My father used to sing out “Open the door Richard “ when he got home from work. We only had girls in our family so there was no Richard and until tonight I didn’t know it was an actual song! Hearing it makes me miss my dad even more. Thanks Mrs Maisel for clearing that up!
My dad also sang that famous line, but he didn't know anything else of the song. I'm 68. Dad turns 90 this July (he'd have been 13 in 1947) and I'm playing it for his party! He's been the head elder at church for 60 years! The family will be appalled. I can't wait.
On a trip back home to where my grandfather grew up, back in 2018 we were looking for songs to play in the car. He brought up this song and told us how this was his favorite song when he was little. Fast forward to 2023. My Pop-pop passed away last week. I sit and listen to this song, remembering how he was happy singing this song in the car. REST WELL POP-POP
My Daddy bought this 78 when I was a little boy. I played the hell out of it, and now that I'm 76, I wish he hadn't sold it along with his entire collection. Thank God RUclips still offers it. I still love it.
Mine too rip. 7 boys 3 girls I can't have no intruder ovah my gal's. Sun up you down gtf away from my 🚪 "👀 can you put out a slop bowl and a 🫙 jar?" Jumping like Michael Evans off; good times 📺 Only oooo ooh I wanna hear is that Supremes record ⏺️ slammmm
I found it by googling "Open the door Richard" because Yosemite Sam says in one of his cartoons says "Open the door" and then says "Notice I didn't say Richard"...lol...
thehoosierfortheUK I'm a little concerned that you've literally made this same stabbing joke in all three videos I've watched with this song. something tells me there's others as well.
+K. Rootes it's called dark humor and applied to this it's darkly hilarious! "Open the door Richard open the door and let me in" he sings it as he pulls out a sharp knife ready to slash him and then grind him up into sausage! Damn, I've got a dark mind!
Our Dad use to sing this song when we were kids. God bless RUclips. Dad had learned this song while in service in the USAAF during the last years of war. The good old Captain has passed away in 1984! To be sincere, I´ve just typed the beggining of the lyrics in Google for the sake of telling myself that I tried.I could never imagine, my Lord! Daddy, love you forever!
My folks had a 78 record of one of the versions of this classic gem. I useta sing it all the time. There was a story in our version about a "mouse sittin' in the middle of the bed, eatin' a onion, and cryin' like a baby!"
Heard this on road trip down to pensacola with a group of friends about 6 years ago, on a random radio station. Open the door Richard set an amazing tone for the whole trip and is a common saying between us to this day. I'll never forget this song.
Ah, another great tune that I first heard on Dr. Demento! And it explained a joke from an old Warner Bros. cartoon, where Yosemite Sam pounded on a door, shouting, "Open that door!", and then he said in an aside to the audience, "Ya notice, I didn't say, 'Richard'?"
When I was 8 years old, 1947, this song was very popular where I lived, Memphis, Tennessee. This sounds more like it than anything else I've heard, but doesn't seem quite as "raw". The one posted as "banned" doesn't sound like it, but could have been. What fun to hear it after all these years.
I was born in South Australia in 1947 and given the name”Richard”. When my Dad took me to his work place when I was quite small and introduced me, the response was invariably “Open the door Richard”. I understood that it was a song, and wondered about it. I decided to try Google, just now and revisited my childhood.
Too young to know this song, however, one episode of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam screams "Open the door!!" pauses "Noticed I did say Richard?". Now I get the reference after 50 years.
Never heard of this, but was watching Bugs Bunny this morning on MeTV and Yosemite Sam was yelling at Bugs to "Open that door!" Then Sam looked at the audience and said "Notice I didn't say 'Richard'?" So I just had to look that up!
Richard Pegue used to play this song a lot on his radio show on the weekends. Both he and Herb Kent brought back some fond memories of my childhood growing up in Avalon Park here in Chicago.
I first heard this song on the Cosby Show in the 80's. I typically sing it in my head from time; especially when entering the house. Today I decided to You Tube it... thanks YT, you have yet to let me down.
My grandfather at this time played for Cardiff city in the 1946:47 season his name was Stan Richards . The crowd would chant “open the score Richards “
First time I heard this is when I was a child and the grown ups would sit around and listen to the 33 and a third speed albums with the likes of Red Fox, Lawanda Page and Moms Mabley, (everybody's mom), etc. They would make us leave the room in those days because it was all grown up material they were listening to. If only they knew what the future would be like. They must have had no idea!
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion, Historical Diary -- April 26th 1951 _The night passed with enemy contact limited to probing attacks of approximately 20 minutes duration, reported by "C" Company at 0200. During this probing attack voices were again heard in English ordering our men to throw down their arms and a flute was heard from three points playing "Open The Door Richard". No casualties were suffered._
While I was watching a cartoon starring BUGS BUNNY and YOSEMITE SAM, SAM is pounding on a door that BUGS is hiding behind, and SAM is yelling at BUGS, repeatedly, to open up the door. The last time that SAM pounds on the door and yells "OPEN THE DOOR!" he immediately turns to look 'straight at the 'camera' and says "D’ja notice I didn't say “Richard“?’ I had NO IDEA what was meant by that, so I asked my Mom about it, and she said that there was a song that had the chorus "OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD!” I remembered that about ½ hour ago looked it up, AND here it is. THANX!
My grandma gave me this 45 record when I was about 8. I just was thought it was the funniest. I played it over and over on my little phonograph. You know the ones you could close up and buckle up shut with the handle. I wonder who is Richard. What sparked my memory was I'm watching this documentary called "I'm Not Your Negro" a song in it reminded me of this song. Maybe theres a connection I don't know yet, I'm super tired and I'll have to sleep on it
I go by Richard and a teacher I know of said his mum used too song this to his brother bc his name was Richard. I never even knew his brother was named Richard until he told me. It's an amazing song to, love it
First time I heard this song, this song and not the versions that followed, my grandfather was playing it back in the late 40s. Gramps was also a fan of Muddy Waters.
