Para mim o tema mais famoso de Jim Lowe, Green Door, fez-me regressar ao passado e recordar o tempo em que, ainda garoto, e o cantava no chuveiro. Excelente música, ainda cheia de "swing" que fica rapidamente no ouvido!
Jim Lowe (born May 7, 1927) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit record, "The Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and has been considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s.
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Lowe graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.
His most notable run as a disc jockey was with WNEW-AM in New York. Lowe also worked at WNBC-AM in New York where he was heard both locally and on the coast-to-coast NBC Radio weekend program Monitor.
A million-seller and gold record recipient, Lowe's 1956 hit "Green Door" was written by Marvin Moore and Bob Davie. The song reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chartin November 1956. Lowe earlier wrote "Gambler's Guitar", a million-selling hit for Rusty Draper in 1953.
He retired in 2004 at the age of 77, and lives in Southampton, New York.
For contributions to the music industry, Lowe was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6341 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jim Lowe recorded a lot of early rock & roll, but tends to get overlooked even by those with a pointed interest in that era. Part of the reason may be that his music incorporated a number of ingredients that have little to do with rock & roll, and are even frowned upon by contemporary critics. It is true that he relied heavily on the big beat of Bill Haley, but he sang with the booming, polished voice of a radio announcer, cut a number of silly Guy Mitchell-style novelties, and made frequent use of the honky tonk piano sound that was popular at the time. Lowe's label, Dot Records specialized in covering R&B songs for the pop audience, and Lowe's contribution to the effort was a somewhat stiff rendition of Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" that failed to have any impact with record buyers. Rockin' Behind the Green Door compiles a generous number of Lowe's Dot recordings, including a selection of songs from his two Dot LPs, Songs They Sing Behind the Green Door (1957) and Wicked Women (1958), but omits some of his hits. Not all of his rock & roll sides are included, and not all of the songs that are included are rock & roll, but with 33 tracks, there is more than enough of Lowe's music to provide an accurate overview of his style and repertoire. The anthology is mastered from vinyl sources without noise reduction, so there are audible crackles but good clarity and presence.
In AllMusic
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