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| name             = Eric Burdon
| image            = Eric Burdon, 1973.jpg
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| caption          = Burdon performing at the [[Audimax (University of Hamburg)|Audimax]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany, 1973
| birth_name       = Eric Victor Burdon
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1941|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]], Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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| genre            = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]|[[blues]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-burdon-mn0000154548|title=Eric Burdon &#124; Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419181815/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-burdon-mn0000154548|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| occupation       = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active     = 1960–present
| label            = {{hlist|[[SPV GmbH|SPV]]|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]|[[Sony BMG]]|[[MGM]]|[[One Way Records|One Way]]|[[Repertoire Records]]|Avenue|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]|[[Line Records|Line]]|[[Teldec]]|Flying Eye|[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[EMI]]|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|Readymade Records|[[Lojinx]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lojinx.com/releases/eric-burdon-and-the-greenhornes/eric-burdon-and-the-greenhornes |title=eric burdon & the greenhornes, the ep, buy the digital download or 12 inch vinyl ep |website=Lojinx.com |date=20 April 2013 |access-date=25 August 2015 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424160424/https://www.lojinx.com/releases/eric-burdon-and-the-greenhornes/eric-burdon-and-the-greenhornes |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| past_member_of   = {{hlist|[[The Animals]]|[[War (band)|War]]}}
| website          = {{URL|ericburdon.com}}
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'''Eric Victor Burdon''' (born 11 May 1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-burdon-declares-more_b_3566476|title=Eric Burdon Declares More|first1=Steven|last1=Rosen|date=9 July 2013|website=HuffPost|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412153631/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-burdon-declares-more_b_3566476|url-status=live}}</ref> is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[Rock music|rock]] band [[The Animals]] and the [[funk]] band [[War (band)|War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2009/01/28/soul-of-a-man-the-story-of-eric-burdon |title=Soul of a Man: The Story of Eric Burdon |website=Crawdaddy.com |date=28 January 2009 |access-date=24 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615030956/http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2009/01/28/soul-of-a-man-the-story-of-eric-burdon/ |archive-date=15 June 2011  }}</ref> 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.<ref>Anthony, T. (2007) ''Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song'', Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 144, 146</ref>

In 2008, he was ranked 57th in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019 |title=100 Greatest Singers |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=27 November 2008 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110930/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early life ==

Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne]], England. His father, Matt, was originally from [[Tyneside]]. His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and had moved to [[Scotland]] before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. He had a younger sister, Irene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/5654/Interviews/Eric-Burdon--Interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506180906/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/5654/Interviews/Eric-Burdon--Interview|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2019|title=Eric Burdon – Interview|website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk|access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref> Burdon's middle name, Victor, resulted from a reward of £25 offered by the [[List of mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne|Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne]] to mothers who gave their newly born children suitably patriotic names.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000frfc |title=BBC Four – Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll – Animal |website=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110931/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000frfc |url-status=live }}</ref>

Burdon was born to a [[working class]] family.<ref>The Animals, Harry Lime, p. 27</ref><ref>Working-Class Heroes: Rock Music and British Society in the 1960s and 1970s, David Simonelli, Lexington Books, 2013, p. 69</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/834467/eric-burdon-the-animals-singer-songwriter-reflects-on-his-50-year-journey|title=The Animals frontman Eric Burdon reflects on his 50-year journey|first=Nick|last=Dalton|date=29 July 2017|website=Express.co.uk|access-date=16 July 2023|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110931/https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/834467/eric-burdon-the-animals-singer-songwriter-reflects-on-his-50-year-journey|url-status=live}}</ref> Burdon describes his early school years as a "dark nightmare" that "should've been penned by [[Charles Dickens]]". Due to the river pollution and humidity in Newcastle he suffered asthma attacks daily. During primary school, he was "stuck at the rear of the classroom of around 40 to 50 kids and received constant harassment from kids and teachers alike." He goes on to say his primary school was "jammed between a slaughterhouse and a shipyard on the banks of the [[River Tyne|Tyne]]. Some teachers were sadistic – others pretended not to notice – and sexual molestation and regular corporal punishment with a leather strap was the order of the day."<ref name="ne4me1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ne4me.co.uk/celebrities-3/newcastle-legend-burdon-animals-147.html |title=Newcastle blues legend Eric Burdon talks about his early days and The Animals |website=Ne4me.co.uk |date=1 July 2010 |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802114942/http://www.ne4me.co.uk/celebrities-3/newcastle-legend-burdon-animals-147.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At secondary school, a teacher by the name of Bertie Brown was responsible for getting him into Newcastle College of Art and Industrial Design (now part of [[Northumbria University]]) and changing his life forever.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/burdon-eric "Burdon, Eric"]. ''Encyclopedia.com.'' Retrieved 25 September 2024.</ref> It was while studying graphics and photography at the college that he first met [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], the original drummer for the Animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/eric-burdon-the-death-of-hendrix-was-the-end-of-the-parade|title=Eric Burdon: "The death of Hendrix was the end of the parade"|website=Loudersound.com|date=10 April 2013|access-date=29 August 2021|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110932/https://www.loudersound.com/features/eric-burdon-the-death-of-hendrix-was-the-end-of-the-parade|url-status=live}}</ref> He also met a lot of other "young rebels" who shared his interest in [[jazz]], [[folk music|folk]], and movies.<ref name="ne4me1" />

