Chip Taylor, “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning” Songwriter, Dies at 86

Chip Taylor, the singer and member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame who laid the groundwork for “Wild Thing” by The Troggs, “Angel of the Morning” by Juice Newton and “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)” by Janis Joplin, has died. He was 86. Taylor died Monday night in hospice care, according to an…