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They combined electric blues with rock and in the USA were one of the leading bands of the British Invasion. Along with The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, and The Kinks, the group introduced British music and fashion. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard in The Animals singles \"The House of the Rising Sun\", \"Sky Pilot\", \"Monterey\", \"I'm Crying\", \"Boom Boom\", \"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood\", \"Bring It On Home to Me\", \"Baby Let Me Take You Home\", \"It's My Life\", \"We Gotta Get out of This Place\", \"Don't Bring Me Down\", and \"See See Rider\".\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Eric+Burdon","playStationPath":"/stations/113507558/play","stationId":113507558,"bioPath":"/music/Eric+Burdon/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Cactus","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a41/a417dcfc1858b41e4c8ee25569e67371_md.jpg","artistName":"Cactus","artistId":130396,"station_id":285078899},{"musicPath":"/music/Steve+Miller+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d4d/d4d7989c4de9573d600dfda4fb98efc9_md.jpg","artistName":"Steve Miller Band","artistId":2449,"station_id":113282095},{"musicPath":"/music/ZZ+Top","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/24c/24cc6fc2e6dc60f8b8ae811b253c85d4_md.jpg","artistName":"ZZ Top","artistId":1701,"station_id":113274116},{"musicPath":"/music/Seasick+Steve","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/963/963dfa4f3429b313b93e786a26eb21dd_md.jpg","artistName":"Seasick Steve","artistId":13324,"station_id":113405049},{"musicPath":"/music/Anders+Osborne","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ea1/ea1d1243cfffda1fa6bd2b62a53dad07_md.jpg","artistName":"Anders Osborne","artistId":55218,"station_id":259303659},{"musicPath":"/music/Santana","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d5c/d5c7da00dda5d4c07dcec8c8c1b527bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Santana","artistId":1457,"station_id":113263341},{"musicPath":"/music/Stevie+Ray+Vaughan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/89f/89f2ec20e3f1cd8a212ae6cd911ecba8_md.jpg","artistName":"Stevie Ray Vaughan","artistId":10499,"station_id":113268277},{"musicPath":"/music/Janis+Joplin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/786/786d784e043f1c874a6d307779598c0d_md.jpg","artistName":"Janis Joplin","artistId":459,"station_id":113266929},{"musicPath":"/music/Mountain","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/444/44468b4de5210f24e313a358f8941727_md.jpg","artistName":"Mountain","artistId":12251,"station_id":113294093},{"musicPath":"/music/Jimi+Hendrix","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/873/873dfcd700f4b71ab534b5c68d2b828e_md.jpg","artistName":"Jimi Hendrix","artistId":468,"station_id":113272258},{"musicPath":"/music/Bad+Company","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0d6/0d67db3b863b5863a85351349599c371_md.jpg","artistName":"Bad Company","artistId":8799,"station_id":113268985},{"musicPath":"/music/Rick+Derringer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/deb/deb079f4d59ae55c46813491659f335b_md.jpg","artistName":"Rick Derringer","artistId":5695,"station_id":113454081},{"musicPath":"/music/Robert+Plant","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/39e/39e8415ffe111f657feb49a06b29c171_md.jpg","artistName":"Robert Plant","artistId":2439,"station_id":113294425},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Fabulous+Thunderbirds","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6aa/6aa3ec7d6a1e1b1ab367d9b56ff5c235_md.jpg","artistName":"The Fabulous Thunderbirds","artistId":5236,"station_id":113349380},{"musicPath":"/music/Robin+Trower","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/efc/efce7d99263a5a3566dd694adfea4aa0_md.jpg","artistName":"Robin Trower","artistId":10873,"station_id":113294726},{"musicPath":"/music/Gov+t+Mule","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c62/c6285ddc274e9f7462d612612a914be9_md.jpg","artistName":"Gov't Mule","artistId":11441,"station_id":113261864},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Paul+Butterfield+Blues+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e01/e01c12282cbc46a8f1a67db0aed08609_md.jpg","artistName":"The Paul Butterfield Blues Band","artistId":5220,"station_id":113305057},{"musicPath":"/music/George+Thorogood","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bde/bdef8f129aa8f60bc844607d2ddb1066_md.jpg","artistName":"George Thorogood","artistId":106448,"station_id":283089863}]}