Burdon started his young adult life as one of a group of people who hung out at the local jazz club, The Downbeat. He describes his friends as "like a motorcycle gang ... without the motorcycles" – they were tough, hard-drinking, and listened to American music. Burdon and fellow rocker and guitarist, American [[Jimi Hendrix]], became very close friends in the mid-sixties and remained so up until Hendrix's death in 1970. Burdon was the person Hendrix's girlfriend called when she found him overdosed on drugs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://everything2.com/title/Eric+Burdon |title=Eric Burdon |website=Everything2.com |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110934/https://everything2.com/title/Eric+Burdon |url-status=live }}</ref>

Burdon was a good friend of [[John Lennon]]. Burdon claims he was the ''eggman'' in one of Lennon's songs, "[[I Am the Walrus]]". Burdon states, "The nickname stuck after a wild experience I'd had at the time with a Jamaican girlfriend called Sylvia. I was up early one morning cooking breakfast, naked except for my socks, and she slid up beside me and slipped an [[amyl nitrite]] capsule under my nose. As the fumes set my brain alight and I slid to the kitchen floor, she reached to the counter and grabbed an egg, which she cracked into the pit of my belly. The white and yellow of the egg ran down my naked front and Sylvia began to show me one Jamaican trick after another. I shared the story with John at a party at a Mayfair flat one night with a handful of others." According to Burdon, Lennon, finding the story hilarious, replied, "Go on, go get it, Eggman", incorporating the incident into his song in tribute to the unique experience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-eric-burdon-eggman/ |title=The X-Rated Reason Why John Lennon Called Eric Burdon 'The Eggman' |website=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615110935/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-eric-burdon-eggman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
===The Animals===
[[File:Eric Burdon & the Animals.jpg|thumb|220px|Eric Burdon and the Animals, 1964]]
Burdon was lead vocalist of [[the Animals]], formed during 1962 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. The original band was the [[Alan Price]] Rhythm and Blues Combo, which formed in 1958;<ref>Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll</ref> they became the Animals shortly after Burdon joined the band. The Animals combined [[electric blues]] with rock; in the US they were considered one of the leading bands of the [[British Invasion]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Burdon: Biography, Life, Facts and Songs|url=http://www.famoussingers.org/eric-burdon|website=Famoussingers.org|access-date=28 August 2015|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808113557/http://www.famoussingers.org/eric-burdon|url-status=dead}}</ref> Along with [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Who]], [[the Hollies]], [[the Dave Clark Five]], and [[the Kinks]], the group introduced contemporary British music and fashion to American audiences. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard on the Animals' singles "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]", "[[Baby Let Me Take You Home]]", "[[I'm Crying]]", "[[Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song)|Boom Boom]]", "[[Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood]]", "[[Bring It On Home to Me]]", "[[We Gotta Get Out of This Place]]", "[[It's My Life (The Animals song)|It's My Life]]", "[[Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down]]", "[[See See Rider]]", "[[Help Me Girl]]", "[[Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)|Monterey]]", and "[[Sky Pilot (song)|Sky Pilot]]".

The Animals' keyboardist [[Alan Price]] left the band in May 1965, and drummer John Steel followed in April 1966.<ref>Johnson, Pete. "POPULAR RECORDS." Los Angeles Times 4 September 1966. ProQuest. Print.</ref> Burdon has often attributed the disintegration of the band to conflict with Price, specifically that Price had claimed sole rights and ownership to "House of the Rising Sun".<ref>Greenblatt, Mike. "The Beast in Burdon." Goldmine Fall 2013: 42–4. ProQuest. Print.</ref> Burdon and drummer [[Barry Jenkins (musician)|Barry Jenkins]] reformed the group as Eric Burdon and the Animals. Their first studio album was ''[[Eric Is Here]]'', which featured the hit single "[[Help Me Girl]]", released in December 1966, in which Burdon and drummer Jenkins teamed up with Animals' keyboardist [[Dave Rowberry]], Animals' original bassist [[Chas Chandler]], and Animals' original guitarist [[Hilton Valentine]], and session musicians arranged and conducted by Horace Ott.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PZjFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT193 |title=An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters - Peter Dunbavan - Google Books |date=28 February 2017 |isbn=9781524633455 |access-date=14 September 2022|last1=Dunbavan |first1=Peter |publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref>

