A last-minute studio session produced an unexpected rock classic.

The writer penned it quickly. And the band recorded it with the same haste. Certainly, the most famous recording of the song resembles something thrown together on the fly. Yet it became one of the ...

One of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s was built on simplicity, swagger, and a sound that still feels instantly familiar today.

While The Troggs might not be considered a household name, just about everybody everywhere knows at least one of the influential '60s rock band's songs: Their 1966 #1 hit, "Wild Thing," is still ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Garage rock wasn ...

In 1993, Wet Wet Wet turned "Love Is All Around" into one of the biggest U.K. hits of all time — even though the song was nearly 30 years old by the time they recorded it. Screenwriter Richard Curtis ...

Tom Petty estate has debuted a brand-new music video for Petty and the Heartbreakers’ inspired 1982 live-in-the-studio cover of The Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing.” Tom and his band recorded the song at ...

Reg Presley, whose raunchy, suggestive voice powered The Troggs' hit "Wild Thing 45 years ago, died Monday at age 71. By Associated Press The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at ...

After half a century of music, Troggs singer Reg Presley has announced his retirement after being diagnosed with lung cancer. "I shall miss you all," Presley wrote on the Troggs official website.

The Troggs’ “Wild Thing” is controlled chaos at its best. It’s raw, it’s visceral, it’s distorted, and that’s exactly why it became one of the defining songs of the 1960s. Now, six decades later, the ...