Chris Bell
Power pop, Musical Artist
1951 – 1978
Who was Chris Bell?
Christopher Branford "Chris" Bell was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s. Bell left the group after Big Star's first album, #1 Record, failed to find commercial success. Bell recorded as a solo artist for the remainder of the 1970s; two of these influential solo recordings, "I Am the Cosmos" and "You and Your Sister", were released on a 1978 single on Car Records. These two songs became popular among collectors of Big Star-related items, and were later included on Bell's posthumously released 1992 solo album I Am the Cosmos. Still in Rock described Chris Bell as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1951
Memphis - Also known as
- Bell, Chris
- Christopher Branford Bell
- Christopher Branford "Chris" Bell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Memphis
- Died
- Dec 27, 1978
Memphis
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on July 23, 2013
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