Then followed a more [[psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] incarnation of the group that featured future [[Family (band)|Family]] member [[John Weider]] and was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Keyboardist [[Zoot Money]] joined during 1968 until the band broke up in 1969.<ref>Johnson, Pete. "One More Shift for the Animals." Los Angeles Times 13 May 1968. ProQuest. Print.</ref> This group's hits included the ballad "[[San Franciscan Nights]]", the [[grunge]]–[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]-pioneering "[[When I Was Young (song)|When I Was Young]]", "[[Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)|Monterey]]", the [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam-war anthem]] "[[Sky Pilot (song)|Sky Pilot]]", "[[White Houses (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)|White Houses]]" and the progressive cover of "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]".

In 1975, the original Animals reunited and recorded a studio album called ''[[Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted]]'', released in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-animals/discography/260179/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501222810/http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-animals/discography/260179/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2015 |title=Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted by The Animals |publisher=MTV |date=1 August 1977 |access-date=25 August 2015}}</ref> In May 1983, the Animals reunited with their original line-up and released the studio album ''[[Ark (The Animals album)|Ark]]'' on 16 June 1983, along with the singles "[[The Night (The Animals song)|The Night]]" and "Love Is for All Time". A world tour followed, and the concert at [[Wembley Arena]], London, recorded on 31 December 1983, was released in 1984 as ''[[Greatest Hits Live (Rip It to Shreds)]]''. Their concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 as ''Last Live Show''; the band members were augmented by [[Zoot Money]], Nippy Noya, [[Steve Gregory]] and Steve Grant. The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.

[[File:Eric Burdon 1967.jpg|thumb|Eric Burdon on the Dutch TV programme ''FanClub'' on 7 January 1967]]
Although the band Burdon formed in the late 1960s was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals, it was not until 1998 that the name Eric Burdon and the New Animals was officially adopted. The 1998 band had bassist [[Dave Meros]], guitarist Dean Restum, drummer [[Aynsley Dunbar]] and keyboard guitarist [[Neal Morse]]. They recorded ''Live at the Coach House'' on 17 October 1998, released on video and DVD in December that year. In 1999 they released ''The Official Live Bootleg No. 2'' and in August 2000 ''The Official Live Bootleg 2000'', with [[Martin Gerschwitz]] on keyboards.

In June 2003, he formed another Eric Burdon and the Animals, with keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz, bassist [[Dave Meros]], guitarist Dean Restum, and drummer [[Bernie Pershey]]. They broke up in 2005. During 2008 Burdon toured again as Eric Burdon and the Animals with a variable line-up of backing musicians.<ref>Eric Burdon vocals and percussion, [[Red Young]] keyboards and vocals, [[Hilton Valentine]] guitar and vocals, Paula O'Rourke bass and vocals, Billy Watts guitar, [[Steve Conte]] lead guitar, Tony Braunagel drums, Herman Matthews drums, Steve Murphy drums, Bobby Furgo violin</ref>

On 13 December 2008 Burdon lost a three-year legal battle to use the name "the Animals" in the UK, with drummer John Steel owning the rights, in the UK only, as a result. Steel was a member in the band's heyday and left in 1966, before the band broke up three years later; he later played in various reunion versions of the band with Burdon. Burdon still toured as Eric Burdon and the Animals, but was prevented from using the name "the Animals" in Britain while the case was under appeal. On 9 September 2013 Burdon's appeal was allowed, with him then entitled to use the band name in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musiclawupdates.com/?p=5601 |title=You can't Steel this name: Burdon of proof satisfied – Music Law Updates |website=Musiclawupdates.com |date=6 May 2020 |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jeremy |url=http://ipkitten.blogspot.nl/2013/10/you-cant-steel-this-name-burdon-of.html |title=You can't Steel this name: Burdon of proof satisfied – The IPKat |website=Ipkitten.blogspot.nl |date=30 October 2013 |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023556/http://ipkitten.blogspot.nl/2013/10/you-cant-steel-this-name-burdon-of.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, Burdon formed the current line-up of the Animals, including Johnzo West (guitar and vocals), Davey Allen (keyboards and vocals), Dustin Koester (drums and vocals), Justin Andres (bass guitar and vocals), Ruben Salinas (saxophone and flute), and Evan Mackey (trombone).<ref>{{cite web|title=ericburdon|url=http://www.ericburdon.com/#!band-1/n26of|website=Ericburdon.com|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-date=23 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323043541/https://www.ericburdon.com/#!band-1/n26of|url-status=live}}</ref>

