Ray Manzarek

E465489

Ray Manzarek was an American keyboardist, composer, and co-founder of the rock band The Doors, known for his distinctive organ sound that defined much of the group's music.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ray Manzarek canonical 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
film director
human
keyboardist
musician
record producer
writer
associatedAct Manzarek–Krieger NERFINISHED
Nite City NERFINISHED
The Doors NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath bile duct cancer
coFounderOf The Doors NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-02-12
dateOfDeath 2013-05-20
educatedAt DePaul University NERFINISHED
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Polish American NERFINISHED
familyName Manzarek NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork film
literature
music
fullName Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. NERFINISHED
genre acid rock
blues rock
psychedelic rock
rock
givenName Raymond NERFINISHED
instrument Vox Continental organ NERFINISHED
keyboards
organ
piano
memberOf The Doors NERFINISHED
notableFeature distinctive organ sound that defined much of The Doors' music
notableWork L.A. Woman (album) NERFINISHED
Light My Fire (song, as performer and co-arranger) NERFINISHED
Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors (memoir) NERFINISHED
Riders on the Storm (song, as performer and co-arranger) NERFINISHED
Strange Days (album) NERFINISHED
The Doors (self-titled debut album) NERFINISHED
The Poet in Exile (novel) NERFINISHED
occupation author
composer
film director
keyboardist
record producer
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Dorothy Aiko Fujikawa NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Doors hasMember Ray Manzarek
Jim Morrison bandMate Ray Manzarek
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States hasBurial Ray Manzarek
subject surface form: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery