Behind the Green Door

[Wilson Gray]

On Aug 2, 2004, at 9:43 PM, Sam Clements wrote:

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>>> FWIW, I first came across the phrase, "Behind The Green Door," in
>>> 1965. It was the title of a sheaf of about a dozen mimeographed typed
>>> pages containing a pornographic short story that clearly was the
>>> basis
>>> for the later porn flick of the same title. It was also the title of
>>> a
>>> later, rather innocuous pop tune whose success was, no doubt, at
>>> least
>>> partially due to the notoriety of the porn flick.
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>> -Wilson Gray
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> If you're referring to "Green Door" by Jim Lowe, it was 1956 that the
> song
> hit the top 40.
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> Sam Clements

> Damn, Sam! I surely hope that we're not talking about the same song!
> If we are, I am really a lot older than my mind tells me that I am,
> because it seems to me that that song was popular only a couple of
> years ago. I figured that, if I gave it about 40 years, surely that
> would be far enough back. If it dates back to 1956, then I sure enough
> have to get serious about writing my will. If you don't hear back from
> me, it'll mean that we *are* talking about the same song, my memory is
> starting to fail (Alzheimer's?!), and I'm busily writing my last will
> and testament.

-Wilson Gray