US #1 Hit 1956 JIM LOWE "Green Door"

the song in the United States was recorded by Jim Lowe (backed by the orchestra of songwriter Davie, with Davie also playing piano), and it reached


Jim Lowe (born 7 May 1927,Springfield, Missouri, U.S.) and graduate of the University of Missouri, sang "The Green Door", the number-one hit song of 1956 in the United States. He later served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, who has been considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s. His most notable run as a disk jockey was with WNEW AM in New York. He retired in 2004 at the age of 77, and lives in New Jersey."(The) Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music by Bob Davie and lyrics by Marvin Moore. The lyrics describe a nondescript establishment with a green door behind which "a happy crowd" play piano, smoke and "laugh a lot", and in which the singer is not allowed.The hit version of the song in the United States was recorded by Jim Lowe (backed by the orchestra of songwriter Davie, with Davie also playing piano), and it reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1956.In the United Kingdom, Lowe's version reached #8 on the charts, but a version by Frankie Vaughan was even more popular, reaching #2. Another UK recording, by Glen Mason, reached #24 on the UK chart. The most popular version was by rock and roll star Shakin' Stevens which spent four weeks at number one in July 1981.