[78-L] Close the door, Richard

[Stephen Davies]

[source: http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/jantojun_1947.html ]

At "The way we were" pages, an entry for 1947-march says:
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Most radio stations ban Walter Brown & Tiny Grimes recording of "Open The Door Richard" on Signature. The label then voluntarily withdraws it from sale.
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Why?

Signature 1006 seems like a low number in the series.  Was this issue a rookie mistake for the label, judged to be in poor taste by the public?

I lovely the ongoing contradictory purposes of records in this era, whereby the Signature label clearly says it is for "non commercial uses on phonographs in homes".  But radio stations were playing it anyway.

Would there have been a censorship problem sending a disc like this thru the mail?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vvKLopleA  courtesy of geofbrit59.
- Stephen D in Calgary