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The Troggs

Index The Troggs

The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English beat music band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964. [1]

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  1. 100 relations: Alex Higgins, Andover, Hampshire, Any Way That You Want Me, Athens Andover, Athens, Georgia, Bang Bang You're Dead (film), Beat music, Bill Nighy, Blowup, Brian May, Buzzcocks, Cellophane (The Troggs album), Childhood's End (album), Columbia Records, Dwarves (band), Flirting (film), Fontana Records, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Freakbeat, From Nowhere, Garage rock, Georgia (U.S. state), Give It to Me (The Troggs song), Gladiators (1992 British TV series), Good Vibrations, Hi Hi Hazel, Hopkins FBI, I Can't Control Myself, Iggy Pop, Internet Archive, Jimi Hendrix, Jo Burt, Jonathan Demme, Kick Out the Jams, Larry Page (singer), Lester Bangs, Lost Girl (song), Love Actually, Love Is All Around, Lung cancer, MC5, McGraw Hill Education, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Michael Van Wijk, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mixed Bag (The Troggs album), Monterey International Pop Festival, MTV Unplugged, Music recording certification, Neda Ulaby, ... Expand index (50 more) »

  2. British Invasion artists
  3. English protopunk groups
  4. Freakbeat groups
  5. Hansa Records artists

Alex Higgins

Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history.

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Andover, Hampshire

Andover is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England.

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Any Way That You Want Me

"Any Way That You Want Me" is a song written by Chip Taylor that was first released in September 1966 by Tina Mason as the B-side to her single "Finders Keepers".

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Athens Andover

Athens Andover is a collaborative album between the Troggs and what was then three-quarters of R.E.M. Released in March 1992, the name of the album is derived from the hometowns of the two bands: Andover, Hampshire, in England, and Athens, Georgia, in the United States.

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Athens, Georgia

Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Bang Bang You're Dead (film)

Bang Bang You're Dead is a 2002 American thriller drama television film directed by Guy Ferland and written by William Mastrosimone.

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Beat music

Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Bill Nighy

William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor.

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Blowup

Blow-Up (sometimes styled as Blowup or Blow Up) is a 1966 psychological mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti.

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Brian May

Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist.

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Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Bolton in 1976.

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Cellophane (The Troggs album)

Cellophane is a 1967 studio album by British garage rock band The Troggs.

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Childhood's End (album)

Childhood's End (subtitled Lost & Found from the Age of Aquarius) is a compilation album of cover songs by Norwegian experimental collective Ulver.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Dwarves (band)

The Dwarves are an American punk rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois and based in San Francisco, California as of 2009.

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Flirting (film)

Flirting is a 1991 Australian coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by John Duigan.

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Fontana Records

Fontana Records is a record label that was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell.

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Freakbeat

Freakbeat is a loosely defined subgenre of rock and roll music developed mainly by harder-driving British groups during the Swinging London period of the mid-to late 1960s.

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From Nowhere

From Nowhere is the debut album by the English band the Troggs, released in 1966.

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Garage rock

Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Give It to Me (The Troggs song)

"Give It to Me" is a song by English rock band the Troggs, released as a single in February 1967.

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Gladiators (1992 British TV series)

Gladiators is a British sports entertainment game show, produced by London Weekend Television, presented by Ulrika Jonsson and narrated by John Sachs, and originally broadcast on ITV.

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Good Vibrations

"Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love.

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Hi Hi Hazel

"Hi Hi Hazel" is a song first released by soul band Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band as a single in July 1966.

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Hopkins FBI

Hopkins FBI is a 1998 point-and-click adventure game from MP Entertainment, most famous for very large (at the time) amounts of gore.

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I Can't Control Myself

"I Can't Control Myself" is a song by English rock band the Troggs, released as a single in September 1966.

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Iggy Pop

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster. The Troggs and Iggy Pop are Hansa Records artists.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.

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Jo Burt

Jo Burt (born 1956) is an English rock musician.

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Jonathan Demme

Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions.

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Kick Out the Jams

Kick Out the Jams is the debut album by American rock band MC5.

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Larry Page (singer)

Leonard Davies (9 November 1936 – 19 April 2024), known professionally as Larry Page, was an English pop singer and record producer, primarily from the late 1950s until the early 1970s and briefly in the 1990s.

