John Densmore / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek / Jim Morrison (d)

As The Doors, drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and vocalist Jim Morrison wrote some of the most important songs of the rock era. Starting with their chart-topping 1967 hit “Light My Fire” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group helped define a generation. Its long album track “The End” was the soundtrack centerpiece of the movie “Apocalypse Now,” and the legendary group itself was the subject of the 1991 movie “The Doors.”

Key songs in the Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison catalog include “Light My Fire,” “Touch Me,” “Break On Through (To The Other Side),” “Hello, I Love You,” “LA Woman,” “Riders On The Storm” and “People Are Strange.”

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