LC control no. | nb2002056604 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Presley, Reg |
Variant(s) | Ball, Reginald Maurice |
See also | Corporate body: Troggs (Musical group) |
Birth date | 19410612 |
Death date | 20120204 |
Place of birth | Andover (England) |
Place of death | Andover (England) |
Field of activity | Rock music |
Profession or occupation | Singer Rock musician |
Found in | Wild things they don't want us to know, 2002: t.p. (Reg Presley) Telegraph WWW site, Feb. 5, 2013 (Reg Presley; b. Reginald Maurice Ball, June 12, 1941, Andover, Hampshire; his pseudonym was given to him in 1965 by the celebrated publicist Keith Altham; d. Feb. 4, 2012; lead singer with The Troggs, the pop group which notched up seven huge hits in the mid-1960s including Wild thing; in later years, he became an idiosyncratic philosopher and student of intergalactic travel) |
Associated language | eng |