THE TROGGS (UK)

The band hailed from the town of Andover in Hampshire, England which is about 120 kms west of London. The founding members were Reg Presley and Ronnie Bond who had been in school together. Early on they called themselves The Troglodytes, but soon shortened it to The Troggs. In 1965 they were signed by The Kinks’ manager, Larry Page who arranged for their debut single, ‘Lost Girl’ to be released on CBS records. Other than getting to 16 in Sweden, the song did very little else. However, their follow up, ‘Wild Thing’, would be a major hit, getting to 2 in the UK and topping the charts in the US. They would go on to see a total of 10 UK hits, reaching the top spot with ‘With A Girl Like You’ and 4 US hot 100 hits, but no further chart toppers there. One of their hits, ‘Love Is All Around’, was covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1994 and used in the film ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ which starred Hugh Grant. The Wet Wet Wet version would top the UK charts for 15 weeks, the 3^rd best weeks at 1 for any song at that time. The Troggs version would peak at 5.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
17-Jun-1966	Wild Thing	5	13
02-Sep-1966	With A Girl Like You	1 (4)	15
17-Feb-1967	Anyway That You Want Me	6	9
31-Mar-1967	Give It To Me	4	16
05-Jan-1968	Love Is All Around	1 (2)	15
26-Apr-1968	Little Girl	15	7
31-May-1968	Little Red Donkey	2	12
29-Nov-1968	You Can Cry if You Want To	1 (4)	14
19-Mar-1971	The Raver	15	4
23-Jun-1972	Feels Like A Woman	7	10
		Total hits	10
		Total weeks	115

Biggest climber awards	9
Star rater climbs	13
Biggest fallers	6
Weeks with oldest in the charts	11
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	26
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	9
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	106
Top 30 points ranking	18
Top 20 points ranking	15
Top 30 points	2545
Top 20 points	1395

The Troggs would be the 9^th act to clock up 10 hits but were the second to get to 100 weeks (after Tom Jones). They would be the 3^rd act to reach 10 weeks at 1 (beaten by Tom Jones and The Bee Gees).