Alex Chilton

American musician (1950–2010)

Person human Q206693

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: December 28, 1950
Date of death: March 17, 2010
Place of birth: Memphis
Place of death: New Orleans
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, singer-songwriter, musician^[11]
Educated at: Central High School^[12]
Genre: blue-eyed soul^[17]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[20]
Work location: New Orleans^[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[27]
Birth name: William Alexander Chilton^[28]
Copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers^[30]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Family name: Chilton^[21]
Given name: Alex^[22]
Image harvest run: pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license: CC BY-SA 3.0
Image unavailable reason: no_pd_license
Instrument: guitar, voice^[25]^[26]
Manner of death: natural causes^[24]
Member of: The Box Tops, Big Star, Tav Falco's Panther Burns^[13]^[14]^[15]

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P14750: FFC3-2614-F6D8-E0A7-918B
Record label: Ardent Records, Line Records^[18]^[19]
Start of work period: 1966^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

en William Alexander Chilton en Alexander Chilton en Alex Chilton ar ألكس تشيلتون es Alexander Chilton es William Alexander Chilton fa آلکس چیلتون fr Alexander Chilton fr William Alexander Chilton he אלקס צ'ילטון it Alexander Chilton it William Alexander Chilton ja アレックス・チルトン ru Алекс Чилтон ru Чилтон, Алекс

🔖 Identifiers · 62

ISNI: 0000000108617521
VIAF cluster ID: 200231
Library of Congress authority ID: no99011661
GND ID: 13434670X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Alex Chilton.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000620155
Apple Music artist ID: 19391
BBC Things ID: a829d118-f36e-4ec4-8460-c7ce3b001fc7
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13935074h
Billboard artist ID: alex-chilton
CineMagia person ID: 552569
Cultureel Woordenboek ID: populaire-muziek/alex-chilton

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DDB person (GND) ID: 13434670X
Deezer artist ID: 55120
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 13434670X
Discogs artist ID: 224992
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Alex-Chilton-American-musician
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: alex-chilton
Europeana entity: agent/base/120873
Evene ID: alex-chilton-53888
FAST ID: 1778704
Facebook username: alexchiltonforever
Fandango person ID: 120509
Find a Grave memorial ID: 49878675
Freebase ID: /m/024bwn
GTAA ID: 257453
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000025050369198
Grove Music Online ID: A2240444
IMDb ID: nm0157646
IPI name number: 00429162361
IdRef ID: 089909062
JRC Names ID: 1250635
Jaxsta profile ID: f485e6a8-5448-462f-8d63-18689977cc3a
Larousse ID: personnage/wd/155095
Library of Congress Classification: ML420.C4737
Munzinger Pop ID: 02000000158
Museum-digital ID: 149581
MusicBrainz artist ID: 18b2f43a-fc98-4aab-b69c-eaaba41fecbc
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 55574
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000063827
Myspace ID: lxchilton
NME artist ID: alex-chilton
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1306578
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 096872640
Notable Names Database ID: 227/000029140
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095607839
Pitchfork artist ID: 28727-alex-chilton
Rate Your Music artist ID: alex_chilton
Rolling Stone artist ID: alex-chilton
SNAC ARK ID: w64t9wxm
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 229
Shazam artist ID: 19391
Songkick artist ID: 499826
Spotify artist ID: 7CW5MYWUsyUYiHbiTmVZHe
TMDB person ID: 1274282
Topic's main category: Category:Alex Chilton
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000038297
WikiTree person ID: Chilton-1090
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwMDKPHcthcBvTjxX4THC
Yale LUX ID: person/bbb77827-86da-4b76-bb10-6b62d41260d3
Yandex Music artist ID: 17834
Yle topic ID: 18-270777

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 5

A Man Called Destruction, Bach's Bottom, Black List, Clichés, Like Flies on Sherbert

Occupation 5

singer, record producer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Mb:composer 4

Back of a Car, Back of a Car, Thirteen, Thirteen

Compositions 2

O Fantasma, Third/Sister Lovers

Instrument 2

guitar, voice

Mb:lyricist 2

Back of a Car, Back of a Car

Mb:member of band 2

Big Star, Tav Falco's Panther Burns

Member of 2

Big Star, The Box Tops

Belongs to 1

The Box Tops

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Genre 1

blue-eyed soul

Given name 1

Alex

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Memphis

Place of death 1

New Orleans

Record label 1

Line Records

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

New Orleans

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Isallt Bach

← Lyricist 1

Third/Sister Lovers

← Producer 1

Songs the Lord Taught Us

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Summary

Alex Chilton was born on December 28, 1950^[1], in Memphis^[2]. He died on March 17, 2010^[3], in New Orleans^[4]. He worked as a guitarist^[5], singer^[6], songwriter^[7], record producer^[8], and singer-songwriter^[9].

FAQs

Where was Alex Chilton born?

Alex Chilton's place of birth was Memphis^[2].

Where did Alex Chilton die?

Alex Chilton passed away in New Orleans^[4].

What did Alex Chilton do for work?

Alex Chilton worked as a guitarist^[5], singer^[6], songwriter^[7], record producer^[8], and singer-songwriter^[9].

Where did Alex Chilton go to school?

Alex Chilton was educated at Central High School^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Alex Chilton — place of birth (P19): Memphis. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-11. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Alex Chilton — place of death (P20): New Orleans. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Alex Chilton — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Alex Chilton — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Alex Chilton — educated at (P69): Central High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): guitarist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. Retrieved 2019-05-22. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Alex Chilton — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Alex Chilton — genre (P136): blue-eyed soul. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Alex Chilton — record label (P264): Ardent Records. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Alex Chilton — record label (P264): Line Records. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Alex Chilton — member of (P463): The Box Tops. Retrieved 2022-05-24. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Alex Chilton — member of (P463): Big Star. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2022-05-24. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Alex Chilton — member of (P463): Tav Falco's Panther Burns. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Alex Chilton — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. npr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-24. npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Alex Chilton — date of birth (P569): December 28, 1950. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Alex Chilton — date of death (P570): March 17, 2010. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Alex Chilton — family name (P734): Chilton. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Alex Chilton — given name (P735): Alex. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Alex Chilton — work location (P937): New Orleans. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-04-17. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Alex Chilton — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Alex Chilton — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Alex Chilton — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Alex Chilton — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Alex Chilton — birth name (P1477): William Alexander Chilton. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2026-05-23. id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Alex Chilton — start of work period (P2031): 1966. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Alex Chilton — copyright representative (P6275): American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ISWC Network. Retrieved 2022-05-24. wikidata.org.

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