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Danny Smythe (August 25, 1948 – July 6, 2016) [1] was an American drummer and a founding member of The Box Tops, an American rock band. Smythe was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
10. Juli 2016 · The Memphis-based pop group the Box Tops, who had hits like "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby", lost their founding drummer Danny Smythe on July 6, 2016. He was 67 years old and died of unknown causes. Smythe also painted murals and illustrations for advertising agencies after leaving the music industry.
Danny Smythe. Born August 25, 1948, Memphis Tennessee. After quitting the Box Tops in December 1967, Danny formed a 15 piece soul group call the Fifth Movement, a group built based on influence from Danny’s having toured with Wilson Picket and other soul acts as a member of the Box Tops in the autumn of 1967. The Fifth Movement played ...
The Box Tops is an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1967. They are best known for the hits "The Letter", "Cry Like a Baby", "Choo Choo Train," and "Soul Deep" and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period.
- 1967–1970, 1996–2010, 2015–present
- Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
10. Juli 2016 · Danny Smythe, the original drummer for the Box Tops, died on Wednesday. No further details have been released on his passing.
14. Juli 2016 · Danny Smythe was a drummer and co-founder of the American rock band The Box Tops, best known for the hits "The Letter", "Cry Like a Baby", and "Soul Deep". He died on July 6, 2016 at the age of 67. The web page also lists other notable musicians who passed away in the same month.
THE BEATLES had not yet spearheaded “the British invasion” of pop music in the USA when Danny Smythe was given his first set of drums as a present on his fifteenth birthday in August of `63. While still learning to play, he responded to an announcement posted by two guitarists from Memphis’ Bartlett High School, Mike Wright and Ronnie Carnie.
