Wednesday 11 May 2011

Britain is a country whose old men remember his voice and when they were young men and say "Happy Birthday" to Eric Burden









Eric :
* was born Eric Victor Burdon in Newcastle, where, in 1962 he was founding member and vocalist of 'The Animals' which was formed out of the 'Alan Price Combo'

* with the band, combined electric blues with rock and in the USA were one of the leading bands of the 'British Invasion' along with 'The Beatles', 'The Who', 'The Rolling Stones', 'The Dave Clark Five' and 'The Kinks'.

* did his best work at this time and before Alan Price left the group in late 1966


1964 : 'The House of the Rising Sun'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcY-uo51QTE

1965 : 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3azMQLBN_0A

1965 : 'We Gotta Get out of This Place'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNEiZhpinY


1967 :'When I was young' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur30bn_3G58

P.S.
Eric has been ranked '57th' in 'Rolling Stone's list of 'The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.

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