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Fact #169040

When:

27071968

Short story:

UK pop weekly Top Pops reports that Viv Briggs and Danny McCulloch have quit Eric Burdon and The Animals. Briggs is replaced by Andy Summers – later to find fame as a member of The Police.

Full article:

Eric Burdon : Vic and Danny felt they wanted to seek their own musical directions. They wanted to hang on with me until they got things sorted out, but I told them to leave straight away. There was no point in them staying. I want to get things moving quickly.
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