Songwriter and musician best known for the enduring hit Wild Thing, made famous by the Troggs and Jimi Hendrix In a career spanning seven decades, Chip Taylor, who has died aged 86 of cancer, wrote ...

Chip Taylor, who was Yonkers-born James Wesley Voight and the songwriter of “Wild Thing," which was performed by the Troggs and then in an incendiary version by Jimi Hendrix, has died. He was 86.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chip Taylor, the Songwriters Hall of Fame member who penned tracks for artists such as Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin, died on ...

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 ...

He was the youngest brother of actor Jon Voight. By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital Director, West Coast Chip Taylor, the hitmaking songwriter behind “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” has died ...