Download Instrumental    In 1956, this song soared to number one on the charts.  A honky-tonk piano player named Bob Davie wrote the tune and recruited a local disc jocky (Jim Lowe) to sing it.  It was recorded in Lowe’s Greenwich Village apartment with The High Fives doing backup vocals.  Actually, the original sounded like it was recorded in someone’s apartment, but that didn’t stop it from becoming a huge hit.

The inspiration for “Green Door” came from a popular club in Dallas, Texas.  There was something mysterious about this bar and its bright yellow door (Davie used “green” because it fit better in the lyrics).  Not just anyone could get in.  If you didn’t know the password, the door was promptly slammed in your face.  How rude!

Our singer tells us that he can’t sleep at night because he’s obsessed with what’s behind the green door of that enigmatic honky-tonk.  He hears partying and loud music and raucous laughter and rollicking piano-playing behind that door (sounds a lot like our house) and he just has to get in to join the fun.  He even tries a fake password – “Joe sent me”- not very original and the door remains closed.  “Green door, what’s that secret you’re keeping” has us all wondering what nefarious things are going on behind that green portal.  Doncha’ just love a good mystery?

I gave our arrangement a more “boogie-woogie” feel than the original.  A guy named Shakin’ Stevens recorded this one in the 80’s and I really liked his rowdy version – so I’m imitating that style – I’ve never had an original thought in my life.  And, just so you know, our front door isn’t green and you don’t need a password to get in… 5 bucks will do just fine.