SEPTEMBER 17, 1967 – The Doors were banned from “The Ed Sullivan Show” after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Fronted by their charismatic-but-unpredictable singer Jim Morrison, the group had recently scored its first #1 hit with “Light My Fire” and Sullivan’s show (which had helped to make instant superstars of Elvis Presley and the Beatles) was a choice booking. But the Doors’ performance that night would live on in a very different way, resulting in the group being banned from the show forever.
