The Animals were a British rock band formed in the 1960s, known for their blues-influenced sound and hits like House of the Rising Sun and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. Their iconic style and ...

The legendary blues song “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of those tunes with a murky origin story. Who wrote it? Was there a single person to do so? It’s unclear. The traditional folk song is ...

Nobody is quite sure how old "The House Of The Rising Sun" is. The song might refer to an old women's prison in Louisiana or to a brothel that was open in New Orleans in the 1860s and '70s, though ...