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Like many folk songs, "The House of the Rising Sun" is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad "The Unfortunate Rake" (also cited as source material for St. James Infirmary Blues), yet there is no evidence suggesting that there is any direct relation. [4]
The Animals sang "I'm Crying" and "The House of the Rising Sun". In December, the MGM film Get Yourself a College Girl was released, featuring the Animals and the Dave Clark Five. The Animals sang the Chuck Berry song "Around and Around" in the film. [12] By May 1965, the group was starting to feel internal pressures.
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 ...
The Animals "The House of the Rising Sun" 1 1 2 1 10 5 — 4 "Talkin' 'bout You" ... F. ^ Eighteen songs from the 1964–1965 period, licensed from EMI.
"The House of the Rising Sun" (1964) " Baby Let Me Take You Home ", a song credited to Bert Russell (a.k.a. Bert Berns) and Wes Farrell , was The Animals ' debut single, released in 1964.
The Animals' keyboardist Alan Price left the band in May 1965, and drummer John Steel followed in April 1966. [19] Burdon has often attributed the disintegration of the band to conflict with Price, specifically that Price had claimed sole rights and ownership to "House of the Rising Sun". [20]
Alan Price (born 19 April 1942) is an English musician who first found prominence as the original keyboardist of the English rock band the Animals.He left the band in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set; his hit singles with and without the group include "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear", "The House That Jack Built", "Rosetta" (with Georgie Fame) and "Jarrow Song".
Within a few months, this group changed their name to the Animals. While the Animals are often remembered most for Burdon's vocals and Price's organ, Valentine is credited with the electric guitar arpeggio introduction to the Animals' 1964 signature song "The House of the Rising Sun", which inspired countless beginner guitarists.