Who wrote the song 'House of the Rising Sun' covered by Eric Burden and The Animals?

Siskin

I've got the CD 'The Animals' and it says that Alan Price wrote 'Houes of the Rising Sun'. It was based on a traditional Negro folk song and they had to tone down the original, rather bawdy lyrics for their version. Jun 28 02, 11:08 AM

Demios

Siskin you are right that it was an old negro spiritual song but there's no record of who actually penned it. The story goes that when The Animals recorded it they were all under the impression that the credit became theirs - as a group. Alan Price knew better and registered the credit in HIS name only. This caused an unhealable rift between him and the rest of The Animals - especially Chas Chandler and even more so Eric Burden. The enmity was compounded when every time the group performed the track or it was aired on TV or radio, the royalties went solely to Alan Price! Since then Chas Chandler has openly stated on TV that should he come across Alan Price in the flesh he will 'chastise' him...I get the impression that that is an understatement. Jun 28 02, 6:48 PM

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