Reg Presley

born on 12/6/1941 in Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom
died on 4/2/2013 in Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Reg Presley
Reg Presley (born Reginald Maurice Ball, 12 June 1941) is an English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer with prominent 1960s rock and roll band The Troggs, whose biggest hit was "Wild Thing". He was born in Andover, Hampshire.
His most famous composition is "Love Is All Around". When this song was covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1994, it stayed at #1 in the UK Singles Chart for fifteen weeks.
In 1990 Presley began to develop an interest in the paranormal, in particular crop circles. He used the royalties from the Wet Wet Wet cover of "Love Is All Around" to fund his research into the area and outlined his findings in a book, Wild Things They Don't Tell Us, which was published in October 2002.[1]
References
- Reg Presley's 'Wild Things They Don't Tell Us'. BBC Wiltshire. Retrieved on 20 March 2010.
External links
- [Reg Presley at All Music Guide Profile at AllMusic.com]
The Troggs | |
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Chris Britton · Pete Lucas · Dave Maggs · Reg Presley Ronnie Bond · Colin Fletcher · Richard Moore · Tony Murray · Pete Staples | |
Studio albums | From Nowhere...The Troggs · Wild Thing · Trogglodynamite · Cellophane · Love Is All Around · Mixed Bag · Contrasts · Troggs · The Troggs Tapes · Black Bottom · AU · Athens Andover |
Live albums | Trogglomania · Live at Max's Kansas City |
Compilations | Best of The Troggs · Best of The Troggs Volume II · With a Girl Like You · Vintage Years · The (Original) Troggs Tapes · Hit Single Anthology · Archaeology (1967-1977) · The EP Collection |
Singles and EPs | "Lost Girl" · "Wild Thing" · "With a Girl Like You" · "I Can't Control Myself" · "Any Way That You Want Me" · Troggs Tops · "Give It to Me" · "Night of the Long Grass" · "Hi Hi Hazel" · "Love Is All Around" · Troggs Topps Volume 2 · "Little Girl" · "Surprise Surprise" · "You Can Cry If You Want To" · "Hip Hip Hooray" · "Evil Woman" · "Easy Lovin'" · "Lover" · "The Raver" · "Lazy Weekend" · "Everything's Funny" · "Listen to the Man" · "Strange Movies" · "Good Vibrations" · "Summertime" · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" · "I'll Buy You an Island" · "Feeling for Love" · "Just a Little Too Much" · "I Love You Baby" · "Black Bottom" · "Every Little Thing" · "Don't You Know?" |
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