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Chris Bell

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Also known as Christopher Branford Bell

American singer

Person · Open Library

Born
1977
Works
23

Top works

  • Slow Cooker
  • Gatos
  • Aspects of Educational and Training Technology : Vol.22
  • Cats
  • Letts pocket guide to dogs

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Film & TV

Known for

  • Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Guardians — Alan2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1951-01-12
Active to
1978-12-27
rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
130,636
Total plays
1,146,499

Tags

power popsinger-songwriterrockpopmelancholy

Chris Bell (January 12, 1951–December 27, 1978) was a 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. Chris Bell left the group after their first album, #1 Record, but contributed some music and lyrics to their second LP, 1974's Radio City. He recorded as a solo artist for the remainder of the 1970s; two of these influential solo recordings <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/C

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Part of
27 Club
Given name
Chris
Family name
Bell
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Memphis
Place of death
Memphis
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Image
Chris Bell 2014-03-11 22-06.jpg
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member of
Big Star
date of birth
1951-01-12
date of death
1978-12-27
manner of death
accidental death
cause of death
traffic collision
start of work period
1963-00-00
Commons category
Chris Bell (American musician)
name in native language
Chris Bell
Sources (5)

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