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Lester Bangs

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist and critic.

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Lost Girl (song)

"Lost Girl" is a song by British rock band the Troggs, written by lead singer Reg Presley (credited under his birth name R. M. Ball).

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Love Actually

Love Actually is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis.

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Love Is All Around

"Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band the Troggs.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung.

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MC5

MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July.

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Michael Van Wijk

Michael Van Wijk (born 30 September 1952) is an Indian-born English bodybuilder, professional sportsperson, actor and TV presenter.

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Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian director and filmmaker.

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Mixed Bag (The Troggs album)

Mixed Bag (released in North America as Love Is All Around) is a 1968 studio album by British garage rock band The Troggs.

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Monterey International Pop Festival

The Monterey International Pop Festival was a three-day music festival held June 16 to 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California.

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MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged is an American television series on MTV.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Neda Ulaby

Neda Ulaby (ندى علبي, born 1970) is an American reporter for National Public Radio, covering arts, cultural trends and digital media.

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress, model and producer.

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Night of the Long Grass

"Night of the Long Grass" is a song by English rock band the Troggs, released as a single in May 1967.

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Noah Taylor

Noah George Taylor (born 4 September 1969) is an Australian actor.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Ocarina

The ocarina (otherwise known as a potato flute) is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute.

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Oliver Reed

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle and heavy drinking.

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Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC.

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Page One Records

Page One Records, established in 1966, was the UK independent record label, owned by the producer/manager, Larry Page.

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Penny Farthing Records

Penny Farthing Records was a British independent record label, established in 1969 by the British record producer Larry Page as a progression from his mildly successful 1960s record label, Page One Records.

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Plastic Penny

Plastic Penny were a British 1960s pop band, formed in November 1967 before splitting up in August 1969.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.

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Proto-punk

Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

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R.E.M.

R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.

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Radio Song

"Radio Song" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., released as the fourth single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991), where it appears as the opening track.

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, and dramatist.

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.

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RealPlayer

RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks.

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Reg Presley

Reginald Maurice Ball (12 June 1941 – 4 February 2013), known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer and songwriter.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring song ranking compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.

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Rosa Honung

Rosa Honung is a record company started in the early 1980s and focused on punk rock.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Shine (film)

Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.

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Something Wild (1986 film)

Something Wild is a 1986 American comedy thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme, written by E. Max Frye, and starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta.

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Spiritualized

Spiritualized (stylised as Spiritualized®) are an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire, by Jason Pierce (often known as J. Spaceman), formerly of Spacemen 3.

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Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.

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Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)

Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music show made by ABC Weekend TV, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America) is a 2009 comedy drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s.

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The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The Troggs and The Byrds are musical groups established in 1964.

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.

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The Good Night

The Good Night is a 2007 fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jake Paltrow.

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The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. The Troggs and The Kinks are beat groups and British Invasion artists.

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The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records

The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1983.

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The Troggs Tapes

The Troggs Tapes is a bootleg recording of the English rock band the Troggs.

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The Zombies

The Zombies are an English rock band formed in St Albans in 1961. The Troggs and The Zombies are beat groups and British Invasion artists.

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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap (also known as This Is Spın̈al Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi) is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film co-written and directed by Rob Reiner (in his feature directorial debut).

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Trogglodynamite

Trogglodynamite is the second studio album by the English rock band The Troggs, released in 1967 (picture shows the German edition, the UK version had a completely different cover).

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Ulver

Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album Bergtatt, were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band has since evolved a fluid and increasingly eclectic musical style, blending genres such as experimental rock, electronica, ambient, trip hop, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise, progressive and experimental music into their oeuvre.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Virgin Books

Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.

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Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish soft rock band formed in 1982. The Troggs and Wet Wet Wet are Mercury Records artists.

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Wild Thing (The Troggs song)

"Wild Thing" is a song written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by the English rock band the Troggs.

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With a Girl Like You

"With a Girl Like You" is a song by English rock band the Troggs, released as a single in July 1966.

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See also

British Invasion artists

English protopunk groups

Freakbeat groups

Hansa Records artists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troggs

Also known as Chris Britton (musician), Listen to the Man (The Troggs song), Pete Staples, Ronnie Bond, The trogs, Troggs.

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