[78-L] Close the door, Richard

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Actually, WOR banned ALL versions Open The Door Richard. Management was just tired of it and the endless jokes about the title.
Bob Theile probably hadn't pressed a great many of the Walter Brown sides and the notoriety would gaurantee that the last few sold out quickly. Having too many suggestive records in your stock would earn you a visit from the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice. Radio stations would never knowingly allow it to be broadcast as there were sure to be complaints to the FCC and the DJ would have to be fired to demonstrate that such music was not regular policy.
DJD
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From: Royal Pemberton [mailto:ampex354 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 03:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Close the door, Richard

I heard it via YouTube. I don't doubt it would have likely offended somepeople then, between a couple of 'damn's and (maybe) that bit about the'fine little chick....and the blue lights are on....and my wife's down inBirmingham, Alabama....'. No doubt it went over a treat in juke jointsthen, but back then, when even the word pregnant was a giant no-no on a parwith f*** today, this wasn't going to work on radio.On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Davies  wrote:> [source: http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/jantojun_1947.html]>> At "The way we were" pages, an entry for 1947-march says:> <<<> Most radio stations ban Walter Brown & Tiny Grimes recording of "Open The> Door Richard" on Signature. The label then voluntarily withdraws it from> sale.> >>>>> 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>> _______________________________________________> 78-L mailing list> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l>_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l