Gimme a tiggit for an arrowplane! One of the shortest #1's ever (1:58) and Billboard's rock single of the year for 1967 was the first hit from the Box Tops, featuring 16-year-old Alex Chilton on lead vocals. It was a shock when people found out this wasn't sung by some middle-aged black dude, but by a white teenager from Memphis. Written by Wayne Carson Thompson, who went on to compose a boatload of rock and country hits until he passed away in 2015. Chilton died in 2010 of a heart attack. The band just looks completely buzzed in this video, however...
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