Hilton Valentine (born Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine, 21 May 1943, North Shields, Northumberland[1]) is a English musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion.
Valentine was bought into music by the skiffle craze, and played the guitar in local bands, before being invited by Chas Chandler to join the Alan Price Combo in 1963. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Skiffle is a type of Folk music with Jazz, Blues and Country influences usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the Washboard The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Bryan James "Chas" Chandler ( 18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English Musician, Record producer Alan Price (born 19 April 1941 in Fatfield, County Durham, England) is a Musician, Songwriter, Record [1] Eric Burdon was already a member and John Steel joined immediately following Valentine's arrival. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the former lead singer of The Animals and War For other persons named John Steel see John Steel (disambiguation. Within a few months, this group changed their name to The Animals.
While The Animals are often remembered most for Burdon's vocals and Price's organ, Valentine is credited with the instantly recognizable electric guitar arpeggio introduction to the Animals' signature song "The House of the Rising Sun", which inspired countless beginning guitarists. The electric organ is a muscular organ common to all Electric fish used for the purposes of creating an Electric field; a behavior used for navigation An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder In Music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the Notes are played or sung in Sequence, one after the other rather than Ringing out simultaneously A signature song is the one Song (or in some cases one of a few songs that a popular and well-established " The House of the Rising Sun " is a folk song from the United States. [2][3] It was played on his trademark Rickenbacker 330 guitar. The Rickenbacker 330 is part of Rickenbacker 's 300 series of guitars the series for which Rickenbacker is perhaps best known He went on to play and record with them, until the first incarnation of the band dissolved in September 1966.
Valentine subsequently moved to California, recorded an unsuccessful solo album entitled All In Your Head, returned to the UK, and over the years joined several Animals reunions. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [1]
Along with Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler, Alan Price and John Steel, Valentine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. This is a list of inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States
He released a new album It's Folk 'n' Skiffle, Mate! in 2004.
Valentine now resides in Connecticut. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
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References
- ^ a b c All Music Guide biography
- ^ T. This list of guitarists includes Guitarists for whom there is an article J. McGrath, "Hilton Valentine: The Sun Also Rises", Dirty Linen, June/July 2006. Dirty Linen is a Bi-monthly Magazine of folk and World music based in Baltimore Maryland. Accessed May 4, 2007.
- ^ Barry York, "House of Worship", The Age, July 9, 2004. The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 Accessed May 4, 2007.
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