The Doors Light My Fire Album Cover

We re talking about a level of awareness that ultimately involved the song being covered by people like johnny mathis and boots randolph.

The doors light my fire album cover.

You know that it would be untrue you know that i would be a liar if i was to say to you girl we couldn t get much higher come on baby light my fire come on baby. I think i owe a big debt to jos. Rothchild and released on january 4 1967. The doors originally released light my fire written by john densmore robby krieger ray manzarek and jim morrison and the doors released it on the album the doors in 1967.

You might need a. It was recorded in august 1966 and released in january 1967 on their eponymous debut album released as an edited single on april 24 1967 it spent three weeks at number one on the billboard hot 100 chart in late july and one week on the cash box top 100 nearly a year after its recording. It s really a great feeling to have written a classic. A year later it re entered the billboard.

This song by the doors is another track that was requested so often that i just had to do it although there s not much in it for a drummer. Robby krieger the doors says in a 1990 interview about the cover. The album features their breakthrough single light my fire and the lengthy song the end with its oedipal spoken word section the doors was central to the progression of psychedelic rock and. It was also covered by ripple blast singers the four kinsmen simon james ricky bee and other artists.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the doors releasing their iconic single light my fire which put them on the map in a big big way. Light my fire is a song by the american rock band the doors. The doors guitarist may have had the greatest beginner s luck in rock history. Having never completed a song the 20 year old composed light my fire the number one smash that continues.

The very best of the doors release date. You know that it would be untrue you kno. The guy who played yakety sax a k a.