"The House of the Rising Sun'' by The Animals (Print by Morgan Howell)The most successful version of The House of the Rising Sun was recorded by English rock group The Animals in 1964. It was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Canada. Alan Price of the Animals has claimed that the song was originally a sixteenth century English folk song about a Soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its familiar New Orleans setting. Strictly limited to