The Box Tops - The Letter (1967)

Actuación de los Box Tops en el 67

[@donaldducktail]

Great song! I was in the Army over in Germany back in the 60's waiting to come home. I played this song every day. Thanks for the memories.

[@EL-SHADDAI-ELOHIM]

I was born in 1970 and I remember my Dad singing that song and every time I listen to that song, It brings back memories. my point is music from the 50, 60, 70 that's music, but now the crap they sing today which sucks big time.

[@strebis6]

Great song! I can listen to this song over and over. I was born in 1967 and grew up listening to the Beatles because that's all mom and dad ever played in the home. I'm going to mention it to mom how much I missed out on some great rock n roll back then. RIP Alex

[@KellyGiftShop]

I did my share in the 70's and Well, vague memories ,but memories non the less . It was all GOOD!

[@dadoten1]

This is such a good song. I don't miss the bad ol days of miming to playback though.

[@KatieJoMikell]

I love how Alex sings AEROplane. R.I.P Alex Chilton. Gone too soon.

[@verinhalemahastar2668]

Whom in this whole wide world have never wrote a Love Letter for once? I loved to hear this song after so many years, thanks Kris for this precious moment!

[@SgtRock57]

6th grade, a friend kept singing instead of "listen mr. can't you see I've got to get back" he would say "listen mr. kitchen." I laughed my can off.

[@SpiffyMcSnazzy]

Ohhhh I love this song.

[@jamsey700]

I used to listen to this song on battlefield vietnam while flying a chopper haha good times

[@skatten123]

Listen to this voice. So simpel and still the best

[@OnlyMembersMakeMoney]

Great posting GOING To MY Favorites.

[@elcamman50]

Thanks Lifeinthemix for the nice comments. I know what you mean. I live here in San Diego. Whenever I go to the Veterans Hospital, I see these poor kids coming back after there 2nd and 3rd tours. They went over with great expectations and didn't know they were sold a bill of goods like I was 42 years ago. Eventually the bill comes due, but by then no one cares anymore. You become just a page in history.

[@Ezdduf4kuZ]

I have to remember this one! The letter turned e-mail. I'm about to send a comment & as well an e-mail. I'm a man of wm word I'd like to think. " I met her in Church", that's another hit by these guys..a most unique song, you can even hear what I'm to believe is the choirboys in the background. It is sunday, the last time I went into the church, I wasn't alone, what a feeling it was(felt good about it)! I'll send this off as I would an e-mail, and that's next...not church! Thx4 postin'

[@w00fdawg]

I find it so stupid when people keep on about Eva Cassidy versions - THIS is the original. I know she is dead, but she was just an interpreter of songs. Thanks for putting this song on KZbin

[@the13corinne]

Great song-i also have cry like a baby-but done by kiki dee!! RIP Alex Chilton!!

[@somethingdiffereable]

I was around during that era. I'd have been about 9 or 10 at that time. I remember when the song was on the charts. The rumor going around in those days was that the lead singer in that (1 hit wonder band) was only 15 or 16.

[@jeffkahl]

yeah I used to have that on a tape that I wore out years ago. it IS an awesome version!

[@theoldpoot]

This song was hot in 1967 when I was in basic training in Ft Polk, La

[@bill3979]

16 and living on Montgomery Street in Memphis two blocks from me with his parents. Unbeleivable. Now in the 9th Ward in New Orleans,last I heard.

[@sa65cn1]

Alex Chilton, RIP. He passed away in New Orleans right after hurricane Katrina.

[@musiclover1958]

Great song!

[@gborn70]

back in those days you were expected to sit quietly and listen to the music and politely applaud at the end. that's no shit!

[@tubeadelic]

MAN WE SURE LOVE YA ALEX......I looked up cool, and right there was your picture man.....rest in peace my friend......maybe we can jam on the night shift when I get up there maestro ......two hearts are better than one you know.....BUT hey, we won't need old dusty hearts any ol' way..........just a little bit a soul baby.

[@CuyahogaMustang]

The Letter was one of the 4 45's I bought by myself back in 1967 . great tune

[@user-oc2ci6ri6v]

This is very good Okay

[@AnelyMG]

This is what makes me happy, simple good old real music!!!!

[@elcamman50]

This was one of my favorite songs when i was in bootcamp in 1968. We used to play this and Deep Purple's song Hush at the enlisted mans club. We would listen to them all night and just get wasted. It was great to be 18 or 19 and no you were on you way to vietnam, but the music followed us all the way over there. For that we were thankful.

[@fullforce9]

r.i.p. great music!

[@PvtNoob]

Good for him, still a crazy character he played.

[@CuyahogaMustang]

The Letter by the Box Top is one of the first 4 45's I bought when I was about 9 in 1967 . Always good to hear this tune .

[@LoudmouthLee]

Fantastic Song... captures the feeling of the time. They really don't make them like they used to.

[@Biervampir]

luv this song

[@davidxavier1165]

Alex Chilton was barely seventeen when he had this hit.

[@needtolooselots]

Great sound quality!!

[@masterboer007]

Greetings from Holland... This nr. is brilliant :D

[@dpramirez66]

This is onmy summer of hits cd! I heard it and jumped up and started dancing.

[@throwback2]

I was over in Vietnam when this came out. It had real meaning for us.

[@janefromthecountry1820]

I love his hair the star vocalist! And of course this vintage song. 🎸🎙🎶🎺👍🏻❤

[@Djagatai]

great music

[@mrbag60]

Amazing to think the lead singer Alex Chilton was just 16 years old when this song was recorded.

[@skilski2003]

Chilton was only 16 when he recorded this song. Great voice.

