![]() ![]() But he also made an impact outside of music and is likely the only rock singer to have extensively researched crop circles and UFOs, culminating in his 2002 book about the paranormal, “Wild Things They Don’t Tell Us.” He is surely the only rock singer to have devised and patented (in 1973) a fog warning system for airports that is still used today. I took a look at the lyric sheet and read: 'Wild Thing-you make my heart sing-you make everything groovy. ![]() The first one I picked up was Wild Thing. Former Klan singer Christopher John has made his first solo single. Reg Presley recalled to Mojo magazine April 2008 his initial reaction to 'Wild Thing': 'There was a guy there (at DJM) called Dennis Berger, who had a heap of demos on his desk. He also created a template for unintentional rock ‘n’ roll comedy with his profane, but highly comical, commentary during a recording session that later was released as “The Troggs Tapes.” It is believed by some fans to have inspired, at least in part, the fictional band Spinal Tap of “This is Spinal Tap” “mockumentary” film fame.Ī lifelong road dog, Presley continued his music career until December, when he was diagnosed with cancer while on a concert tour of Germany. Inelco arranged for the release in the U. ![]() Presley (real name: Reginald Maurice Ball) sang with lots of attitude, if little technical command, creating an inadvertent template for the punk-rock revolution that followed in the 1970s. ![]()
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