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The House of the Rising Sun Name", Johnson went on to become vocalist for AC/DC. The song was recorded as an electric but fairly mellow instrumental on the Deep Purple tribute album recorded by Thin Lizzy circa 1972, "Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple". Here it was simply called "Rising Sun", and credited to Leo Muller, the German businessman and label-owner. In September 1981, Dolly Parton released a cover of the song as the third single from her album "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs". Like Miller's earlier country hit, Parton's remake returns the song to its original lyric of being about a fallen