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"House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the early 20th century. The authorship is unknown. The oldest known existing recording is by versatile Smoky Mountain artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933.

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The oldest known existing recording is by versatile Smoky Mountain artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933. Bob Dylan recorded it in 1961 and the Animals recorded the most popular recording in 1964.

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What state is the house of the rising sun from?

If you mean the song "House of the Rising Sun", the first line in the song is: "There is a house in New Orleans". New Orleans is in Louisiana.


Where can one download the song House Of The Rising Sun by Animals?

The song The House of the Rising Sun by Animals can be downloaded from iTunes. The song can also be downloaded on Amazon, 4Shared, Search Mp3 or Mp3Skull.


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The House of the Rising Sun is a traditional folk song dating back to at least 1937. However, the version performed by The Animals was released in 1964.


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The folk song 'House of the Rising Sun which was recorded by 'The Animals' was released in the year 1964. It became very popular in Canada, United states and UK.


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Who wrote the song House of the Rising Sun'?

Like many folk songs this is uncertain. Alan Price of "The Animals" has claimed that the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting.