July 13, 1964

[Garrett]

On July 13, 1964

The Animals went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The House Of The Rising Sun.' Recorded in one take, this was the first UK No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.

Source: This Day In Music

The Animals



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[runningshoes]

Never did like that song.

 

[LG]

I like that song,,,it's about the only EC & the Animals song I can remember.

And some people might not realize the significance of a longer song making a breakthrough on radio.

Without songs like this one, and others that followed they would never have played Peter Frampton's massive hit song "Do You Feel Like We Do?"...on radio except an edited version.

 

[Lynch]

one of the ONLY songs by the animals that I like and definitely my favorite.

 

[Tray73]

Always liked that song, and Muse did a fine version of it too.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

I like that song,,,it's about the only EC & the Animals song I can remember.

It's the only one that I even know by them.

I really love the chord progression for this song. It's fantastic. A ways ago I saw some unknown bar musician play this song and it was so powerful. I wish I could have had his version because it was so much better than either The Animals' or Muse's version (sorry Tray).

 

[METALPRIEST]

Never did like that song.

 

[LG]

It's the only one that I even know by them.

Although the details are sketchy at best, I think EB & The Animals were considered a groundbreaking live band back in the 60's. In fact their appearance on the "Ed Sullivan" show was considered to be very influential back then.

Garrett might know more than I do about it though.

 

[Nololob]

I prefer the proto-metal version of it.

 

[LG]

^^...That's not a bad cover, but I prefer the original myself, even though the sound quality is not as good.