[@sa65cn1]

Great voice, great song, thanks Alex. RIP

[@radioman66]

I don't know what was going on in my world back in March but for being a radio DJ I should have known that Lolly Vegas and Alex Chilton both passed away in March two guys I've always enjoyed since I was a kid, Don't know how I missed them both, kind of ashamed, but most of all sad! RIP both you guys as lead vocalists to groups that were part of our pop/rock culture of the 60's and 70's. :-(

[@lifeinthemix]

makes you realise that what is presented as music today is absolutely not.. Good year anhow

[@mrbag60]

And the crowd goes absolutely wild

[@spideraxis]

Darn good song.

[@brandonlefker4579]

Look how young Alex Chilton was. Amazing talent for the era and for the age of its creator.

[@chipgaasche4933]

Chilton didn't write this, Brandon.

[@wgonk]

sweet sweet....

[@billywest56]

another of the greats!! I love this man's voice.......

[@kennex96]

das lied rockt...ich könnts immer wieder anhören. schade, dass es nur knappe 2 minuten lang ist.

[@millbrand]

The older this stuff gets, the better it sounds (and feels). Proof that the arts of songwriting, arrangement and production have almost been lost.

[@boombass1]

I love that they're all smoking over there!

[@zimmy81]

always loved this song,timeless

[@antonios76]

teleio..gamato..bravo.. Greece..

[@coffeehigh420]

Thomas Boggs passed away today (drummer). It is a sad day in rock-n-roll.

[@Strangleholdintn]

The one's that are still alive know!

[@skydogclub]

a true classic....thanks Kris !

[@dustystix76]

true, but his sound is what made this song and the band :)

[@nashtndawg]

I am old and wouldn't trade it to be 16 today!

[@Ottawarocket]

A great classic, thanks for sending Kris

[@GcCDerClown]

paahhh hammer i love this song yeah

[@normenta]

awesome!

[@whitershades]

I wish someone would post their version of 'A whiter shade of pale' - for me it was the best version I have ever heard.

[@MFFilms815]

REST IN PEACE ALEX CHILTON!

[@SusannahK]

Love you Alex. Thanks for the tunes.

[@bigfootNY]

Most soulful vocal peformance by a 16 year old ever

[@LudwigVonHitmarck]

yeah this song is hammer

[@dawnkeir549]

great song fab voice

[@Spainiswonderful]

Greetings from Spain and thank you so much Marcejo for sharing this video that takes me back to the time when I was only 14 y.o. I am adding it to my favorites because of the great memories.

[@flyingfishsurf]

goodbye my friend.

[@IDontBrakeForStacy]

Alex Chilton (lead vocals) co-wrote 'In The Street' the theme from That 70's Show. The more you know.

[@InTheStudio100]

@juliejazz I love your comment, it never gets old (the humor!). Love Alex Chilton & believe in his incredible authentic voice.

[@gerladiant]

Brilliant song and what a great video , love it, thank you for posting!!!!!!!

[@spideraxis]

1967, what a memorable year for music. This is one of the best from that time. '67 was a bad time with civil unrest, Vietnam and the feminazis. But the music made it bearable. Life was less complicated, hectic and tense. Terrorism was non-existent. How I wish I could go back to those days. The music does that for me. Today's music sucks, especailly rap.

[@tommiji]

OMG *that* brought back a lot of memories!

[@wezbb]

this song is shoking

[@55runescaper]

that is some ClASSIS!!

[@paulreyno]

RIP Alex

[@ollieparsons]

Brilliant song wen on bfv play this everytime im flying :P

[@urbangypsy770]

this was such a treat to see! thanks for the post! they are all so cute, especially the drummer! :)

[@greatwhite1853]

Stereo And Sync On Point!!! Sounds Incredible... Shout Out To Kokane

[@bartonim]

Great tune. Alex Chilton went on to great fame with Big Star, although the fame actually came years after they'd called it quits.

[@Waimeafalls]

This is prob one of the 1st times The Box Tops did this show (on TV?) This is just so cute to look at. The band itself acted so shy and that's why the audience behaves like this (I tink!). If they knew this wld become a huge hit, they wldhave acted more with enthusiasm, incl. the band.

[@gabadines]

always love this song !!!!! thanks for posting :-)

[@triptofane]

Man I just love this song, simplemente me encanta esta rola... anyway, yeah....

[@notsovelvet]

This was shot before those shows with The Doors the Box Tops did, they still were good innocent guys. After that festival though they changed everything.lol Jim Morrison showed them the light.

[@marinade]

Goodbye, Alex.

[@frankuanita]

Hey Anita, yes u in Aalesund when I was on the ship (MS Leda) we played this song (crew) And I met you it was a

[@LuuKen]

oooh watch out the audiace is goin wiiild wuuuuhuu!!!! yeah !!

[@jasonboggs8968]

This was I think the only song ever written.

[@ASTROHOTROD]

His name is Alex Chilton out of Memphis, Tn. Think that's Bill Cunningham on keyboard but not sure, plays bass with them now. They got back together and were touring up until a years or so ago. May still be. I met them all in Columbia, Tn. Bill's Brother plays bass for Jerry Lee Lewis.

[@lafayette0815]

I like the drummer...he looks like a younger version of my germanteacher...

[@Spainiswonderful]

Hehehe, well PvtNoob, that 'killer' is the great Spanish actor Javier Bardem and he became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar.

[@bakednfried]

fucking awesome song.

[@lifeinthemix]

rockin

[@calvertlady]

Thats funny, was for luuKens comment :-)

[@LTF6161]

RIP Luckily he didn't want fame. If he had, he would have stayed w/ this great voice instead of his natural one.

[@mael18]

Box tops 100 % sure about that

[@lilygreen777]

In the past again.