This day in music history.

July 1, 1981, Rushton Moreve of Steppenwolf dies in an auto wreck at age 35. Born John Russell Morgane in 1948 he became bass player for Steppenwolf after answering an ad posted on the wall of a music store. The group's biggest hit is "Born to Be Wild," which reached number 2 in 1968. One of their other biggest hits "Magic Carpet Ride" was co-written by Rushton and John Kay, the song would hit number three.
Magic Carpet Ride
I like to dream yes, yes,
right between my sound machine
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right
Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away
Last night I held Aladdin's lamp
And so I wished that I could stay
Before the thing could answer me
Well, someone came and took the lamp away
I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
Well, you don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away