{"name":"Alex Chilton","title":"Alex Chilton","id":1257,"slug":"alex-chilton","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1257/?format=json","bio_short":"Alex Chilton (Memphis, Tennessee, December 28, 1950 – New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17, 2010) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known for his work with the pop-music bands <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Box+Tops\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Box Tops</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Big+Star\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Big Star</a>. Chilton's early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Box+Tops\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Box Tops</a> was not repeated in later years with <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Big+Star\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Big Star</a> and in his <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/indie\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">indie</a> music solo career on small labels like Last Call Records, New Rose, Razor and Tie, Bar/None, and others, but he did draw a loyal following in the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/indie\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">indie</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">alternative</a> music fields. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/AlexChiltonPNG.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1012,"title":"I'm In Love With A Girl","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/im-in-love-with-a-girl/"},{"id":1011,"title":"My Life Is Right","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/my-life-is-right/"},{"id":21535,"title":"Try Again","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/try-again/"}]}