who wrote give me a ticket for an airplane
The Letter (The Box Tops song) Wayne Carson wrote "The Letter", built on an opening line suggested by his father: "Give me a ticket for an aeroplane".[4] Carson included the song on a demo tape he gave to Chips Moman, owner of American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.[4] When studio associate Dan Penn was looking for an opportunity to produce more songs, Moman suggested a local group, the DeVilles, who had a new lead singer, sixteen year-old Alex Chilton.[5] Penn gave the group Carson's demo tape for some songs to work up.[5] With little or no rehearsal, the group arrived at American Sound to record "The Letter".[6] Chilton recalled: