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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: ACMCD4365
- Format: CD
- UPC: 824046436520
- Street Date: 10/09/12
- PreBook Date: 09/04/12
- Label: Acrobat »
- Genre: R & B
- Run Time: 70 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2012
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
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Open The Door Richard
Open The Door, Richard" began life as a vaudeville routine performed by a number of black performers
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"Open The Door, Richard" began life as a vaudeville routine performed by a number of black performers, including Bob Russell, Pigmeat Markham and Dusty Fletcher at places like New York's Apollo Theatre. Jack McVea, sax and clarinet player for the Black & White label's studio band wrote a riff to go with the routine and it developed into a song which became a staple of the performances of many different artists. The first hit version was by Count Basie, rapidly followed by McVea's, and one by Louis Jordan, and over the years many different artists recorded some variant of the song. This collection pulls together as many as we could find and fit on one CD, and it makes for an entertaining and oblique look at a slice of music and theatre history that obviously struck a chord with American audiences.
