Singer Eric Burdon of British rock band The Animals appears on NBC musical variety series 'Hullabaloo', USA, circa 1965. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Before the 1960s ...

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Fans of Eric Burdon and the Animals lost their temper on March 1, 1967, when a show failed to go ahead – then later marched through the streets to apologize to cops. In a remarkable early example of ...

He invented the genre of the white guy singing low.” After The Animals split, Burdon helped usher in 70s street funk with Californian groove-lords War. Yet none of it ended prettily. Eric Burdon is a ...

The song put the young band on the rock and roll map, and they never looked back.

The outspoken civil rights activist Nina Simone co-wrote “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” and first recorded the song in 1964. She was known for her fiery temper and violent outbursts. More than once, ...