The Green Door

Album

Songs They Sing Behind the Green Door

Label

Dot Records

Genre

Rock & Roll

Composer(s)

Bob Davie, Marvin Moore

Entered Chart

Sep 22, 1956

Peak Date

Nov 3, 1956

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Dot 15486

B-Side

"(The Story of) the Little Man in Chinatown"

Bob Davie wrote this and played the honky-tonk piano. It was inspired by a popular music club in Dallas, Texas where the kids who weren't allowed in hung around outside a yellow door. Presumably "green door" sounded better. Jim Lowe was a DJ and country singer who recorded this in an apartment in Greenwich Village. Backing vocals were by The High Fives. In the UK, Frankie Vaughan's cover version reached #2. In 1981, the '50s revivalist Shakin' Stevens covered this and took this song to the top of the UK charts. More songs from Jim Lowe More songs inspired by places More songs that were hits for more than one artist More songs with colors in the title More songs from 1956 Lyrics to The Green Door

Midnight, one more night without sleeping
Watching till the morning comes creeping
Green door, what's that secret you're keeping?

There's an old piano
And they play it hot behind the green door
Don't know what they're doing
But they laugh a lot behind the green door
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out
What's behind the green door

Knocked once, tried to tell them I'd been there
Door slammed, hospitality's thin there
Wonder just what's going on in there

Saw an eyeball peeping through a smoky cloud behind the green door
When I said "Joe sent me"
Someone laughed out loud behind the green door
All I want to do is join the happy crowd behind the green door

Midnight, one more night without sleeping
Watching till the morning comes creeping
Green door, what's that secret you're keeping?
Green door, what's that secret you're keeping?
Green door