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Rolling Stone magazine included the Box Tops original at number 372 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", [1] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added it to the list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". [2] In 2011, the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [3]
As the Box Tops, they entered the studio under the guidance of producer Dan Penn to record Wayne Carson Thompson's song "The Letter".Though under two minutes in length, the record was an international hit by September 1967, reaching the Hot 100's number-one position for four weeks, selling over four million copies, earning a gold disc, and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. [2]
The November 4, 1967, issue on page 70 includes "THE LETTER" and "Box Tops" or "The Box Tops" under Britain: #6, France: #7, and Holland: #8; the one for November 18 p. 59 includes Malaysia: #10; and the rest should also check out as well. If it were done today, I'd use a different citation format, but the info is valid and verifiable.
Paul Lorin Kantner [1] (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era.
Blows Against the Empire is a concept album by Paul Kantner, released in 1970 under the name Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship. It is the first album to use the "Starship" moniker, a name which Kantner and Grace Slick would later use for the band Jefferson Starship that emerged after Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen left Jefferson Airplane .
Cabin Pressure is a radio sitcom written and created by John Finnemore and directed and produced by David Tyler.It follows the exploits of the eccentric crew of the single aeroplane owned by "MJN Air" as they are chartered to take all manner of items, people or animals across the world.
The Box Tops' song became an international Top 40 hit, charting modestly at No.22 in the UK and No.18 in the U.S. [3] It reached the Top 10 in Australia (No.7) and in Canada (No.9). [4] "Soul Deep" did best in South Africa, where it reached No.2.
Jefferson Airplane is the eighth and final studio album by San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on Epic Records in 1989. Marty Balin , Paul Kantner , Grace Slick , Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady all returned for the album and supporting tour, though Spencer Dryden did not participate. [ 5 ]