The Doors

Number one songs:
-Light My Fire[1967]
-Waiting for the Sun[1968]


10 Most Interesting facts

1. On September 17, 1967, the Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform "Light my Fire," using the lyric "Girl, we couldn't get much higher," despite their agreement to remove the line.

2. Jim Morrison died at age 27; the same age as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, and Kurt Cobain.

3. Morrison died under mysterious circumstances on July 3, 1971. His body was found in the bathtub of his apartment. It was concluded that he died of a heart attack, although it was later revealed that no autopsy had been performed before Morrison's body was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery on July 7.

4.The Miami Incident occurred on March 1, 1969 in Miami Florida, where Morrison gave a very controversial performance.The rioting crowd was subjected to Morrison's interested signing, emotional outburst, screaming challenges to the audience, and irrelevant statements. The confusion and taunts led to control situations, such as Morrison exposing himself, that resulted in an abrupt end to the show.


5. The Doors' debut LP was recorded in August of 1996. It featured most of the songs from their set, including the 11-minute musical drama, "The End". The band recorded the album in a few days in late August and early September 1966, almost entirely live in the studio with many songs captured in a single take.

6. Morrison and Manzarek directed a promotional film for the lead single "Break On Through", a significant advance in the development of the music video genre.

7. In 1971, following the recording of L.A. Woman, Morrison decided to take some time off and moved to Paris with girlfriend, Pamela Courson. He had visited the city the previous summer and seemed content to write and explore the place.

8. By June, he was again drinking heavily. On June 16, the last known recording of Morrison was made when he befriended two street musicians at a bar and invited them to a studio. The results were released in 1994 on a bootleg CD titled The Lost Paris Tapes.

9. In 2002 Manzarek and Krieger reunited and created a new version of The Doors, called "The Doors of the 21st Century." The lineup was fronted by Astbury, with Angelo Barbera from Krieger's band on bass.

10. In 1991, director Oliver Stone released his film The Doors, starring Val Kilmer as Morrison. Kilmer's impersonation and the film itself were praised by critics, despite its inaccuracies. Members of the group criticized Stone's portrayal of Morrison as an out-of-control sociopath.













February 12, 1939: Ray Manzarek was born.

December 8, 1943: Jim Morrison was born.

December 1, 1945: John Densmore was born.

January 8, 1946: Robby Krieger was born.

July 29, 1967: “Light My Fire” by the Doors is the biggest-selling single in the U.S.

July 29, 1967: The Doors hit #1 with “Light My Fire.”

September 17, 1967: Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform “Light My Fire,” and despite their agreement to omit the line “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” Jim Morrison performs the song with the controversial lyric intact.

July 28, 1968: Hello, I Love You (The Doors) was a hit.

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