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1624:Songs written by John Densmore
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1619:Songs about Los Angeles
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157:from their first album
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1281:Love Street
1050:February 2,
387:Los Angeles
216:James Brown
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179:Composition
136:Producer(s)
68:August 1966
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1598:Categories
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1429:L.A. Woman
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958:August 19,
788:Crawdaddy!
640:August 15,
398:References
265:magazine,
262:Crawdaddy!
81:Blues rock
57:1967-01-04
1582:Treetrunk
1143:The Doors
1133:The Doors
854:– Review"
852:The Doors
830:April 18,
735:March 30,
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496:The Doors
376:X version
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169:soul food
163:. Singer
160:The Doors
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129:The Doors
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1331:Touch Me
952:Archived
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729:Archived
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549:June 24,
534:"Doors,
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1044:YouTube
964:YouTube
865:July 3,
795:July 1,
698:(DVD).
579:June 6,
358:– drums
315:overdub
287:critic
275:The End
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1135:songs
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1052:2024
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