# Anyone know this version of House of the Rising Sun? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152 "2015-08-18T05:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/1 "2015-08-18T05:30:05Z")
I heard an arrangement of House of the Rising Sun on the radio once upon a time, in 1966 or 1967. I wonder if anyone knows this version, possibly including the artist or conductor or orchestra, or possibly even a You Tube link? Here are the meager clues I know: [ul][li] Heard on radio, 1966 or 1967. So, not a recent recording.[/li][li] Entirely instrumental version.[/li][li] Played entirely (or nearly so) on strings – violin and/or viola, with bass guitar accompaniment. (Possibly including some percussion, I’m not sure.)[/li][li] None of it was “electronic” sounding (like so many more recent recordings).[/li][li] Radio announcer announced it as “Casa Del Sol”, so it may have been published under that name. (There are many recordings titled “Casa Del Sol Nacimiente”, so it might be that?)[/li][li] I’m vaguely guessing that it was by one of the “Pops” orchestras of the era, e.g., perhaps Hugo Winterhalter or any one that that ilk.[/ul][/li]Does this jog anybody’s circuits? Anyone have a clue? I just spent an hour poking through the first 15 pages of a YouTube search, found lots of instrumentals, but not this one. ---
**Author:** ![McGuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@McGuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McGuffy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/2 "2015-08-18T07:15:05Z")
I found this… [House of The Rising Sun Guitar Instrumental - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dby7sB1FYE0) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/3 "2015-08-18T07:42:04Z")
Completely not what you are looking for but how about in German in a hypothetical universe where Germany won WWII? https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_artPecEaM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=LLhF-3hfYICxNhWTjWNh3LPw ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/4 "2015-08-18T08:40:55Z")
How about [this one](http://www.spaceagepop.com/music/a005.mp3)? From [Sammy Kay and His Orchestra, “Come Dance With Me Vol 2”](http://www.spaceagepop.com/rc005.htm). The album seems to be from 1965, but hearing it in 1966 seems reasonable. It’s a bit less stringy than you described, though. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/5 "2015-08-19T21:35:22Z")
Thanks for the leads so far. Can’t listen on this old machine at the moment, but I will when I fire up my newer one. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/6 "2015-08-19T22:16:45Z")
> [@McGuffy](#): > > I found this… > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dby7sB1FYE0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dby7sB1FYE0) Not the one, but _very_ nice rendition! > [@DWMarch](#): > > Completely not what you are looking for but how about in German in a hypothetical universe where Germany won WWII? > > [https://youtu.be/x\_artPecEaM?list=LLhF-3hfYICxNhWTjWNh3LPw](https://youtu.be/x_artPecEaM?list=LLhF-3hfYICxNhWTjWNh3LPw) Gesundheit! 🙂 > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > How about [this one](http://www.spaceagepop.com/music/a005.mp3)? From [Sammy Kay and His Orchestra, “Come Dance With Me Vol 2”](http://www.spaceagepop.com/rc005.htm). The album seems to be from 1965, but hearing it in 1966 seems reasonable. It’s a bit less stringy than you described, though. Nice try! But, barely recognizable as House of the Rising Sun. My Apple laptop can’t or won’t play it, but my vintage Win XP machine, running on a restored Zilog Z-80 clone, sort of did. The version I remember was played entirely (or mostly) on bowed strings (violins/violas) with strong beat on bass. I found it highly … _haunting._ I got it recorded on a tape recorder, and I know exactly where that tape was last known to reside – 30-some years ago. (I gave it to a friend from college.) No idea if I that might still exist, and/or still be in playable shape, and/or be recoverable. ☹ ETA: IIRC, it may have had some portion of the melody played on bass too. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-this-version-of-house-of-the-rising-sun/728152/7 "2015-08-19T23:48:55Z")
[101 Strings orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvMmVzAlXeQ), perhaps? If not then going through the various versions on youtube or [amazon digital music](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=house+of+the+rising+sun) would be your best bet.