86 years old (Born on February 12, 1939)
Happy birthday to the legendary Ray Manzarek, whose keyboard wizardry gave The Doors their unmistakable sound! From your iconic intro on "Light My Fire" that still ignites dance floors everywhere, to those hypnotic melodies in "Riders on the Storm," you've proven keyboards can rock just as hard as guitars. Your music continues inspiring generations—though we're pretty sure no one else has mastered playing bass lines with one hand and solos with another quite like you did.Even today, fans young and old celebrate how effortlessly cool you made organ riffs look (and sunglasses indoors). Cheers forever to a true musical genius!