He left the band in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set; his hit singles with and without the group include "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear", "The House That Jack Built", "Rosetta" (with Georgie Fame) and "Jarrow Song".

A self-taught musician, he was a founding member of the Tyneside group the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed the Animals.

His organ playing on songs by the Animals, such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and "Bring It On Home to Me" was a key element in the group's success.

In the same year, he appeared in the film Don't Look Back which featured Bob Dylan on tour in the UK.

His second album, A Price on His Head (1967), featured seven songs by Randy Newman, who was virtually unknown at that time.

[5] A later association with Georgie Fame resulted in "Rosetta", which became a top-20 hit (1971), reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart.

A Gigster's Life for Me followed in 1996 and was recorded as part of Sanctuary's Blues Masters Series, at Olympic Studios in south-west London.

During the 2000s, he has continued to tour the UK with his own band and others, including the Manfreds, Maggie Bell[7] and Bobby Tench.

[11] Price appears in the D. A. Pennebaker documentary Don't Look Back (1965) and is in several scenes with Bob Dylan and his entourage, including one where his departure from the Animals is mentioned.

He also composed and sang the song "Time and Tide (I Don't Feel No Pain No More)" for the animated film The Plague Dogs (1982).

[13] On April 23, 1977, Price appeared on an episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Eric Idle.

[16] Price later provided the theme to Thames Television's 1988 sitcom adaptation of Andy Capp in the form of a rewritten "Jarrow Song".

[17] In 1992, Anderson included an episode in his autobiographical BBC film Is That All There Is?, with a boat trip down the River Thames to scatter Rachel Roberts and Jill Bennett's ashes on the waters, while Price accompanied himself and sang the song "Is That All There Is?"

supporter, although Sunderland's local rivals Newcastle United often used his version of "Blaydon Races" at matches.