Введение
Джеймс Эллсворт Лоу (7 мая 1923 - 12 декабря 2016) - американский певец и автор песен, наиболее известный своей хитовой песней "Зеленая дверь" 1956 года. Он также служил диско-жокеем, радиоведущим и личностью и считался экспертом по популярной музыке 1940-х и 1950-х годов. Лоу окончил Университет Миссури в Колумбии в 1948 году. Он работал на нескольких радиостанциях в Спрингфилде, Индианаполисе и Чикаго, прежде чем перейти в WCBS в Нью-Йорке в 1956 году. Миллионный продавец и золотой рекордсмен, хит Лоу 1956 года "Зеленая дверь" был написан Марвином Муром и Бобом Дэви. Лоу написал "Гитару игрока", миллионный хит для Расти Дрейпера в 1953 году. Его наиболее заметным выступлением в качестве диско-жокея было в WNEW AM в Нью-Йорке, с 1964 года. Лоу также работал на WNBC AM в Нью-Йорке, где его слышали как на местном уровне, так и на побережье побережья программы NBC Radio Monitor. За вклад в музыкальную индустрию Лоу был удостоен звезды на Голливудской аллее славы на 6341 Голливудском бульваре. Лоу умер 12 декабря 2016 года в своем доме в Ист-Хэмптоне, Лонг-Айленд, после продолжительной болезни.
James Ellsworth Lowe (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 2016) was an American singer songwriter, best known for his 1956 number one hit song, "The Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality and was considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s. Lowe graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1948. He worked for several radio stations in Springfield, Indianapolis and Chicago, before moving to WCBS in New York City in 1956. A million seller and gold record recipient, Lowe's 1956 hit "The Green Door" was written by Marvin Moore and Bob Davie. Lowe earlier wrote "Gambler's Guitar", a million selling hit for Rusty Draper in 1953. His most notable run as a disc jockey was with WNEW AM in New York, from 1964. 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. For contributions to the music industry, Lowe was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6341 Hollywood Boulevard. Lowe died on December 12, 2016, at his home in East Hampton, Long Island, after a long illness.
Синглы
Year Single (A side, B side)Both sides from same album except where indicated US R&B US Country Album 1953 "Gambler's Guitar"b/w "The Martins and The Coys" The Door Of Fame "Look In Both Directions"b/w "Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan" (Non album track) 1954 "Pretty Fickle Darlin'"b/w "Go and Leave Me" "River Boat"b/w "Goodbye Little Sweetheart" 1955 "Close The Door"b/w "Nuevo Laredo" (Non album track) 27 Songs They Sing Behind The Green Door "Maybellene"b/w "Rene LaRue" (from Wicked Women) 13 Non album tracks "John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith"b/w "St. James Avenue" 1956 "Blue Suede Shoes"b/w "(Love Is) The $64,000 Question" "The Green Door"b/w "(The Story Of) The Little Man In Chinatown" (Non album track) 1 5 Songs They Sing Behind The Green Door "Prince Of Peace"b/w "Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan" (Non album track) The Door Of Fame "The Martins and The Coys"b/w "The Golden Goose Is Dead" 1957 "By You, By You, By You" / 43 Non album tracks "I Feel The Beat" 84 "Four Walls" / 15 "Talkin' To The Blues" 15 8 "From A Jack To A King"b/w "Slow Train" "The Bright Light"b/w "Rock A Chicka" 1958 "The Lady From Johannesburg"b/w "Kewpie Doll" "Take Us To Your President"b/w "Later On Tonight" "Ja Ja Ja"b/w "Chapel Bells On Chapel Hill" "Play Number Theven"b/w "Come Away From His Arms" 1959 "Without You"b/w "I'm Movin' On" 1960 "He'll Have to Go"b/w "(This Life Is Just A) Dress Rehearsal" "The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere"b/w "The Tomorrow That Never Came" "Man Of The Cloth"b/w "Someone Else's Arms" 1961 "That Do Make It Nice"b/w "Two Sides To Every Story" 1963 "Hootenanny Granny"b/w "These Bones Gonna Rise Again" 103 1964 "Addis Ababa"b/w "Have You Ever Been Lonely" 1965 "Mr. Moses"b/w "Make Your Back Strong" 1967 "Blotsen Botten"b/w "Gambler's Guitar" 1968 "Michael J. Pollard For President"b/w "The Ol' Race Track" 1973 "Green Door" (Re recorded version)b/w "San Francisco Bay"Featuring Teresa Brewer on background vocals