Who sang the original version of 'take a look at my girlfriend'?!
Question:
Who sang the original version of 'take a look at my girlfriend'?
also was it The Animals who sung 'the house of the rising sun'?
Answers: (a) Supertramp
(b) Yes. Supertramp: "Breakfast in America"
House of the Rising Sun:
The best-known rendition of the song is by the English group The Animals in 1964.
Like many classic folk ballads, the authorship of "The House of the Rising Sun" is uncertain. Folklorist Alan Lomax, author of the seminal 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, wrote that the melody was taken from a traditional English ballad and the lyrics written by a pair of Kentuckians named Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. Other scholars have proposed different explanations, although Lomax's is generally considered most plausible[citation needed]. The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is a euphemism for a brothel, but it is not known whether or not the house described in the lyrics was an actual or fictitious place. Supertramp. I think in the seventies
It definitely wasn't the Animals supetramp Yes it was
Breakfast in Amercia - Supertramp from the LP Breakfast in America. supertramp yes it was the animals that sung house of the rising sun Im pretty sure that Toto sang the first version of that "take a look at my girlfriend" song. & im pretty sure that The Animals sang "House of the Rising Sun" authorship of house of the rising sun is uncertain.
bob dylan did it, and The Animals did it, but it's just a traditional folk song. go to my source, it has more info. Supertramp, Animals yes. Super Tramp sung the original Breakfast in America (not Take a Look at My Girlfriend), and Yep, Eric Burden and the Animals did indeed sing The House of the Rising Sun. Coo, my youth comes back to me with that one! lol:-D The house of the rising sun is an old folk hymn
the real name of the other is Breakfast in America Supertramp by album of the same name Supertramp
Breakfast In America Lyrics
Supertramp
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They got to have 'em in Texas
Cos everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothing better to do
Don't you look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. Depending on the version, the song may be song from the perspective of a woman or a man. The best-known rendition of the song is by the English group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in both the United States and United Kingdom. Supertramp supertramp......and yes, the original is far, far better. Supertramp
Breakfast In America
released in 1979
Bob Dylan actually recorded it first.
Bob Dylan is the eponymous debut album from American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released on March 19, 1962 on Columbia Records,
"You're No Good" (Jesse Fuller) – 1:40
"Talkin' New York" (Bob Dylan) – 3:20
"In My Time of Dyin'" (trad. arr. Dylan) – 2:40
"Man of Constant Sorrow" (trad. arr. Dylan) – 3:10
"Fixin' to Die" (Bukka White) – 2:22
"Pretty Peggy-O" (trad. arr. Dylan) – 3:23
"Highway 51 Blues" (Curtis Jones) – 2:52
"Gospel Plow" (trad. arr. Dylan) – 1:47
"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" (Rev. G. Davis, Eric von Schmidt, Dave Van Ronk) – 2:37
"House of the Risin' Sun" (trad. arr. Van Ronk) – 5:20
"Freight Train Blues" (trad. arr. Dylan) – 2:18
"Song to Woody" (Dylan) – 2:42
"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 2:43
The animals version probably sold more copies.
The Animals (MGM E/SE-4264, September/1964 -- Featuring original lineup of Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Hilton Valentine, and John Steel)
"The House of the Rising Sun" (edited 2:58 single version)
"Blue Feeling"
"The Girl Can't Help It"
"Baby Let Me Take You Home"
"The Right Time"
"Talkin' 'Bout You"
"Around and Around"
"I'm in Love Again"
"Gonna Send You Back to Walker"
"Memphis Tennessee"
"I'm Mad Again"
"I've Been Around" Supertramp,song was called Breakfast In America. Super Tramp - Breakfast in America
Yes.