Further proof, if any is needed, that the port cities of the United Kingdom played a significant role in bringing New Orleans music, blues, rock'n'roll and classic R&B into the country. In this case we're talking Newcastle-on-Tyne, rather than Liverpool or Belfast.
Aspirants, of course, still needed to cut the mustard in the big smoke, which Mr Burdon and compsny certainly managed to do. Outstanding, at first (until the Burdon ego kicked into overdrive). File under: Geordies Hit the Big Time
Discography: Studio albums (UK) Studio albums (US)
Compilation albums Off sequence live recordings Reunion albums Post-lifetime compilations and reissues
In the music library: The Most of The Animals
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