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The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in the UK and the US. Their most famous songs include the Hot 100 chart topper "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You" and "Love is All Around", all of which sold over one million copies and were awarded gold discs. "Wild Thing" is ranked #257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was an influence on garage rock and punk rock.Fronted by Reg Presley, the Troggs were from the town of Andover in southern England and were originally called the Troglodytes.
Net Worth
$1.2 Million
Profession
Soundtrack
Nicknames
The Troggs
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Fact
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At the band's first recording session, they were only allotted 45 minutes of studio time. By the time they got into the studio, set up their instruments and ran a sound check, they only had 15 minutes left. They recorded "Wild Thing" and "With a Girl Like You" in two takes in 10 minutes.
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The band took its name from "troglodyte", which is a mythical beast that lives in caves.
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1960s pop group from Hampshire, most famous for their 1966 number 2 hit "Wild Thing" although they did have a number 1 in the same year with "With A Girl Like You". Their recording of "Love is all around" also reached the top ten in the UK in 1967 and was infamously covered as "Christmas Is All Around" by Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003). Their line-up included Reg Presley, Chris Britton, Pete Staples, and Ronnie Bond.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who's Doing the Dishes?
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Les beaux jours d'Aranjuez
2016
performer: "Love Is All Around"
Electricity
2014
performer: "With A Girl Like You"
Orphan Black
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
North America
2013
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Atop the Fourth Wall
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Love Matters
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
CSI: NY
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sunset Strip
2012
Documentary performer: "With A Girl Like You" written by nm1228642
Girls
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Danville 2nd Ward Young Men
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
20 to 1
2008-2009
TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes
Pirate Radio
2009
performer: "With a Girl Like You" 1966
So You Wanna Be a Popstar
2007
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Hot Fuzz
2007
performer: "I Can't Control Myself"
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Las Vegas
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Zodiac
2005
performer: "With a Girl, Like You"
The Long Firm
2004
TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
Cold Case
2004
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Le stagioni del cuore
2004
TV Series performer: "With A Girl Like You"
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
Documentary performer: "Love Is All Around"
La bande du drugstore
2002
performer: "Wild thing"
The British Invasion Returns
2000
Video performer: "Love Is All Around", "With A Girl Like You", "Wild Thing"
Burnt Money
2000
performer: "Wild Thing"
The Match
1999
performer: "With a Girl Like You"
Get Real
1998
performer: "Love Is All Around"
I Want You
1998/I
performer: "With A Girl Like You"
Hopkins FBI
1998
Video Game performer: "I Can't Control Myself", "Lost Girl"
Tohuwabohu
1992-1998
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Shooting Stars
1997
performer: "Strange movies", "Feels like a woman"
Shine
1996
performer: "With A Girl Like You"
Full House
1993
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1991
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Beverly Hills, 90210
1991
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Flirting
1991
performer: "With a Girl Like You"
Quantum Leap
1990
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Screenplay
1990
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Wonder Years
1989
TV Series performer - 1 episode
He's My Girl
1987
performer: "Wild Thing"
Something Wild
1986
performer: "Wild Thing"
Summer in the City
1971
performer: "Girl in Black", "I Want You", "Night of the Long Grass"
