Ray Manzarek said Fats Domino’s 1956 recording of “Blueberry Hill” captured the essence of The Doors’ music, despite the band’s sound later appearing radically original. His early exposure to Chicago blues and piano-led rock and roll shaped his keyboard style and became a major influence on the group.

Manzarek credited Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard with inspiring around 90% of his playing with The Doors. He particularly linked Domino’s piano patterns on “Blueberry Hill” to “Light My Fire”, whose distinctive sound came from Manzarek combining a Vox Continental organ with a Fender Rhodes bass keyboard in a band without a conventional bassist.