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The Doors' third studio album Waiting for the Sun (1968), was commercially very successful, reaching No. 1 in the US and France, and produced their second No. 1 single, "Hello, I Love You". Waiting for the Sun was the first Doors album to chart in the United Kingdom, where it peaked inside the Top 20.
The Best of the Doors (1997) The Doors Collection – Collector's Edition (1999) VH1 Storytellers – The Doors: A Celebration (2001) The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (2001) No One Here Gets Out Alive (2001) Soundstage Performances (2002) The Doors of the 21st Century: L.A. Woman Live (2003) The Doors Collector's Edition – (3 DVD ...
The Doors made a steady climb up the Billboard 200, ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once the edited single version of "Light My Fire" scaled the charts to become No. 1, with the album peaking at No. 2 on the chart in September 1967 (kept off the top stop by the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and going on to achieve ...
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts of the 1960s, primarily due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona and ...
L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, by Elektra Records.It is the last to feature lead singer Jim Morrison during his lifetime, due to his death exactly two months and two weeks following the album's release, though he would posthumously appear on the 1978 album An American Prayer.
Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 7, and 8 of The Soft Parade; Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on tracks 1 and 11 of Morrison Hotel; Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on tracks 2 to 9 of Morrison Hotel; John Sebastian (credited as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 1 of Morrison Hotel; Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on L.A. Woman
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, which was the source of inspiration to Morrison's lyrics. "The Unknown Soldier" has been perceived as Jim Morrison's reaction to the Vietnam War and the way that conflict was portrayed in American media at the time. [2]
The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. ISBN 978-1440803390. Fong-Torres, Ben (October 25, 2006). The Doors. New York City: Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-1401303037. Perone, J.E. (2004). Music of the Counterculture Era American History Through Music. Westwood, CT: Greenwood.