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Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton
American songwriter, guitarist, singer & producer
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Dan Penn
Dan Penn
American musician
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Chris Bell
Chris Bell
American singer
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Big Star
Big Star
American rock band
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Spooner Oldham
Spooner Oldham
American songwriter and session musician
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Wayne Carson
Wayne Carson
American singer-songwriter
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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James Carr
James Carr
American musician
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Merrilee Rush
Merrilee Rush
American musician
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The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys
studio session band
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Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet
Scottish band
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Stan Kesler
Stan Kesler
American musician, record producer and songwriter
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The Hombres
The Hombres
American rock band
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The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers
band
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William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Sandy Posey
Sandy Posey
American pop singer
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Jim Dickinson
Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
American rock band
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Mark James
Mark James
American songwriter
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Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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J. Blackfoot
J. Blackfoot
singer
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
American band
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon
American musical group; rock band from Champaign, Illinois
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The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
American country music supergroup
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Cymarron
Cymarron
American soft rock band
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The Impressions
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
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Collective Soul
Collective Soul
American rock band
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Samuel David Moore
Samuel David Moore
American musician
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The Rascals
The Rascals
American rock band/blue-eyed soul band
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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The Soul Children
The Soul Children
band that plays jazz
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas
American singer
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The Turtles
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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Jon Tiven
Jon Tiven
American record producer
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The Undisputed Truth
The Undisputed Truth
American band
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Take That
Take That
British five-piece vocal pop group
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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The Buckinghams
The Buckinghams
band
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American rock band
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The Box Tops are 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 Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum; and songs written by their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the power pop band Big Star and to launch a career as a solo artist, during which he occasionally performed songs he had sung with the Box Tops.

The Box Tops' music combined elements of soul music and light pop. Their records are prime examples of the styles made popular by Moman and Penn at American Sound Studio in Memphis. Many of their lesser known Top 40 hits, including "Neon Rainbow", "I Met Her in Church", and "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March", are considered minor classics. As rock critic Lester Bangs wrote in a review of the group's Super Hits album, "A song like 'Soul Deep' is obvious enough, a patented commercial sound, yet within these strictures it communicates with a depth and sincerity of feeling that holds the attention and brings you back often."