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Hilton Valentine Dies: Guitarist For The Animals Was 77, Had Memorable Riff On ‘House Of The Rising Sun’

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Guitarist Hilton Valentine, whose memorable opening riff on The Animals classic House of the Rising Sun propelled the song to No.

1 in the US, died Friday at age 77. No cause of death was given, according to a statement from his former record company, Abkco.Valentine was a founding member of the British group The Animals.

The group’s House of the Rising Sun hit No. 1 in 1964 in the U.K., US and Canada, and is listed among Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of All-Time.Valentine’s other hits with The Animals include Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, It’s My Life and We Gotta Get Out of This Place, the latter particularly popular during the Vietnam War.The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.“We at Abkco have been

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