Have the children today even heard of The Animals? Hilton Valentine, guitarist for The Animals, dies at 77.
They were part of the British Invasion of the 1960s, even if they never hit the fame achieved by The Beatles, or The Who, or others.
Hilton Valentine, a founding member of British group The Animals, has died at the age of 77.
I'm sure most people will be focusing on "House Of The Rising Sun," in tributes, or even "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," but I never liked the first song, and I much prefer other versions of the 2nd. Here is "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by The Animals. It was a single in 1965, and was probably part of an album at some point.
Here is a link to "House Of The Rising Sun."
And here's a link to their version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
There is even a clip of The Animals on The Ed Sullivan show, with screaming girls in the audience for the bona fides as part of the British Invasion.
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