LONDON (AP) — The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at best inane, but the Troggs' "Wild Thing" remains a garage rock classic more than 45 years after its release made The Troggs ...

Despite his success, Presley's credentials as a bona fide pop star were never entirely convincing. Perhaps it was the clumsy borrowing of Elvis's name (he was born Reginald Ball). His somewhat portly ...

The band enjoyed several hit songs through the decade, the biggest of which was their cover version of Chip Taylor's Wild Thing which topped the US Billboard chart and made Rolling Stone magazine's ...

Q: I’m looking for a copy of an early ’60s instrumental called “Potato Peeler” by Bobby Gregg and the G Men, but nobody has ever heard of them or the song. Is it on any album, and what can you tell me ...

The Troggs, whose frontman Reg Presley died on Monday night, lurched and lusted themselves into the global consciousness with 1966 hit “Wild Thing.” But the U.K. band’s legacy is bigger than a single ...

Q: The Troggs wrote perhaps one of the seminal early rock ’n' roll hits, “Wild Thing.” Was that their only hit?

Reg Presley, lead singer for the ‘60s garage rock group The Troggs, has died after a bout with lung cancer. He was 71. Though best known for 1966's “Wild Thing,” The Troggs made quite a few other ...

The band's website says Presley "died peacefully" on Monday, "surrounded by all of his family." NPR's Neda Ulaby tells our Newscast Desk that: Presley grew up in a small town called Andover, England, ...

Q: The Troggs wrote perhaps one of the seminal early rock ’n roll hits, “Wild Thing.” Was that their only hit? A: Although best known for recording the three-chord monster hit, “Wild Thing,” the ...

The frontman died at his home in Hampshire surrounded by his family, his daughter Karen said. The Troggs had a number of hit songs, including Wild Thing and Love Is All Around, which was covered in ...