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Sep 11, 2026
Legs McNeilGUEST
And it had the best music.
Legs McNeilGUEST
It had Hendrix, and then it had the Kinks, and then it had The Who, and then it had early Beatles, early Stones, The Animals.
Legs McNeilGUEST
It was just fantastic.
Legs McNeilGUEST
And then when we all became of age, it became folk rock, you know?
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And God, I know I'm one.
Anna PhoebeHOST
House of the Rising Sun by the English rock band The Animals from 1964.
Anna PhoebeHOST
It was recorded in one take.
Geoffrey BoakyeHOST
Oh, stop it.
Anna PhoebeHOST
So that's the voice of Tom Clarence Ashley.
Anna PhoebeHOST
He says that he learned the song from his grandfather, and there have been so many versions of it.
Anna PhoebeHOST
The Animals-
Geoffrey BoakyeHOST
Yeah
speaker_4NARRATOR
In this episode, Ted tells Nate about his obsession with the song House of the Rising Sun, and its journey from the hills of Kentucky to New York to London and all around the world.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He also discusses some of the many people who've interpreted the song, including Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, and The Animals.
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Pop in those earbuds and enjoy.
Nate WilcoxHOST
[instrumental music] It's time to let it roll.
Ted AnthonyGUEST
Well, there are a lot of things around there.
Ted AnthonyGUEST
I mean, this is a song that has resonated for so many people, and it's become, uh, [clears throat] an American standard, and because of that everybody thinks they know where it came from.
Ted AnthonyGUEST
And the, the most common one, uh, by far was m- the people who would tell me pretty flatly that, "Oh, The Animals wrote that in 1964." And, uh, the...
Ted AnthonyGUEST
Part of, part of the reason I became so interested and obsessed with this song is because people believe that things appear right when they first see them.
LionelHOST
I still think, and you may not understand this, it is probably the most fascinating view.
LionelHOST
Do you remember in the '60s, maybe you don't, when the Animals...
LionelHOST
Oh, people said, Eric Burdon and the Animals, oh my God, they're, they're scary.
LionelHOST
The Stone, oh my God, they were like dirty.
LionelHOST
I don't want my daughters...
LionelHOST
And the Beatles.
LionelHOST
The Beatles probably did more drugs than anybody, but it was the perception.
LionelHOST
Stones, but the Animals, hence the name.
Tom PeterssonGUEST
Rebel rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so.
Tom PeterssonGUEST
We did songs, you know, like by Manfred Mann and The Animals and I don't know, just all sort of anything that we thought was cool and that you could kinda dance to.
Tom PeterssonGUEST
You know, and of course it was a nonstop Free Bird, Free Bird, you know, but there you go.
Tom PeterssonGUEST
It's, you know, otherwise we'd be playing disco songs-
Brandon HenryHOST
Yeah, no, yeah.
Bill BlairGUEST
Even though there was a structure there, and I think The Animals wrote Wild Thing.
Bill BlairGUEST
I can't remember who actually wrote the song Wild Thing.
Brandon HenryHOST
I think it's George, George Thorogood.
speaker_0HOST
Real name George Bruno Money.
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He was a charismatic British Hammond organist and singer who achieved fame leading Zoot Money's big roll band during the 1960s mod movement before joining classic bands like The Animals.
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Camilo Sesto passed away in 2019 at the age of 72 from kidney failure.
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Legendary Spanish singer-songwriter who was a huge commercial juggernaut in the Latin pop world, famous for his vocal range and also selling over 100 million records worldwide.
speaker_0HOST
Question number 21.
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Which group sang the 1968 hit song Build Me Up Buttercup? Was it The Animals, The Foundations, or The Yardbirds? The correct answer is the foundations.
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Question number 22.
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After Sicily, what is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? Is it Crete, Sardinia, or Cyprus? The correct answer is Sardinia.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
On This Day in Music.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
In 1964, the Animals, they took the number one spot here in the US with House of the Rising Sun.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
1970.
Rod SmithCORRESPONDENT
56 years ago there, Pat.
Bob CordaroHOST
This date, 1964.
Bob CordaroHOST
After completing a series of dates in the U.K., Murph tells us the Animals played their first concert in the U.S. at the legendary Paramount Theater in New York City.
Bob CordaroHOST
They performed their number one hit in the U.S., House of the Rising Sun.
Bob CordaroHOST
And before that history, I went to University of Rochester, so I know the lore.
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