{"id":4571,"date":"2013-02-05T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2013-02-05T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T22:14:10","slug":"rip-reg-presley-of-the-troggs-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=4571","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Reg Presley of the Troggs – LOUIE of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reg Presley<\/strong>, singer with The Troggs<\/strong>, has died at the age of 71. His death came a year after he announced he had lung cancer and retired from the band.<\/p>\n

The Troggs’ biggest hit was “Wild Thing,” which many people believe borrowed heavily from LOUIE LOUIE.<\/p>\n

The Huffington Post did a nice little write-up<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Troggs, part of the British invasion spurred by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, perfected a simple, hard-driving approach to the three-minute rock song that was miles away from the lyrical art-rock of the Beatles or the poetic songs of Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

This was rock music at its “boy meets girl” basics, with a caveman’s approach to romance \u2013 and it created such a powerful image that Presley and the band played these songs to appreciative (if smaller) audiences until illness intervened.<\/p>\n

“Wild Thing” was written by accomplished American songwriter Chip Taylor<\/strong>, whose real name is James Voight<\/strong>. He turned to his brother, the actor Jon Voight<\/strong>, for an assessment.<\/p>\n

Jon Voight said in 2007 that he fell on the floor laughing when he first heard “Wild Thing.”<\/p>\n

“I came up saying `It’s a hit! They won’t be able to get it off their tongues.’ It was such a fun song.”<\/p>\n

However, the original recording by Jordan Christopher & The Wild Ones<\/strong> in 1965 was quickly forgotten. It took the Troggs’ cover, released the following year, to make it a classic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Troggs did record LOUIE LOUIE in 1966 for their first album in the UK entitled “From Nowhere.<\/strong>..” <\/p>\n

To honor Reg, this version shall be showcased as this week’s LOUIE of the Week..<\/p>\n

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