Jim Lowe

Hollywood Stars : Jim Lowe

Jim Lowe (born May 7, 1927) is 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.[citation needed][edit] BiographyBorn 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, Lowes 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 Gamblers 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.[edit] References^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 83. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 332. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. ^ Notable Ridgefielders, published by The Ridgefield Press, December 2000^ Hollywood Walk of Fame database. HWOF.com. http://www.hwof.com/stars?recipient=Jim_Lowe. [edit] External linksJim Lowe information and partial discographyJim Lowe information from Randy Wood: The Dot Records Story excerptJim Lowe at AllmusicWNEW tribute sitePersondataNameLowe, JimAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthMay 7, 1927Place of birthDate of deathPlace of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_LoweCategories: 1927 births | Living people | People from Springfield, Missouri | University of Missouri alumni | American male singers | Dot Records artists | American DJsHidden categories: Articles using Infobox musical artist with deprecated parameters | Articles with hCards | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from February 2009Personal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesDeutsch This page was last modified on 10 January 2011 at 21:26.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();