The music scene mourns the loss of Hilton Valentine.
While his name should be more familiar to experts, his band made one of the greatest radio hits ever.
Hilton Valentine
has died at the age of 77.
The guitarist made rock history with
The Animals
.
He also wrote the intro to the radio mega-hit "
House Of The Rising Sun
".
London - Former guitarist for British band
The Animals
,
Hilton Valentine
has died.
The record label
ABKCO Music & Records announced
on
.
Valentine died on Friday (January 29th).
He was 77 years old.
"As a founding member of The Animals, Valentine was a guitar pioneer who influenced the sound of rock and roll for decades," the statement said.
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04/07/1983: A photo of Hilton Valentine (back row, left) with the band The Animals.
© Joseph Schaber / AP / dpa
The Animals: Guitarist Hilton Valentine dies - He played the iconic intro to "House Of The Rising Sun"
The Animals had their greatest success with their version of the blues song "
House Of The Rising Sun
", which stormed the charts worldwide in 1964.
And which is probably one of the greatest radio hits ever.
Other well-known tracks were “Don't let me be Misunderstood” and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”.
Valentine was born on May 21, 1943 in North Shield, northeast England.
In 1963 he founded the band The Animals together with Eric Burdon as singer, bassist Chas Chandler, keyboardist Alan Price and drummer John Steel.
The band split in 1966, but performed repeatedly together.
The Animals: Guitarist Hilton Valentine dies - Great sadness in the rock scene
"The sudden news of Hilton's death breaks my heart," said Burdon, paying tribute to his deceased bandmate, who also gave the legendary guitar riff from "House of the Rising Sun" back, via Instagram: The opening opus of Rising Sun will never sound like this again as before, ”wrote Burdon on Instagram.
"You didn't just play it, you lived it!" He added: "Rock in Peace".
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The news caused
great consternation
in the rock scene
.
The media have recognized the services of Hilton Valentine.
Many other musicians like the band
Mungo Jerry
("In The Summertime") or
Stevie Van Zandt
bow to Valentine on Twitter.
Van Zandt recalls: “When I couldn't find an original mix of 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, he went to the attic and got it for me,” he writes, expressing love and condolences to Valentine's widow Germaine, his Family and friends.
(dpa / AFP / lin)
List of rubric lists: © Joseph Schaber