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The House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals

Artist Biography For The Animals

The Animals Were A British Rock Band Of The 1960s Formed In Newcastle. They Were Part Of The British Invasion Being One Of The Most Popular Bands Of Their Era. Known For Their Gritty Raw Bluesy Sound And Hard-Voiced Frontman Eric Burdon As Exemplified By Their Signature Songs House Of The Rising Sun And Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood The Band Underwent Numerous Personnel Changes While Influencing The Later Heavy Metal Music With The Riffs Of Their Rock Songs Such As We Gotta Get Out Of This Place And It's My Life. They Emerged As An Exponent Of Psychedelic Music Before Dissolving At The End Of The Decade. In 1983 They Had A Comeback And Toured For Six Months Before Disbanding Forever. History First Incarnation Formed In Newcastle-Upon-Tyne During 1962 And 1963 When Burdon Joined The Existing Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo The Original Line-Up Comprised Eric Burdon vocals Alan Price organ And Keyboards Hilton Valentine guitar John Steel drums And Bryan "Chas" Chandler bass . The Animals' Moderate Success In Their Hometown And A Connection With The Yardbirds Manager Giorgio Gomelsky Motivated Them To Move To London In 1964 In Time To Be Grouped With The British Invasion. They Performed Fiery Versions Of The Staple Rhythm And Blues Repertoire Jimmy Reed John Lee Hooker Nina Simone Etc . Signed To The Columbia Graphophone Subsidiary Of EMI A Rocking Version Of The Standard "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" retitled Baby Let Me Take You Home Was Their First UK Hit Single. It Was Followed In June 1964 By The Huge Transatlantic Hit "House Of The Rising Sun". Burdon's Howling Vocals And The Dramatic Arrangement Created Arguably The First Folk Rock Hit. Whether The Arrangement Was Inspired By Bob Dylan's Version Of The Song which In Turn Was Inspired By Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk Or By Blues Singer Josh White's who Recorded It Twice In 1944 And 1949 Or By Singer/pianist Nina Simone who Recorded It In 1962 On At The Village Gate Predating Dylan's Interpretation Remains A Subject Of Dispute As Does Whether All Five Animals Deserved Credit For The Arrangement And Not Just Price. The Animals' Two-Year Chart Career Masterminded By Producer Mickie Most Featured Singles That Were Intense Gritty Pop Covers Such As Sam Cooke's Bring It On Home To Me And The Nina Simone Number Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. In Contrast Their Album Tracks Stayed With Rhythm And Blues With Hooker's Boom Boom And Ray Charles' I Believe To My Soul Being Notable Examples. Burdon's Powerful Deep Voice And The Use Of Keyboards As Much Or More Than Guitars Were Two Elements That Made The Animals' Sound Stand Out. By May 1965 The Group Was Starting To Feel Internal Pressures. Price Left Due To Personal And Musical Differences As Well As A Fear Of Flying On Tour He Went On To A Successful Career As A Solo Artist And With The Alan Price Set. Mickey Gallagher Filled In For Him On Keyboards For A Spell Until Dave Rowberry Replaced Him And Was On Hand For The Hit Working-Class Anthems We Gotta Get Out Of This Place And It's My Life. Around That Time An Animals Big Band Even Made A One-Time Appearance. Many Of The Animals' Hits Had Come From Brill Building Songwriters Recruited By Most The Group And Burdon In Particular Felt This Was Too Restrictive. As 1965 Ended The Group Switched To Decca Records And Producer Tom Wilson Who Gave Them More Artistic Freedom. In Early 1966 MGM Records Their American Label Collected Their Hits Onto The Best Of The Animals It Became Their Best-Selling Album In The U.S. In February 1966 Steel Left And Was Replaced By Barry Jenkins A Leftover Cover Of Goffin-King's Don't Bring Me Down And The Powerful Hard Rock Tune See See Rider Were The Last Hits As The Animals. By This Time Their Business Affairs "were In A Total Shambles " According To Chandler who Would Go On To Manage Jimi Hendrix And The Group Disbanded. Even By The Standards Of The Day When Artists Tended To Be Financially Naïve The Animals Made Very Little Money From Their Successes Eventually Claiming Mismanagement And Theft On The Part Of Their Manager Mike Jeffery. Second Incarnation A Group With Burdon Jenkins And New Sidemen John Weider guitar/violin/bass Vic Briggs Alias Antion guitar/piano And Danny McCulloch bass Was Formed Under The Name Eric Burdon And The New Animals or Sometimes Just Eric Burdon & The Animals In October 1966 And Changed Direction. The Hard-Driving Blues Was Transformed Into Burdon's Version Of Psychedelia As The Former Heavy-Drinking Geordie who Later Said He Could Never Get Used To Newcastle "where The Rain Comes At You Sideways" Relocated To California And Became A Spokesman For The Love Generation But Also A Former Heavy Metal Act And One Of The Upcoming Stars Of The Genre Such As Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin And Deep Purple.. Some Of This Group's Hits Included "San Franciscan Nights" "Monterey" a Tribute To The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival And The Anti-War "Sky Pilot". There Were Further Changes To This Line-Up George Bruno a/k/a Zoot Money Keyboards Was Added In April 1968 And In July 1968 Andy Summers sic guitar —later Of The Police—replaced Briggs And McCulloch. By 1969 These Animals Had Dissolved And Eric Burdon Joined Forces With A Latin Group From Long Beach California Called War. The First Hit Under Eric Burdon & War Was The Funky/chill-Out Song Spill The Wine. The Group With 8 Members Disbanded In July 1971. Later Incarnations The Original Animals Line-Up Of Burdon Price Valentine Chandler And Steel Briefly Reunited For A Benefit Concert In Newcastle In 1968 For An Album In 1977 And Again For An Album And Tour supplemented By Zoot Money On Keyboards And Steve Grant On Guitar In 1983. Chandler Died In 1996. In The 2000s Burdon Has Toured With A New Set Of Musicians Under The Name "Eric Burdon And The Animals". Periodically During The 1990s And 2000s Valentine Steel And Dave Rowberry Toured Under The Name " Hilton Valentine's The Animals" And Valentine And Steel Under The Name "Animals II". Rowberry Died In 2003. As Of 2005 "Animals & Friends" Was Also Active Consisting Of Steel And Mickey Gallagher This Group Frequently Play Gigs On A Color Line Ship That Travels Between Scandinavia And Germany. Legacy The Original Animals Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1994. Their Influence Can Be Heard In Artists As Varied As The Doors Bruce Springsteen Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Canned Heat David Johansen Joe Cocker Fine Young Cannibals Iggy Pop Mando Diao And Many Many More. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The House of the Rising Sun