===War===
In 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with California [[funk rock]] band [[War (American band)|War]]. In April 1970, the resulting studio album was titled ''[[Eric Burdon Declares "War"]]'' which produced the singles "[[Spill the Wine]]" and "[[Tobacco Road (song)|Tobacco Road]]". A [[double album|two-disc set]] entitled ''[[The Black-Man's Burdon]]'' was released in September 1970. The singles from their double album, "[[Paint It Black]]" and "[[They Can't Take Away Our Music]]", had moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an [[asthma]] attack, and War continued the tour without him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://berlinspectator.com/2019/05/03/the-animal-eric-burdon-to-raise-roofs-in-germany-1/|work=The Berlin Spectator|title=The Animal Eric Burdon raise roofs in Germany|date=3 May 2019|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=8 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208070230/https://berlinspectator.com/2019/05/03/the-animal-eric-burdon-to-raise-roofs-in-germany-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1976, a compilation album, ''[[Love Is All Around (album)|Love Is All Around]]'', released by [[ABC Records]], included recordings of Eric Burdon with War doing a live version of "[[Paint It Black]]" and a cover of [[the Beatles]]' song "[[A Day in the Life]]".

Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform an Eric Burdon & War reunion at the concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] London on 21 April 2008. The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by [[Rhino Records]] (UK), which released all the War albums including ''Eric Burdon Declares "War"'' and ''The Black-Man's Burdon''.{{Clear left}}

The version of the band that performed alongside Burdon in 2008 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] was not the original band but a reformed one led by the only original member, keyboardist [[Lonnie Jordan]]. This was due to a court [[injunction]]. The remaining surviving members of WAR perform as "The LowRider Band".{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

===Solo career===
Burdon began a solo career in 1971 with the Eric Burdon Band, continuing with a [[hard rock]]–[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]–funk style. In August 1971, he recorded the studio album ''[[Guilty! (album)|Guilty!]]'', which featured the [[blues shouter]] [[Jimmy Witherspoon]] and Ike White of the [[San Quentin Prison]] Band. In 1973, the band performed at the [[Reading Festival]]. At the end of 1974, the band released the album ''Sun Secrets'' followed by the album ''Stop'' in 1975. Burdon moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded the album ''Survivor'' with a line-up including guitarist [[Alexis Korner]] and keyboardist [[Zoot Money]]; the album also had a line-up of four guitarists and three keyboardists and is known for its interesting [[album cover]], which depicts Burdon screaming. The album was produced by former Animals bassist Chas Chandler. The original release included a booklet of illustrated lyrics done in ink by Burdon himself.

In May 1978, he recorded the studio album ''[[Darkness Darkness]]'' at the Roundwood House in [[County Laois]], Ireland, using [[Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio]] and featuring guitarist and vocalist [[Bobby Tench]] from [[the Jeff Beck Group]], who had left [[Streetwalkers]] a few months before. The album was eventually released in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/darkness-darkness-mw0001879695 |title=Darkness Darkness – Eric Burdon &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref> During January 1979, Burdon changed his band for a tour taking in [[Hamburg]], Germany and the Netherlands.

On 28 August 1982, the "Eric Burdon Band" including Red Young (keyboards) performed at the [[Rockpalast]] Open Air Concert at the [[Lorelei]], Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March 1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia. In 1986, Burdon published his autobiography titled ''I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm Alright Now''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-22-ca-36620-story.html|title='60s British Star Recalls Impact of Era's Music|work=Los Angeles Times|date=22 August 1996|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112011/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-22-ca-36620-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 1979, he played a concert in [[Cologne]] and changed the band's name to Eric Burdon's Fire Department,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ericburdon.com/legacy/timeline |title=Career Timeline |website=Ericburdon.com |access-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905033429/http://www.ericburdon.com/legacy/timeline |archive-date=5 September 2015  }}</ref> whose line-up included backing vocalist Jackie Carter of [[Silver Convention]], Bertram Engel of [[Udo Lindenberg]]'s "Panik Orchester" and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid 1980, they recorded the album ''The Last Drive''. "Eric Burdon's Fire Department" toured Europe with this line-up and Paul Millns and [[Louisiana Red]] made special appearances in Spain and Italy. By December 1980, the band had broken up.

In April 1981, Christel Buschmann began to film ''[[Comeback (1982 film)|Comeback]]'' with Burdon as the star. They created a new Eric Burdon Band whose line-up included [[Louisiana Red]], Tony Braunagle, John Sterling and [[Snuffy Walden]]. This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in Berlin with another line-up, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In September 1981, the final scenes of ''Comeback'' were shot in the Berlin Metropole and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America. A studio album titled ''[[Comeback (Eric Burdon album)|Comeback]]'' was released in 1982. The 1983 album ''[[Power Company (album)|Power Company]]'' also included songs recorded during the ''Comeback'' project.

