Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturday August 5, 1967. The hottest hit of the summer, Light My Fire, begins its second week at No.1 on the US Billboard chart. A ...

Although "Light My Fire" was written by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, it was a hit born of many hands. The song was written by Krieger over a weekend, after Jim Morrison challenged his bandmates to ...