Animals - THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

About "THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN"

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada. As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song. It is listed as number 6393 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

Top songs by Animals

More about Animals music

INFO BIO DISCOGRAPHY

"THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" video by Animals is property and copyright of its owners and it's embedded from Youtube.
Information about the song "THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" is automatically taken from Wikipedia. It may happen that this information does not match with "THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN".
SONGSTUBE is against piracy and promotes safe and legal music downloading. Music on this site is for the sole use of educational reference and is the property of respective authors, artists and labels. If you like Animals songs on this site, please buy them on Itunes, Amazon and other online stores. All other uses are in violation of international copyright laws. This use for educational reference, falls under the "fair use" sections of U.S. copyright law.