[[File:Eric-Burdon 1973.jpg|thumb|Burdon at the [[Audimax (University of Hamburg)|Audimax]] in Hamburg, with the Eric Burdon Band, July 1973|alt=]]
In 1988, he put together a band with 15 musicians including [[Andrew Giddings]] – keyboards, Steve Stroud – bass, Adrian Sheppard – drums, Jamie Moses – guitar and four backing vocalists to record the studio album ''[[I Used to Be an Animal]]'' in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]], in the United States. In 1990, Eric Burdon's [[cover version]] of "[[Sixteen Tons]]" was used for the film ''[[Joe Versus the Volcano]]''. The song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single. He also recorded the singles "We Gotta Get out of this Place" with [[Katrina and the Waves]] and "No Man's Land" with [[Tony Carey]] and [[Anne Haigis]]. Later in 1990, he had a small line-up of an ''Eric Burdon Band'' featuring Jimmy Zavala (saxophone and harmonica), [[Dave Meros]] (bass guitar), Jeff Naideau (keyboards), Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with [[the Doors]] guitarist [[Robby Krieger]] and they appeared at a concert from [[Ventura, California|Ventura Beach]], California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.

On 13 April 2004, he released a "comeback" album, ''[[My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)|My Secret Life]]'', which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years. When [[John Lee Hooker]] died in 2001, Burdon had written the song "Can't Kill the Boogieman" the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony Braunagel and [[Marcelo Nova]]. In 2005, they released a live album, ''[[Athens Traffic Live]]'', with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in November 2005. He began a short touring as the "Blues Knights".

On 27 January 2006, he released his blues–R&B album ''[[Soul of a Man (Eric Burdon album)|Soul of a Man]]''. This album was dedicated to [[Ray Charles]] and [[John Lee Hooker]]. The cover of the album was a picture which was sent to Burdon a few years before. Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: [[Red Young]] (keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), [[Eric McFadden]] (guitar), Carl Carlton (guitar) and [[Wally Ingram]] (drums). They also performed at the [[Lugano]] Festival and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest" line-up, produced and hosted by [[Country Joe McDonald]].

Burdon, at 71, recorded an EP with [[Cincinnati]] garage band [[the Greenhornes]] called, simply, ''Eric Burdon & the Greenhornes''. The album was recorded at an all-analogue recording studio,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welcometo1979.com/ |title=Welcome to 1979 |website=Welcometo1979.com |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112016/https://welcometo1979.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and released on 23 November 2012 as part of [[Record Store Day]]'s "Black Friday".

In 2013, Eric Burdon came out with a new album called, ''Til Your River Runs Dry''. The [[lead single]] off the album was called "Water" and was inspired by a conversation he had with former [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet General Secretary]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-burdon-til-your-river-runs-dry-album-review/ |title=Eric Burdon, "Til Your River Runs Dry" – Album Review |website=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=11 February 2013 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112012/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-burdon-til-your-river-runs-dry-album-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other associations===
[[File:Eric Burdon at the 2008 Daffodil Festival.jpg|thumb|Eric Burdon at the Daffodil Festival at Hubbard Park, in Meriden, Connecticut, 2008]]
In 1991, Burdon and [[Brian Auger]] formed the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band" with the following line-up: Eric Burdon – vocals, Brian Auger – keyboards, vocals, [[Dave Meros]] – bass guitar, vocals, [[Don Kirkpatrick]] – guitar, vocals and [[Paul Crowder (filmmaker)|Paul Crowder]] – drums, vocals. By 1992, Larry Wilkins replaced Kirkpatrick and Karma Auger (Brian's son) replaced Crowder and in 1993 they added Richard Reguria (percussion). The live album ''[[Access All Areas (Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band album)|Access All Areas]]'' was then released. In 1994 the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band" disbanded. Burdon then formed the "Eric Burdon's i Band". The line-up included Larry Wilkins, Dean Restum (guitar), Dave Meros (bass) and Mark Craney (drums).

In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with [[Bon Jovi]], singing "It's My Life"/"[[We Gotta Get out of This Place]]" medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album ''Lost Within the Halls of Fame'', with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from ''I Used to Be an Animal''. In October 1996, [[Aynsley Dunbar]] replaced Craney on drums. ''The Official Live Bootleg'' was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of cancer. He also released the compilation albums ''Soldier of Fortune'' and ''I'm Ready'' which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1996, the lead singer of Brazilian rock band [[Camisa de Vênus]], the vocalist [[Marcelo Nova]] worked in partnership with the former lead singer of the Animals. Burdon and Nova composed the song "Black & White World" and sang in a duet on "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" on the Camisa de Venus album [[:pt:Quem É Você? (álbum)|''Quem É Você?'']], produced by Burdon.

