Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1941
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Don't let me be misunderstood
- Psychedelic World of Eric Burdon
- I used to be an Animal but I'm all right now
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Newcastle, England, UK
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter, rocker and actor. He was the vocalist of The Animals and the funk band War.
Known for
- The Stones and Brian Jones — Self - The Animals2024
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties — Self2024
- Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal — Self2019
- Melody Makers2019
- Up to Snuff — Self2018
- Calling All Earthlings2018
- Back Beat — Himself2016
- The Amazing Nina Simone — Self2015
- B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 — Self2015
- Born In Chicago — Self2013
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 239,120
- Total plays
- 1,470,061
Tags
rockbluesblues rockclassic rockhard rock
Eric Victor Burdon (May 11, 1941 in Newcastle, England) is a singer. He formed The Animals in 1963, a blues rock group who were one of the early influences of punk rock. They were known for their organ-guitar sound and Burdon's aggressive show performance, screaming, growling and howling. In September 1966 he formed Eric Burdon & The Animals, a psychedelic/progressive/hard rock group, who influenced grunge, heavy metal and the modern alternative rock genre. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eri
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,641x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,511x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
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Key facts
- Born
- Eric Victor Burdon , ( 1941-05-11 ) 11 May 1941 (age 85) , Walker , Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Genres
- Rock R&B soul funk blues
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 1960–present
- Labels
- SPV Polydor Universal Sony BMG MGM One Way Repertoire Records Avenue Rhino Line Teldec Flying Eye Sanctuary Columbia EMI Decca Readymade Records Lojinx
- Member of
- Eric Burdon & the Animals
- Formerly of
- The Animals War The Party Boys
- Website
- ericburdon .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 11 May 1941
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Walker
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock and roll
- Instrument
- voice
Article
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the original lineup of the R&B and rock band the Animals and the funk band War. He is currently the lead vocalist of the present day lineup of Eric Burdon & the Animals. Burdon is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice and is known for his intense stage performances.
In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
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