"The House Of The Rising Sun" Is A Folk Song From The United States. Also Called "House Of The Rising Sun" Or Occasionally "Rising Sun Blues" It Tells Of A Life Gone Wrong In New Orleans. Depending On The Version The Song May Be Sung From The Perspective Of A Woman Or A Man. The Most Successful Version Was Recorded By The English Rock Group The Animals In 1964 Which Was A Number One Hit In The United Kingdom United States Sweden And Canada. The Animals' Version Was Also A Part Of The Soundtrack For The Martin Scorsese 1995 Film Casino. The Animals Had Begun Featuring Their Arrangement Of "House Of The Rising Sun" During A Joint Concert Tour With Chuck Berry Using It As Their Closing Number To Differentiate Themselves From Acts Which Always Closed With Straight Rockers. It Got A Tremendous Reaction From The Audience Convincing Initially Reluctant Producer Mickie Most That It Had Hit Potential And Between Tour Stops The Group Went To A Small Recording Studio On Kingsway In London To Capture It. Recorded In Just One Take On 18 May 1964 It Started With A Famous Electric Guitar A Minor Chord Arpeggio By Hilton Valentine. The Performance Took Off With Eric Burdon's Lead Vocal Which Has Been Variously Described As "howling" "soulful" And "deep And Gravelly As The North-East English Coal Town Of Newcastle That Spawned Him." Finally Alan Price's Pulsating Organ Part Completed The Sound See Vox Continental . Burdon Later Said "We Were Looking For A Song That Would Grab People's Attention " And They Succeeded "House Of The Rising Sun" Was A True Trans-Atlantic Hit Topping Both The U.S. Pop Singles Chart In September 1964 When It Became The First British Invasion Number One Unconnected With The Beatles And The UK Pop Singles Chart Two Months Earlier In July Of That Year It Was The Group's Breakthrough Hit In Both Countries And Became Their Signature Song. The Song Was Also A Hit In A Number Of Other Countries. The Animals' Rendition Of The Song Is Recognized As One Of The Classics Of The British Invasion. Writer Lester Bangs Labeled It "a Brilliant Rearrangement" And "a New Standard Rendition Of An Old Standard Composition." It Ranked Number 122 On Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time List. It Is Also One Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. The RIAA Placed It As Number 240 On Their Songs Of The Century List. In 1999 It Received A Grammy Hall Of Fame Award. And Besides Critical Acclaim It Has Long Since Become A Staple Of Oldies And Classic Rock Radio Formats. A 2005 Five Poll Ranked It As Britons' Fourth Favourite Number One Song Of All Time.

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