The Animals

It was summer 63. My friends and I heard of a new group from Newcastle upon Tyne that were up and coming. We went to The Scene Club, one of the  trendy clubs just off Piccadilly Circus. Not our usual haunt. It was a small, stuffy basement club, but the animals were on and they were fantastic. Following the Beatles success on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, the next British band with an American No.1 was the Animals with this classic, House of the Rising Sun.
I helped book them into the Polytechnic for a Saturday Dance, too. They were amazing; again. Another member of the Social Committee sold the television rights to the BBC for 8GBP ! The whole evening  was an amazing success.