The Doors are known for skewing to the harder edge of psychedelia with their innovative music. But like any other band, they had to pay the bills, which is why a hit single every now and again helped.

“What a great opener, ‘Hello, I love you, tell me your name,'” the Doors‘ drummer John Densmore says. “Like, whoa, OK. That’s aggressive. You’re in love with me but you don’t know my credentials?” He ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The Doors saw ...