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Description: Vocalist , USA
Known For: Charted with “The Green Door”, the number-one hit song of 1956
Instruments: Voice
Music Styles: Rock , Easy listening
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 7th May 1927 : Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Died: December 12, 2016 (aged 93)
East Hampton, Long Island, New York, United States
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Jim Lowe
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Lowe graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.
His most notable run as a disc jockey was with WNEW AM in New York. 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.
A million-seller and gold record recipient, Lowe’s 1956 hit “Green Door” was written by Marvin Moore and Bob Davie. The song reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1956.Lowe earlier wrote “Gambler’s Guitar”, a million-selling hit for Rusty Draper in 1953.
He retired in 2004 at the age of 77, and lives in Southampton, New York.
For contributions to the music industry, Lowe was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6341 Hollywood Boulevard.
An American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit record, “The Green Door”.
He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and has been considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s.
The song had been covered by many artist with Shakin’ Stevens also charting in the seventies.
His most notable run as a disc jockey was with WNEW-AM in New York. 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.
A million-seller and gold record recipient, Lowe’s 1956 hit “Green Door” was written by Marvin Moore and Bob Davie.
The song reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1956.
Lowe earlier wrote “Gambler’s Guitar”, a million-selling hit for Rusty Draper in 1953.
He retired in 2004 at the age of 77, and lives in Southampton, New York.
For contributions to the music industry, Lowe was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6341 Hollywood Boulevard
He retired in 2004 at the age of 77, and lives in New Jersey.
Lowe died on December 12, 2016 at his home in East Hampton, Long Island, after a long illness.