Songwriter and musician best known for the enduring hit Wild Thing, made famous by the Troggs and Jimi Hendrix ...

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Chip Taylor, best wrote songs like “Angel of the Morning” and “Wild Thing,” died Monday at the of 86. Trainwreck Records, the ...

Chip Taylor, the singer/songwriter known for hits like 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning', has died. He was 86.

Chip Taylor, who was Yonkers-born James Wesley Voight and the songwriter of “Wild Thing," which was performed by the Troggs ...