Released when its lead singer was working as a bricklayer, a cover of a song that initially flopped proved to be a timeless ...

In 1966, the English rock band The Troggs had a smash hit song with the single "Wild Thing." Released in April 1966, the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 30, 1966, and remained there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chip Taylor, who wrote such iconic songs as “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” has died. He was 86. Taylor died of cancer on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer/songwriter Chip Taylor onstage during An Evening With Chip Taylor at The GRAMMY Museum on August 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, ...

The whole premise of the Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing” is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, and even his own ego — utterly skeptical of any personal joy, a real ...

Chip Taylor, the prolific songwriter behind hits “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” died on Monday, March 23, at the age of 86. His death was confirmed by his record label, Train Wreck. A cause ...

Yonkers songwriter Chip Taylor is dead at 86. Taylor, who was born James Wesley Voight, is famous for penning the Troggs’ 1966 rock classic “Wild Thing” as well as “Angel of the Morning,” which Juice ...

Singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, whose composition résumé included “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” died on Monday. He was 86. The death of Taylor, who was the younger brother of Academy ...

The death of Taylor, who was the younger brother of Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight and uncle of actress Angelina Jolie, was reported in a social media post by his friend, Billy Vera, Variety ...