Friday, May 29, 2009

La casa del sole, and related songs

I was noodling around on YouTube one evening, trying to find "interesting" versions of the old song "House of the Rising Sun," when I ran across this one.



This version of the song came out in 1965, and was obviously influenced by the Animals' version, although they do some nice things with harmony vocals.

"They" are sometimes referred to as Los Marcellos Ferial, and other times as I Marcellos Ferial. As well as I can piece it together from the Italian Wikipedia page on the band, Los Marcellos Ferial was created by a record company to cash in on the Italians' love of Latin American/Caribbean music. To do this, the record company kinda sorta OBSCURED the fact that the band was actually Italian...but their success continued even after their identities were exposed.

Now obviously Los Marcellos Ferial, or Eric Burdon, or Bob Dylan, or Dolly Parton, or Buck Norris weren't the only people to ever cover the song. As a matter of fact, I first learned "House of the Rising Sun" from my dad. And although he doesn't appear in the Second Hand Songs list of people who have performed the song, just about everyone else has.

The Rising Sun Blues written by traditional
The Rising Sun Blues by Clarence Tom Ashley (1932)
Rounder's Luck by The Callahan Brothers (1934)
The Rising Sun Blues by Georgia Turner (1937)
House of the Rising Sun by Libby Holman (1942)
In New Orleans by Leadbelly (1944)
House of the Rising Sun by Joshua White (1944)
House of the Rising Sun by Nina Simone (1962)
House of the Rising Sun by Bob Dylan (March 19, 1962)
House of the Rising Son by The Supremes (1964)
Le pénitencier by Johnny Hallyday (1964)
+ Les portes du penitencier by Jam [1] (2006)
House of the Rising Sun by The Animals (September 1964)
The House of the Rising Sun by Marianne Faithfull (October 23, 1964)
La casa del sole by I Marcellos Ferial (1965)
+ La casa del sole by Pooh (January 30, 2008)
House of the Rising Sun by The Brothers Four (1965)
House of the Rising Sun by The Barbarians (1965)
House of the Rising Sun by Herbie Mann (1967)
House of the Rising Sun by Trudy Pitts (1967)
Rising Sun by Catherine McKinnon (1968)
House of the Rising Sun by N. Maeda - J. Inagaki and The All Stars (September 10, 1968)
House of the Rising Sun by Tim Hardin (1969)
House of the Rising Sun by Nat Stuckey (April 1969)
The House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink (1970)
House of the Rising Sun by The Chambers Brothers (1970)
House of the Rising Sun by Mike Auldridge (1970)
House of the Rising Sun by Conway Twitty (January 12, 1970)
The House of the Rising Sun by Santa Esmeralda (1977)
House of the Rising Sun by Alan Price (1980)
The House of the Rising Sun by Dolly Parton (November 1980)
House of the Rising Sun by The Bobby Fuller Four (1984)
House of the Rising Sun by Adolescents (1987)
The House of the Dirty Scums by The Dirty Scums (1987)
La casa del sol naciente by Alejandra Guzmán (1989)
House of the Rising Sun by Tracy Chapman (November 27, 1990)
House of the Rising Sun by Theodis Ealey (1993)
House of the Rising Sun by Don McMinn (1994)
House of the Rising Sun by Sinéad O'Connor (1994)
House of the Rising Sun by Peter, Paul and Mary (November 4, 1995)
House of the Rising Sun by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1996)
House of The Rising Sun by The Walkabouts (1996)
House of the Rising Sun by Sentenced (1998)
House of the Rising Sun by Eric Burdon Brian Auger Band (June 30, 1998)
House of the Rising Sun by Don Angle (1999)
House of the Rising Sun by EverEve (1999)
House of the Rising Sun by 386 DX (2000)
House of the Rising Sun by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice (April 25, 2000)
House of the Rising Sun by Sarah Brooks with Joe Beck (2002)
House of the Rising Sun by Noel Freidline Quintet (February 19, 2002)
House of the Rising Sun by Muse (October 14, 2002)
The House of the Rising Sun by Helmut Lotti (2003)
House of the Rising Sun by Jet Jet Six (February 24, 2003)
House of the Rising Sun by Rock Nalle & The Yankees (2004)
House of the Risin' Sun by Antoine Rocks (June 28, 2005)
House of the Rising Sun by Russell Watson - The Voice (November 17, 2008)
The House of the Rising Sun by Roman (March 2, 2009)
House of the Rising Sun by The Almanac Singers


To be continued...
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