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Jim Morrison, who died in Paris on July 3, 1971, at age 27. The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded two hit singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm," which peaked at #11 and #14, respectively, on Billboard's Hot 100. Among the record's other memorable songs is the title track, which remains a classic-rock radio staple. Doors drummer John Densmore tells ABC Audio that he thought it was brilliant how Morrison "wrote metaphorically of L.A. as a woman" in the song. John explains that with the L.A. Woman album, The Doors continued their return to their blues roo...

Jim Morrison, who died in Paris on July 3, 1971, at age 27. The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded two hit singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm," which peaked at #11 and #14, respectively, on Billboard's Hot 100. Among the record's other memorable songs is the title track, which remains a classic-rock radio staple. Doors drummer John Densmore tells ABC Audio that he thought it was brilliant how Morrison "wrote metaphorically of L.A. as a woman" in the song. John explains that with the L.A. Woman album, The Doors continued their return to their blues roo...

Jim Morrison, who died in Paris on July 3, 1971, at age 27. The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded two hit singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm," which peaked at #11 and #14, respectively, on Billboard's Hot 100. Among the record's other memorable songs is the title track, which remains a classic-rock radio staple. Doors drummer John Densmore tells ABC Audio that he thought it was brilliant how Morrison "wrote metaphorically of L.A. as a woman" in the song. John explains that with the L.A. Woman album, The Doors continued their return to their blues roo...

Jim Morrison, who died in Paris on July 3, 1971, at age 27. The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded two hit singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm," which peaked at #11 and #14, respectively, on Billboard's Hot 100. Among the record's other memorable songs is the title track, which remains a classic-rock radio staple. Doors drummer John Densmore tells ABC Audio that he thought it was brilliant how Morrison "wrote metaphorically of L.A. as a woman" in the song. John explains that with the L.A. Woman album, The Doors continued their return to their blues roo...

It’s hard to fathom today, but in the 1960s and '70s, many record companies weren’t run by corporate boards, faceless businessmen, and bean counters. There were charismatic leaders installed in positions of power, real “music men” who could catch a new band or one of their established acts at a club or concert hall, party with them until the wee hours, then show up at the office the next morning for a finance meeting — and do it all again. Larger-than-life execs with names known only to music heads and liner note readers included Ahmet Ertegun, Walter Yetnikoff, Jerry Wexler, Al Be...