When I was a kid

My Aunt had a 78 rpm record of a song called 'open the door Richard' and I loved it. I used to play it over and over, but I never knew who the artist was cause the label was so worn.

I looked it up and found the following.

Count Basie & his orchestra
Peaked at # 1 in 1947 and, true to the times, six OTHER versions also made the
Top 10
Three Flames (#1); Dusty Fletcher (#3); Jack McVea (#3); the Charioteers (#6);
Louis Jordan (#6); and The Pied Pipers (#8)

Basie would be the coolest, Louis Jordan not too bad either, but I guess I'll never know.
Everyone who knows the answer is dead and gone.

R