On this day in 1967, The Doors scored their first No. 1 hit with “Light My Fire,” transforming them from cult favorites into international pop stars and embodiments of the era’s counterculture. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the band was comprised of vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. Subsequent albums and songs included “People Are Strange,” “Love Me Two Times” and “The End” in 1967; “Hello, I Love You” and “Touch Me” in 1968; and “L.A. Woman” and “Riders on the Storm” in 1971. The Doors were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, more than two decades after Morrison died unexpectedly in 1971 at the age of 27.
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