The Legends Of Music on Instagram: "Promotional Footage of The Animals performing “The House of the Rising Sun” on the 16th of October, 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show “The House of the Rising Sun” is an American traditional folk song, which documents a person’s misgivings in New Orleans. No one knows where this song came from. Just like all the traditional folk & blues songs that come before us, “The House Of The Rising Sun” has an unknown origin, but the earliest known version is said to have com