Ray Manzarek Fast Facts – Birthday 2/12/39

• Keyboardist for The Doors.
• Met Jim Morrison while attending UCLA for a Master of Fine Arts.
• In conjunction with Morrison’s vocals, Manzarek’s organ playing led the band.
• The Golden Scarab was his first solo album.
• Formed the band Ray Manzarek’s Nite City.
• Helped to produce the band X’s punk album Los Angeles.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
• Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger reformed in 2002 to tour singing songs from The Doors albums.
• August 16, 2012 was declared The Doors Day by the city of West Hollywood.
• Portrayed by Kyle MacLauchlan in Oliver Stone’s 1991 movie The Doors.
• Published an autobiography in 1998 titled Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors.
• Wrote two other novels titled The Poet in Exile and Love Her Madly.

Personal

• Born Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr. on February 12, 1939
• Married to Dorothy Manzarek, and they have one child together.

Discography

• Solo
  • The Golden Scarab (1974)
  • The Whole Thing Started With Rock and Roll Now It’s out of Control (1974)
  • Nite City (1977)
  • Carmina Burana (1983)
  • Love Lion (1993)
  • Atonal Head (2006)
  • Love Her Madly (2006)
  • Ballads Before the Rain (2008)
  • Translucent Blues (2011)
  • The Doors
    • The Doors (1967)
    • Strange Days (1967)
    • Waiting for the Sun (1968)
    • The Soft Parade (1969)
    • Morrison Hotel (1970)
    • Absolutely Live (1970)
    • Other Voices (1971)
    • L.A. Woman (1971)
    • Full Circle (1972)
    • Live in Vancouver 1970 (2010)

RIAA

• The Doors- multi-platinum (2007)

Awards

• Top Blues Album
  • Translucent Blues #6
  • Billboard Top 200
    • The Whole Thing Started With Rock and Roll Now It’s out of Control #150

Videos

• The Golden Scarab (full album)-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbIRet7u0o0
• The Doors- “Light My Fire”- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdV6Q-WQFeU

Links

Official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ray-Manzarek/16088054154

Official Website: http://www.raymanzarek.us/

Official Website of Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek: http://www.rayandrobby.com/

Sources

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544456/bio

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-manzarek-mn0000410307#discography

http://www.raymanzarek.us/bio/bio.html

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