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Legend has it that when Bob Dylan first heard The Animals’ version on his car radio, he jumped out of the seat! It was the moment he realized he could apply a rock rhythm to folk music, leading directly to his historic "electric" shift at the Newport Folk Festival.

Six decades later, it remains the definitive "first folk rock hit". Rising SunHD

Here are three facts that make this song—and its iconic HD promo video—so legendary: Legend has it that when Bob Dylan first

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Eric Burdon of The Animals called the song a "great trick." They performed it while touring with Chuck Berry to stand out without copying his style. It worked so well they recorded it in a single take between tour stops. Here are three facts that make this song—and

🎸 The Mystery of the Rising Sun: 60 Years of a Folk-Rock Revolution

While the song's origin is shrouded in mystery (is the "house" a prison, a brothel, or a gambling den?), the HD restorations of the 1964 promo allow us to see the raw intensity of a young Eric Burdon like never before.