In his autobiography, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, he recalls the electrifying moment of first seeing Louis Armstrong on TV which began his love for blues music. Because of his father's line of work in electrical repair, the Burdon family had a TV by the time Eric was 10. He was born to a lower middle class family his father did electrical work in some of the clubs Burdon would later play. Burdon later recalled that his middle name "Victor" had been chosen after encouragement from the Lord Mayor, who offered new mothers £25 if their new-borns were given a patriotic "war name." īurdon states he often had a divided loyalty in his sense of place and identity. His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside. Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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