Thirteen

From 1972 album '# Record' Founded in 1971, the band had its origins in the friendship of guitarist/singers Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. The two had known each other from their early teens in Memphis. Bell led his own bands (one of which Chilton joined briefly when he was 15) and Chilton sang with a group called Ronnie and the DeVilles, which evolved into the Box Tops. The precociously soulful Chilton was only 16 years old when he sang the gruff lead on the 1967 Number One hit, “The Letter.” After recording such other hits as “Cry Like a Baby,” “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March,” and “Soul Deep,” Chilton left the Box Tops in 1969. He dabbled at solo projects at John Fry’s Ardent Recording studio in Memphis, drifted briefly to New York, and then migrated back to Memphis.

[Verse 1] Won't you let me walk you home from school? Won't you let me meet you at the pool? Maybe Friday I can get tickets for the dance And I'll take you, ooh-hoo [Verse 2] Won't you tell your dad get off my back? Tell him what we said about "Paint It, Black" Rock and roll is here to stay, come inside, well, it's okay And I'll shake you, ooh-hoo [Verse 3] Won't you tell me what you're thinking of? Would you be an outlaw for my love? If it's so, then let me know, if it's no, then I can go I won't make you, ooh-hoo