13 (The Doors album) 13 (The Doors album) 13 is the first compilation album by by American rock band the Doors, released by Elektra Records on November 30, 1970. The title refers to the thirteen tracks included. It is the only compilation album released while lead singer Jim Morrison was alive. The album contains mostly "radio-friendly" tracks and omits many Doors' more challenging songs; whilst The Unknown Soldier is included, the band's first single Break On Through (To the Other Side) doesn't appear, and none of the group's longer tracks are included. The album debuted at number 75 "Billboard" 200 on December 19, 1970,
The Doors Venice Beach in July 1965. Morrison told Manzarek he had been writing songs (Morrison said "I was taking notes at a fantastic rock'n'roll concert going on in my head") and with Manzarek's encouragement sang "Moonlight Drive". The members came from a varied musical background of jazz, rock, blues, and folk idioms. Keyboardist Manzarek was in a band called Rick & the Ravens with his brothers Rick and Jim, while drummer John Densmore was playing with the Psychedelic Rangers and knew Manzarek from meditation classes. In August 1965, Densmore joined the group, which had been renamed the Doors. The five (Morrison