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Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside.His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and had moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s.
1969 The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals, No. 153 in US; 1971 The Most of Animals, No. 18 in UK; 1973 The Best of The Animals (double album), No. 188 in US; 1973 Starportrait, No. 36 in GER; 1976 Mad Man; 1980 Eric Burdon and the Animals; 1982 Eric Burdon's Greatest Animal Hits; 1984 The Road; 1987 Star portrait; 1988 Wicked Man
Eric Burdon had objected to the trademark registration, arguing that he personally embodied any goodwill associated with "the Animals" name. Burdon's argument was rejected, in part because he had billed himself as "Eric Burdon and the Animals" as early as 1967, thus separating the goodwill associated with his own name from that of the band.
The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management. An incarnation using the name "Eric Burdon and the Animals" moved to California in 1967 and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic outfit, before disbanding at the end of the decade.
This somewhat autobiographical song tells about Burdon's father, who was a soldier during tough times, as well as young Eric's adventures - including his first cigarette at 10, to his meeting his first love at 13. The final verse shows his disillusionment with society: "My faith was so much stronger then, I believed in fellow men,
At the time of the release of the album in August 1968, both Danny McCulloch and Vic Briggs had been fired from the band earlier that summer, and Eric Burdon was seeking replacement musicians. Unlike the previous two albums, involving shared songwriting credits with band members, Every One of Us is primarily compositions solely credited to Eric ...
Winds of Change is the debut album by British-American band Eric Burdon & the Animals, released in October 1967 by MGM Records.The album was recorded following the 1966 dissolution of the original group the Animals and singer Eric Burdon's move to Los Angeles, where he and drummer Barry Jenkins formed the new Animals lineup with musicians Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch and John Weider.
A second Eric Burdon and War album, a two-disc set titled The Black-Man's Burdon was released in 1970. During the subsequent tour, Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an asthma attack, and the band continued the tour without him [9] before Burdon left the band in the middle of its European tour. They finished the tour ...