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Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside.His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and had moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s.
Eric Burdon had objected to the trademark registration, arguing that he personally embodied any goodwill associated with "the Animals" name. Burdon's argument was rejected, in part because he had billed himself as "Eric Burdon and the Animals" as early as 1967, thus separating the goodwill associated with his own name from that of the band.
A group with Burdon, Jenkins and new sidemen John Weider (guitar/violin/bass), Vic Briggs (guitar/piano) and Danny McCulloch (bass) was formed under the name Eric Burdon and Animals (or sometimes Eric Burdon and the New Animals) in December 1966.
1969 The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals, No. 153 in US; 1971 The Most of Animals, No. 18 in UK; 1973 The Best of The Animals (double album), No. 188 in US; 1973 Starportrait, No. 36 in GER; 1976 Mad Man; 1980 Eric Burdon and the Animals; 1982 Eric Burdon's Greatest Animal Hits; 1984 The Road; 1987 Star portrait; 1988 Wicked Man
An incarnation using the name "Eric Burdon and the Animals" moved to California in 1967 and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic outfit, before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had ten Top Twenty hits on both the UK charts and US charts .
I Used to Be an Animal is a studio album by English singer Eric Burdon, released in 1988 by Metronome Records.It was his first studio album in almost four years. It was recorded at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California.
"Mama Told Me Not to Come", also written as "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and Stereophonics' version also reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.
"Monterey" is a 1967 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals. The music and lyrics were composed by the group's members, Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch, and Barry Jenkins. The song provides an oral account of the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, at which the Animals performed.