Green Door
"(The) Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob Davie and lyrics written 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 inside which the singer is not allowed. This club was private and it was limited to musicians union. The title was originally called "Yellow Door", however, it was one syllable too many, so it was changed to "Red Door", however due to the "Red Scare" it would be too controversial, so the title was changed to "Green Door", (Source: Big 11 Countdown Show with Johnny Hayes on radio station KRLA.)
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Famous quotes containing the words green and/or door:
“a shiver, a delight
that what is passing
is here, as if
a snake went by, green in the
gray leaves.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)