Jim Morrison: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Jim Morrison. Sep 15, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 29, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 04, 2025
Add new Web site: German Patent and Trade Mark Office - Jim Morrison. Oct 02, 2025
Added a cross-reference and corrected the spelling of Whisky a Go Go. Apr 04, 2025
Article revised and updated. Apr 03, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Archive on 4 - Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison. Feb 07, 2025
First paragraph modernization. May 01, 2024
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - The Jim Morrison Story: Behind Closed Doors. Jan 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of Jim Morrison. Aug 13, 2022
Added the book The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics. Jun 10, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jul 18, 2018
Added the name of the coffeehouse at which he performed in the early 1960s. Jan 13, 2017
Noted that Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception was titled after a line by William Blake. Oct 06, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Jim Morrison. Oct 01, 2014
Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Jim Morrison. Oct 01, 2014
Revised to reflect that the first institution of higher learning that Morrison attended was St. Petersburg Junior College. Aug 22, 2014
Added photos of the Doors and of Jim Morrison's grave in Paris. Jun 28, 2011
Added descriptions of Morrison's family background, the Doors' early days and landmark albums, Morrison's grave as a tourist attraction, and An American Prayer. Jun 28, 2011
Added his 2010 pardon. Dec 09, 2010
Added new Web site: American Legends - Jim Morrison. Jun 02, 2009
Added new Web site: American Legends - Jim Morrison. Jun 02, 2009
Added new Web site: Official Site of The Doors. Jun 02, 2009
Added new Web site: Official Site of The Doors. Jun 02, 2009
New article added. Apr 23, 2009
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