<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "House of the Rising Sun" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Sing a Song for Freedom" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "House of the Rising Sun" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Sing a Song for Freedom" (1970) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1969, the Detroit band Frijid Pink recorded a psychedelic version of "House of the Rising Sun", which became an international hit in 1970 . Their version is in 4 / 4 time (like Van Ronk's and most earlier versions, rather than the 6 / 8 used by the Animals) and was driven by Gary Ray Thompson's distorted guitar with fuzz and wah - wah effects, set against the frenetic drumming of Richard Stevers . </P> <P> According to Stevers, the Frijid Pink recording of "House of the Rising Sun" was done impromptu when there was time left over at a recording session booked for the group at the Tera Shirma Recording Studios . Stevers later played snippets from that session's tracks for Paul Cannon, the music director of Detroit's premier rock radio station, WKNR; the two knew each other, as Cannon was the father of Stevers's girlfriend . Stevers recalled, "we went through the whole thing and (and Cannon) didn't say much . Then' House (of the Rising Sun)' started up and I immediately turned it off because it wasn't anything I really wanted him to hear ." However, Cannon was intrigued and had Stevers play the complete track for him, then advising Stevers, "Tell Parrot (Frijid Pink's label) to drop God Gave Me You (the group's current single) and go with this one ." </P>

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