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Each of the original members went on to work in the music industry in subsequent years after leaving the Box Tops.

Chilton's career path included work performing with Big Star, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, and his solo trio, as well as briefly producing groups like The Cramps.

Guitarist Talley went on to work in a variety of styles as a session guitarist and songwriter in Memphis, Atlanta, and Nashville.

Artists and producers he has worked with have ranged from Billy Preston, Hank Ballard, Chips Moman, Billy Lee Riley, Billy Joe Royal, Webb Pierce, Waylon Jennings, Tracy Nelson, Willie Nelson, and Tammy Wynette to Sam and Dave's Sam Moore, and others.

Bassist Cunningham ( son of Sun Records artist Buddy Blake Cunningham and brother of B. B.

Cunningham Jr., lead vocalist for 1960s Memphis group The Hombres, of " Let it All Hang Out " Top 40 hit fame ) won a spot in the White House orchestra in Washington, D. C., after completing his master's degree in music.

During his classical music career, he played with some of the world's best performers ; at Cunningham's last public classical music performance, for instance, he performed at the White House with Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman.

In the 1980s, he earned an MBA and changed careers.

Evans played occasionally in Memphis groups after the Box Tops, while working as a luthier, eventually switching to a computer network administrator career.

Smythe performed in Memphis soul and blues groups in the 1970s, later changing to a career in art by the 1980s, but returned to music performance in the 1990s.