In 2000, he recorded the song "[[Power to the People (song)|Power to the People]]" together with [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Billy Preston]] for the motion picture ''[[Steal This Movie!]]''. On 11 May 2001, the Animals were inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album ''Live in Seattle'' was recorded. Ex-War member [[Lee Oskar]] made a guest appearance on the album. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album ''Joyous in the City of Fools'' by the [[Greeks|Greek]] rock band [[Pyx Lax]], singing lead vocals on "Someone Wrote 'Save me' On a Wall".
[[File:Eric_Burdon_at_Notodden_Blues_Festival.JPG|thumb|220px|Eric Burdon in 2013]]

In 2001, his second critically acclaimed memoir, ''Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'', written with author and filmmaker J. Marshall Craig, was released in the US, followed by editions in Greece, Germany and Australia; it covers the British Invasion, moving to Los Angeles and [[Palm Springs]], and various anecdotes about Rock and Roll stardom.<ref>{{cite book|title=Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood|date=2001|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|isbn=978-1-56025-330-3}}</ref>

In 2004, in his studio album [[My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)|My Secret Life]], besides presenting the song composed in partnership with the Brazilian rocker Marcelo Nova "Black & White World", Eric Burdon shed to the English and re-recorded two songs of Marcelo Nova: "A Garota da Motocicleta" turned "Motorcycle Girl" while "Coração Satânico" became "Devil's Slide".

On 7 June 2008, Burdon performed at the memorial service of [[Bo Diddley]] in [[Gainesville, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=55a1635a-bd00-4662-9dfd-26fe5f5eb6e6 |title=Bo Diddley |website=Canada.com |date=8 June 2008 |access-date=24 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315235622/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=55a1635a-bd00-4662-9dfd-26fe5f5eb6e6 |archive-date=15 March 2014  }}</ref> During July and August 2008, Burdon appeared as the headline act of the "Hippiefest". He also recorded the single "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth]]" with [[Carl Carlton]] and [[Max Buskohl]].

On 22 January 2009 he first performed with his new band, including keyboardist [[Red Young]], guitarist Rick Hirsch, bassist Jack Bryant and drummer Ed Friedland. For a few months he was sick and did not perform except in the United States. On 26 June, he began his European tour. The band included Red Young (keyboards), Billy Watts (guitar), Terry Wilson (bass), Brannen Temple (drums) and Georgia Dagaki ([[cretan lyra]]).

On 28 January 2013, Burdon performed on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'', backed by [[the Roots]]. Fallon hyped Burdon's current album, ''Til Your River Runs Dry''. On 23 July 2013, he guested onstage with [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]] at [[Cardiff Millennium Stadium]], performing "We Gotta Get Out of This Place". In August 2013, he toured with [[Pat Benatar]] and [[Neil Giraldo]].

On 29 September 2021, Burdon performed on the Greek TV show ''Mousiko kouti''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvUXR1vtk1o|title=- YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010173004/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvUXR1vtk1o|url-status=live}}</ref> hosted by [[Nikos Portokaloglou]] and Rena Morfi.

==Ownership of "The Animals" name==
In 2008, an adjudicator determined that John Steel owned "The Animals" name in Britain by virtue of a trademark registration Steel had made in relation to the name. Eric Burdon had objected to the trademark registration, arguing that Burdon personally embodied any goodwill associated with the Animals name. Burdon's argument was rejected, in part based on the fact that he had billed himself as Eric Burdon and the Animals as early as 1967, thus separating the goodwill associated with his own name from that of the band.

In 2013 Burdon won an appeal, making him a joint owner of the Animals name.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8f37dadd-d151-446b-8e41-73207c8de751 | title=Appointed person rejects trade mark application for THE ANIMALS by former drummer | website=Lexology.com | date=7 November 2013 | access-date=2 August 2022 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112012/https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8f37dadd-d151-446b-8e41-73207c8de751 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Film career==
Burdon wanted to act in the film ''[[Blowup]]'' (1966). Director [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] wanted to use him as a musician in a club scene, but Burdon turned the role down because he had acted in films before in which he sang songs. He disbanded the Animals and went to California, where he met [[Jim Morrison]] of [[the Doors]] and decided he wanted to go into acting. Later, he turned down major roles in ''[[Zabriskie Point (film)|Zabriskie Point]]'' and ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'' (both 1970).

