EVB Single #2 - The House Of The Rising Sun



The House Of The Rising Sun / Talkin' 'Bout You

B-Side: Talkin' 'Bout You
Credited to: The Animals
Producer: Mickie Most
UK: Columbia DB 7301 June 1964 #1
USA: MGM K-13264 August 1964 #1 (featured an edited version of "The House Of The Rising Sun")
Pop: #1

"The House Of The Rising Sun" was from a traditional song that had also ben recorded by Bob Dylan.
"Talkin' 'Bout You" was a cover of a song made famous by Eric Burdon's hero Ray Charles.
"The House Of The Rising Sun" became the first ever #1 USA hit for a British group that had not been written by Lennon & McCartney.
The original hit single re-entered the UK charts for 6 weeks and went to #25 in 1972 and again re-entered the charts for 12 weeks in 1980 and went to #11.
Along with "We've Gotta Get out Of This Place", "The House Of The Rising Sun" has been included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's PERMANENT COLLECTION (The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll).


MGM K-13264	MGM K-13264	MGM K-13264	Columbia DB 7031
USA 1964	USA 1964	USA 1964	England 1964
(picture sleeve)	(Side-A)	(Side-B)	(plain cover)


Columbia SCMQ 1802	Odeon 7 I 3086	Columbia SCMQ 1802	Columbia DB 7301
Italy 1964	Brazil 1964	Italy 1964	Sweden 1964
(plain cover)	(picture sleeve)	(picture sleeve)	(picture sleeve)


Odeon OR-1146	Columbia C 22 791	Columbia C 22 791	Parlaphone PAL-60230
Japan 1964	Germany 1964	Germany 1964	Philipines 1965
(picture sleeve)	(art cover - yellow)	(art cover - orange)	(plain cover)


Capitol 72171	MGM K-13264
Canada Year?	USA 1964
(plain cover)	(disk jockey - plain cover)


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