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Remembering 'The Letter': The Box Tops' No. 1 Hit 59 Years Ago with 16-Year-Old Alex Chilton

This song topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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1967 No. 1, including sound of real airplane, was at the top of the charts 59 years ago

The No. 1 song on September 27, 1967, was by the Box Tops, and not only was the singer only 16, the track also included the ...
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Remembering 'The Letter': The Box Tops' No. 1 Hit 59 Years Ago with 16-Year-Old Alex Chilton

Fifty-nine years ago today, blue-eyed soul group The Box Tops were topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit song “The Letter.” Released in August 1967 as the lead single from their debut ...