In 1973, he formed the Eric Burdon Band and recorded the soundtrack for his own film project, ''Mirage''. He spent much money to make this film, produced as a film for Atlantic. The film and the soundtrack were to be released in July 1974, but somehow they never were. The soundtrack was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dave Thompson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mirage-mw0000823843 |title=Mirage – Eric Burdon &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=27 February 2008 |access-date=25 August 2015 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112012/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mirage-mw0000823843 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1979, he acted in the TV film ''The 11th Victim'', then in the German film ''Gibbi Westgermany'' (1980). In 1982, he starred in another German film, ''[[Comeback (1982 film)|Comeback]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Simon Matthews|title=Looking for a New England: Action, Time, Vision: Music, Film and TV 1975 – 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHMLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1777|date=28 January 2021|publisher=Oldcastle Books|isbn=978-0-85730-412-4|page=1777|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112013/https://books.google.com/books?id=rHMLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1777|url-status=live}}</ref> again as a singer. In 1991, he made a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/03/08/cameos-doors/|title=Cameos in ''The Doors''|author=Gregg Kilday|website=Explore Entertainment|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112014/https://ew.com/movies/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, he played himself in the Greek film ''My Brother and I'',<ref name="StrongGriffin2008">{{cite book|author1=Martin Charles Strong|author2=Brendon Griffin|title=Lights, Camera, Sound Tracks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84767-003-8|page=13}}</ref> followed by a bigger role in the German film ''Snow on New Year's Eve'' (1999).

In the following years, he was credited in many documentaries and in an [[independent film]] called ''Fabulous Shiksa in Distress'' (2003), along with [[Ned Romero]] and [[Ted Markland]].
In 2007, he performed the traditional "[[Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child]]" in the drama festival film ''[[The Blue Hour (2007 film)|The Blue Hour]]'' and in a documentary about [[Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree]], called ''Nowhere Now'' (2008).

==Personal life==

Due to his asthma and need for clean air, from the 1960s Burdon lived in [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/05/03/eric-burdon-animals-performing-ojai/101206596/|title=Eric Burdon, The Animals performing in Ojai|first=Wendy|last=Dager|website=Ventura County Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicbands.com/EricBurdonInterview.html|title=Interview With Eric Burdon|last=James|first=Gary|website=www.classicbands.com}}</ref>

In 1967, Burdon married Angela "Angie" King, an [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indian]] hippie and model connected to the music scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/default/photo/Angela-King-weds-Eric-Burdon-singer-of-British-559640.php|title=Angela King weds Eric Burdon, singer of British pop group...|website=Timesunion.com|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref> The next year she left him for [[Jimi Hendrix]]: they divorced in 1969. In 1992, Steven Blurton, the father of King's son Jet James, stabbed King to death in a drug-fuelled argument, which had begun after King had forgotten she'd left Jet at an arcade to go to the pub: King then accused her then-estranged partner, Blurton, of taking Jet.<ref>Burdon, Eric. ''Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'' (2001), pp. 62–63</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-07/childhood-emotional-abuse-mental-health/103987222|title=Jet's mother was a sixties model who married rock royalty but her life met a tragic end|date=6 July 2024|via=www.abc.net.au}}</ref>

In 1972, Burdon married Rose Marks, with whom he has a daughter. They divorced in 1978.<ref name=famsing>{{cite web |url=http://www.famoussingers.org/eric-burdon |title=Eric Burdon |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=Famous Singers |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808113557/http://www.famoussingers.org/eric-burdon |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=rockport>{{cite web |url=https://rockportraits.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/the-animals/ |title=The Animals |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 September 2014 |website=Rock Portraits |publisher=Wordpress |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112525/https://rockportraits.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/the-animals/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, Burdon married Marianna Proestou, a Greek lawyer who is also his manager.<ref name=famsing/><ref name=rockport/>

In 2021, during [[COVID-19]], Burdon relocated to [[Athens]], [[Greece]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/03/sting-70th-birthday-eric-burdon-acropolis/|title=Sting Celebrates 70th Birthday with Eric Burdon Under the Acropolis|first=Theo|last=Ioannou|date=3 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/no-longer-misunderstood-an-interview-with-eric-burdon/|title=No Longer Misunderstood: An Interview With Eric Burdon|last=Benitez-Eves|first=Tina|date=14 March 2025|work=American Songwriter}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Eric Burdon discography}}
{{div col}}
'''The Animals'''
* ''[[The Animals (American album)|The Animals]]'' (1964; US)/''[[The Animals (British album)|The Animals]]'' (1964; UK)
* ''[[The Animals on Tour]]'' (1965; US)
* ''[[Animal Tracks (UK album)|Animal Tracks]]'' (1965; UK)/''[[Animal Tracks (American album)|Animal Tracks]]'' (1965; US)
* ''[[Animalisms]]'' (1966; UK)/''[[Animalization]]'' (1966; US)
* ''[[Animalism (album)|Animalism]]'' (1966; US)
* ''[[Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted]]'' (1977; as [[The Animals|the Original Animals]])
* ''[[Ark (The Animals album)|Ark]]'' (1983)
*  ''[[Greatest Hits Live (Rip It to Shreds)]]'' (1984)

