THE TROGGS: (Singing) You make everything groovy.ĬHIP TAYLOR: My name is Chip Taylor, originally James Wesley Voight. SIMON: Although most people these days consider the classic version to be the 1966 recording by The Troggs. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Kermit the Frog, singing) Wild thing, bum, bow, bom. HANK WILLIAMS, JR.: (Singing) You make my heart sing. Originally performed by a New York band called The Wild Ones, the song's publisher has issued 7,500 licenses for recordings. "Wild Thing" was released 50 years ago this month. SIMON: You were expecting another anniversary of the Magna Carta? But he also made an impact outside of music and is likely the only rock singer to have extensively researched crop circles and UFOs, culminating in his 2002 book about the paranormal, “Wild Things They Don’t Tell Us.” He is surely the only rock singer to have devised and patented (in 1973) a fog warning system for airports that is still used today.We now observe an important historical milestone.
He also created a template for unintentional rock ‘n’ roll comedy with his profane, but highly comical, commentary during a recording session that later was released as “The Troggs Tapes.” It is believed by some fans to have inspired, at least in part, the fictional band Spinal Tap of “This is Spinal Tap” “mockumentary” film fame.Ī lifelong road dog, Presley continued his music career until December, when he was diagnosed with cancer while on a concert tour of Germany. Presley (real name: Reginald Maurice Ball) sang with lots of attitude, if little technical command, creating an inadvertent template for the punk-rock revolution that followed in the 1970s.
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