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The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is often understood as a euphemism for a brothel, but it is uncertain as to whether the house described in the lyrics was an actual or a fictitious place. One theory is that the song is about a woman who killed her father, an alcoholic gambler who had beaten his wife.
"The House of the Rising Sun," a traditional American southern folk song, "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough," which was famously used in Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' song "Ida Red," [7] and "Granny Will Your Dog Bite." [8] Realizing he has been defeated, the Devil lays his golden fiddle at Johnny's feet.
In June 1964, the transatlantic number-one hit "The House of the Rising Sun" was released. Burdon's vocals and the particular arrangement, featuring Price's haunting organ riffs, created perhaps the first folk-rock hit. [10] [11] In October 1964, the Animals visited New York for concert dates and an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In the four-song set, U2 and Green Day performed "Wake Me Up When September Ends" followed by a medley of the American folk song "The House of the Rising Sun," Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", and U2's "Beautiful Day" as a seven-piece band, augmented by the Rebirth Brass Band, the New Birth Brass Band, Troy Andrews, and Big Sam Williams.
After the band's first album, singer Jimmy Goings was brought in to replace Leroy Gomez. In late 1977, Santa Esmeralda scored a top 20 disco hit with a dance version of another song made famous by the Animals, "The House of the Rising Sun". In 1978, they recorded the song "Sevilla Nights" for the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack.
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The album includes several R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker, as well as the number one single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of the Animals, and later CD and digital reissues of The ...
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