The Notorious Libby Holman

You've probably heard the Animal's 1964 version of The House of the Rising Sun. Her's is spine-tingling and very appropriate for two reasons: one, in which her story gets darker and darker and two, it was written to be sung by a woman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ZGrlO7JU4

Well, there is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

And God, I know I'm one