'''Eric Burdon & the Animals'''
* ''[[Eric Is Here]]'' (1967; US)
* ''[[Winds of Change (Eric Burdon & the Animals album)|Winds of Change]]'' (1967)
* ''[[The Twain Shall Meet]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Every One of Us]]'' (1968; US)
* ''[[Love Is (The Animals album)|Love Is]]'' (1968)

'''Eric Burdon and War'''
* ''[[Eric Burdon Declares "War"]]'' (1970)
* ''[[The Black-Man's Burdon]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Love Is All Around (album)|Love Is All Around]]'' (1976)

'''Solo'''
* ''[[Guilty! (album)|Guilty!]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Survivor (Eric Burdon album)|Survivor]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Darkness Darkness]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Comeback (Eric Burdon album)|Comeback]]'' (1982)
* ''[[I Used to Be an Animal]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Lost Within the Halls of Fame]]'' (1995)
* ''[[My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)|My Secret Life]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Soul of a Man (Eric Burdon album)|Soul of a Man]]'' (2006)
* ''Mirage'' (2008)
* ''Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes'' (2012)
* ''[['Til Your River Runs Dry]]'' (2013)

'''Eric Burdon Band'''
* ''[[Sun Secrets]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Stop (Eric Burdon Band album)|Stop]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Power Company (album)|Power Company]]'' (1983)
* ''[[That's Live]]'' (1985)

'''Eric Burdon's Fire Dept.'''
* ''[[Last Drive]]'' (1980)
{{div col end}}

==Books==
* ''I Used to Be an Animal But I'm All Right Now'', [[Faber and Faber]], 1986, 978-0571134922<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780571129522 | title=I Used to be an Animal but I'm All Right Now by Eric Burdon | access-date=21 October 2023 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615112526/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780571129522 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=I Used to be an Animal, But I'm Alright Now|first=Eric|last=Burdon|date=6 October 1986|publisher=Faber & Faber|id={{ASIN|0571134920|country=uk}} }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{div col}}
* 1964: ''[[Get Yourself a College Girl]]''
* 1964: ''Whole Lotta Shakin'''
* 1965: ''[[Pop Gear]]''
* 1965: ''The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood''
* 1967: ''World of the Animals''
* 1967: ''The War'' (short)<ref>''"Eric Burdon, Actor"'' by Ken Stoddard. Rolling Stone Vol.1 No.2, 23 November 1967</ref>
* 1967: ''[[It's a Bikini World]]''
* 1967: ''[[Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (film)|Tonite Let's All Make Love in London]]''
* 1968: ''All My Loving''
* 1968: ''[[Monterey Pop]]''
* 1973: ''Mirage'' (never filmed)
* 1975: ''Hu-Man'' (French)
* 1979: ''11th Victim''
* 1980: ''{{Ill|Gibbi Westgermany|de}}''
* 1982: ''[[Comeback (1982 film)|Comeback]]''
* 1991: ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''
* 1998: ''My Brother And I'' (''O adelfos mou ki ego'')
* 1999: ''Snow on New Year's Eve''
* 2001: ''Plaster Caster''
* 2001: ''Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me''
* 2003: ''Fabulous Shiksa in Distress''
* 2003: ''Yes, You Can Go Home''
* 2007: ''The Blue Hour''
* 2008: ''Nowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree''
* 2010: ''Remembering Nigel''
* 2010: ''Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up'' (BBC Documentary)
* 2020: ''Eric Burdon: Rock ‘n’ Roll – Animal'' (BBC Documentary)
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author=Burdon, Eric |title=I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now|publisher=Faber and Faber|year=1986|isbn=0-571-13492-0}}
* {{cite book|author=Kent, Jeff|author-link=Jeff Kent (author)|title=The Last Poet: The Story of Eric Burdon|publisher=Witan Books|year=1989|isbn=0-9508981-2-0}}
* {{cite book|author= Egan, Sean|title=Animal Tracks – Updated and Expanded: The Story of the Animals, Newcastle's Rising Sons| publisher=Askill Publishing|year=2012|isbn= 978-0-9545750-4-5}}
* {{cite book|author=Burdon, Eric|author2=Craig, J. Marshall|title=Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|year= 2001|isbn= 1-56025-330-4}}
* {{cite book|author=Carroll, Sherry|title=Even Rock and Roll has Fairy Tales: The Flight of the Sherry Fairy|date=13 November 2014|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn= 978-1502490476}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Eric Burdon}}
* [http://www.ericburdon.com/ Eric Burdon] website
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000154548}}
* {{discogs artist|Eric Burdon}}
* {{IMDb name|121007}}
* [http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/music/talkto_the_animal38129609.html Eric Burdon] Eric Burdon Interview from 2009
* {{Pop Chronicles|29|5}}
* [http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/eric-burdon Eric Burdon Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

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