of either of them!

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Yes it is not surprising Chilton is virtually unknown here. Hardly anyone can remember the Box Tops though they did have three hits in the 1960s. I tried to play "The Letter" a few months back and virtually everyone knew the song; most of a certain age remembered it through the Joe Cocker cover version; though surprisingly the original by the Box Tops was a much bigger hit reaching number 5 whilst Cocker only got to number 39.

Allan

I remember 'The Letter' playing on AM radio when I was a kid.

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