Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind "Wild Thing," "Angel of the Morning" and "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)," died March 23 at 86, ...

Chip Taylor, who was Yonkers-born James Wesley Voight and the songwriter of “Wild Thing," which was performed by the Troggs and then in an incendiary version by Jimi Hendrix, has died. He was 86.

Most people know the Voight family through two names: Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and his equally famous daughter, Angelina Jolie. But there was another Voight who quietly shaped American culture ...

His death, which occurred on Monday, March 23, was announced by the record label he founded, Train Wreck Records According to his friend and songwriting mentee Bill Vera, he died "in hospice" Chip ...

Angelina Jolie's uncle Chip Taylor - who wrote the 1966 song Wild Thing - has died at the age of 86. The sad news was announced by Taylor's friend Billy Vera, who took to Instagram on Tuesday with the ...

Yonkers songwriter Chip Taylor is dead at 86. Taylor, who was born James Wesley Voight, is famous for penning the Troggs’ 1966 rock classic “Wild Thing” as well as “Angel of the Morning,” which Juice ...

Singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, whose composition résumé included “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” died on Monday. He was 86. The death of Taylor, who was the younger brother of Academy ...

Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind rock and pop music classics including “Wild Thing,” popularized by the Troggs, and “Angel of the Morning,” made famous by both Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton, died ...

Chip Taylor, the songwriter behind rock and pop music classics including "Wild Thing," popularized by the Troggs, and "Angel of the Morning," made famous by both Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton, died ...