Sad to hear this morning of the death of Ray Manzarek, keyboardist with The Doors, who came to notice in the UK with Light My Fire. Despite showing off Manzarek’s playing it only reached no. 49 in the charts on its first release in 1967.

Their biggest UK hit was in fact Hello I Love You (Won’t You Tell me Your Name?) which sounded as if it owed a lot to The Kinks’ All Day and All of the Night, though apparently The Doors denied the connection.

Their only other song to trouble the UK charts was the atmospheric Riders on the Storm in 1971.

Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr: 12/02/1939 – 20/05/2013. So it goes.

The Doors: Light My Fire

Another early 1970s song from a band who came to prominence in the 60s. This is great stuff.

It was released as a single but this is the long-playing version.

The Doors: Riders On The Storm