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:
“Just across the Green from the post office is the county jail, seldom occupied except by some backwoodsman who has been intemperate; the courthouse is under the same roof. The dog warden usually basks in the sunlight near the harness store or the post office, his golden badge polished bright.”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There is a doctrine uttered in secret that man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)