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Hilton Valentine

Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)

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Born
May 21, 1943
Died
January 29, 2021
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1943

About Hilton Valentine

Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine was an English skiffle and rock and roll musician who was the original guitarist in the Animals. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and into Hollywood’s Rock Walk of Fame in 2001 with the other members of the Animals. Valentine continued to play and record with the Animals, until the first incarnation of the band dissolved in September 1966. In 1977, Valentine rejoined the group and recorded a reunion album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted. Valentine's last recording was "River Tyne", a 2019 video that celebrated the river close to his boyhood home.

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Hilton Valentine timeline

  1. Valentine continued to play and record with the Animals, until the first incarnation of the band dissolved in September 1966.
  2. In 1977, Valentine rejoined the group and recorded a reunion album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted.
  3. Valentine's last recording was "River Tyne", a 2019 video that celebrated the river close to his boyhood home.

The world when Hilton Valentine was born

Hilton Valentine was born in 1943. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1943

  • #1 song"As Time Goes By" – Dooley Wilson
  • Top movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Best-selling bookThe Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League founded
  • Top headlineAllies invade Italy
  • Technology milestoneLSD accidentally discovered by Albert Hofmann
  • Defining fadZoot suits
  • Notable inventionSlinky
  • World population2.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population136.7M

1943 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hilton Valentine's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19432026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$4,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population136.7M341 million

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