The Doors - Break On Through “Shebang“ KTLA-TV Live Acapella, Los Angeles. Early 1967. Jim Morrison.

This is The Doors very first television performance, occurring in early 1967 after “Break On Through” was released as a single, but before “Light My Fire” hit the charts. They appear on Shebang, a local Los Angeles teen music show similar in format to American Bandstand and Hullabaloo. It was hosted hosted by a young Casey Kasem and broadcast on KTLA Los Angeles on Sunday nights. In this performance, The Doors lip-sync their way through the studio version of “Break On Through”. Ray, Robby and John do a pretty good job pulling it off, but it seems as if Jim would rather be somewhere else, as he barely moves his lips or moves at all! That being said, the band still looks great and it is really nice to see the guys as they were, right before they hit it big. Other than the stage setup, this would be exactly how they looked when they were playing their infamous shows at the Whisky a Go Go. #TheDoors #BreakOnThrough #ToTheOtherSide Casey Kasem, R-Evolution, Original Broadcast