Song Hits Magazine – Pop Star of The Month (May 1969)

Jim Morrison of the Doors is quiet and unassuming almost to the point of shyness, treating all questioners with equal sincerity and thinking carefully about each question before answering it to what is obviously the best of his ability. Even after months of clamouring journalists – all asking basically the same questions – he is …

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Rock Singer Released on $5,000 Bond

Published in the LA Times Jim Morrison, 25, lead singer of the rock group “The Doors” was free on $5,000 bond Friday after surrendering to the FBI here on a Miami lewd and lascivious conduct charge. The FBI said Morrison gave up to a U.S. commissioner Thursday and was released on bond. The charge stems …

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Fugitive ‘Doors’ Surrenders

Published in the Miami News By IAN GLASS Rock singer Jim Morrison surrendered to the FBI in Los Angles last night on a charge arising out of a controversial appearance he made at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium a month ago. A fugitive warrant had been issued on the 25-year-old Morrison, charging him with flight to …

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DOORS LATCH SRO BIZ AT FILMORE EAST, N.Y.

VARIETY MAGAZINE Apparently death is a popular topic among hippies, yippies, or whatever disenchanted youths call themselves this year. This is a conclusion that can be reached from the sellout performances of The Doors last weekend at Fillmore East, Bill Graham’s new rock ‘n’ roll h.q. in New York. A total of 10,000 buffs showed …

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Billboard Article – Doors Ring Bell, Fans Wail at Garden Date

NEW YORK- A 20-minute intermission seemed almost too long to wait for some 20,000 fans as they booed and stomped their feet waiting for the Doors’ concert Saturday (25) at Madison Square Garden. The Doors capped the bill which also starred the Staple Singers. But the highly excitable audience cheered and applauded equally as loud …

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Variety – January 29, 1969

THE DOORS (MADISON SQ. GARDEN, N.Y.) The Doors, one of the top rock combos which is now flying high on the success of a new Elektra single. “Touch Me,” made a triumphant return to New York Friday night (24) after many months in absentia. The Doors pulled some 20,000 very young patrons to Madison Square …

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Ooo, They Lit The Garden’s Fire!

Daily News article by Donald Flynn A West Coast rock group called the Doors slammed into Madison Square Garden last night and 20,000 screaming teenyboppers tried to rip them off their hinges. The Doors, for the benefit of any squares who read this, are the new Beatles led by and Elvis Presley type named Jim …

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Alexandra Tacht Article – 1969

Morrison finally did it. He culminated his career as sex symbol of the decade by dropping his pants in front of umpteen thousand screaming teenies in Miami. Exit Morrison who hopped the country and lef in his wake 35,000 teens turning on a Decency Rally behind Jackie Gleason and Anita Bryant to show that Miami …

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Doors New Riot – Concert Tour a Smash in Phoenix, AZ

Published in Rolling Stone PHOENIX, ARIZ.—The Doors will never play the Arizona State Fair again. And a relatively small riot (for the Doors) has been blown up into a bad publicity campaign that has already cost them a TV special date. The Doors were booked into the Veterans War Memorial Coliseum in Goldwater-land for one …

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Doors Can Provide Instant Enlightenment Through Sex

Published in the Los Angeles Free Press BY GENE YOUNGBLOOD The Doors’ new album, “Strange Days,” is a landmark in rock music. It ventures beyond the conventional realm of musical expression: it has become the theater. The cruel theater of Artaud, and of “Marat/Sade.” The theater of shock, and of McClure’s “The Beard.” The theater …

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