My grandfather used to say - Open the door Richard, whenever he got home with his hands full. When my Dad was born, his kids said he should name him Richard, that way he could open the door. And he did. My Dad's name is Richard.
For years and years my Nana would take me over to a relatives house for a get together. She would knock on the door and say, "open the door Richard." I never knew why and never asked why she said that. That is until I stumbled upon this song. Bless her little soul, she is 91 and knows how to surf the web a little bit. I'm going to pull this song up and ask her to give me some context for it.
I just saw Future sold his publishing rights for 75 million, and i aint mad at him, who knows how valuable they will be 75 yrs from now. This made me think... What was the #1 song from 75yrs ago? ...google lead me to this gem.
(National 4012). Recorded January 4th 1947.--ORIGINAL--'' OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD'' SONG. THIS WAS THE FIRST. 'Open the door, Richard!'--Dusty Fletcher (1947) (Parts 1 and 2 in sequence.) Dusty Fletcher- Open the Door Richard -1947.
Grandma would tell me to "Shut the door, Richard" whenever we'd walk through the door. I'd ask, "Who the hell is Richard?" She'd shrug. She's been gone 11 years but this still kills me....
The recording by Dusty Fletcher was released by National Records as catalog number 4012. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on January 31, 1947, and lasted five weeks on the chart, peaking at number three
Well I think maybe another myth of my childhood has been destroyed. I asked my mom why she named me Richard and she said I named you after a song called Open the Door, Richard. Problem is I was born in October of 1946. And of course the song didn't hit the charts until 1947. Now I have to wonder why she named me Richard cuz there's no other Richards anywhere in our families. And I can't ask her because she has passed.
Title: Open the Door, Richard! : The Story of a Showbiz Phenomenon Artists: Various Label: Acrobat Formats: CD, MP3 Release date: October 9, 2012 This fascinating compilation takes us on a journey from early 20th century vaudeville through the 1950s, while tracing the evolution of just one song. “Open the Door, Richard” originated on the minstrel circuit, most likely penned by Bob Russell, an early mentor of comedian Pigmeat Markham, who popularized the stage routine on which the song is based. This routine gained new life after a 1945 film short by director William Forest Crouch captured a performance by Dusty Fletcher, who is most often credited as the originator. (I'm sure you're pleased to learn that this song was around, and popular, long before your birth!)
"I know he ain't gone nowhere cuz I got on the clothes!" LOL I'm kinda slow, but I finally got that joke. "He don't wanna open the door for me, and I owe just as much rent here as he do"
Long before the Marvelous Ms Maisel (in like 2015?) my mom found an old hand-cranked Victrola with a bunch of records and this was my favorite. I’m glad people have been exposed to it en masse.
I like this longer version, first heard the song on "Music with Moskowitz" on KSER back in the day, but he played a shorter version. I sure miss that show.
I only know of this song because of the Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam short _High-Diving Hare,_ where Sam tries to open a door and yells, "OPEN UP THIS DOOR!!!" and then turns to the audience and says, "Ya notice I didn't say 'Richard'?"
He did this for National Records.I've never heard it before.I had read of this version some 35 years ago in book on Atlantic Records by Charlie Gillette.
Who besides me always wondered what Yosemite Sam meant in that bugs Bunny cartoon, when he knocked on the door and said open the DOOR! Did you notice I didn't say Richard?!
I remember Foghorn Leghorn saying “Open the door, Richard! That’s what it’s for!” I thought it was gonna be some lame song like “Michael Row the Boat Ashore,” but this is great.
My father used to sing out “Open the door Richard “ when he got home from work. We only had girls in our family so there was no Richard and until tonight I didn’t know it was an actual song! Hearing it makes me miss my dad even more. Thanks Mrs Maisel for clearing that up!
my dad actually showed me this song bc my grandma loves this song and passed the love for it down to him :3
My Dad also sang "Open the Door Richard."
My dad also sang that famous line, but he didn't know anything else of the song. I'm 68. Dad turns 90 this July (he'd have been 13 in 1947) and I'm playing it for his party! He's been the head elder at church for 60 years! The family will be appalled. I can't wait.
On a trip back home to where my grandfather grew up, back in 2018 we were looking for songs to play in the car. He brought up this song and told us how this was his favorite song when he was little. Fast forward to 2023. My Pop-pop passed away last week. I sit and listen to this song, remembering how he was happy singing this song in the car. REST WELL POP-POP
So sorry about your grandpa It's been 7 months now. How are you feeling? Any of the sadness passed?
My Daddy bought this 78 when I was a little boy. I played the hell out of it, and now that I'm 76, I wish he hadn't sold it along with his entire collection. Thank God RUclips still offers it. I still love it.
My dad would whistle this song when he was presenting himself at someones house.
RIP to my Daddy Richard xx
Mine too rip. 7 boys 3 girls I can't have no intruder ovah my gal's. Sun up you down gtf away from my 🚪 "👀 can you put out a slop bowl and a 🫙 jar?" Jumping like Michael Evans off; good times 📺
Only oooo ooh I wanna hear is that Supremes record ⏺️ slammmm
My grandma used to sing this all the time when I was a kid but I never knew it was a song until Mrs.maisel ...aw makes me miss my grandma 😇♥️
cerinaduckie Me toooooo! Lol!!!!
i just knew i had heard that little jingle that played when i opened windows. then one day it hit me :) open the door, richard!
Gotta love the oldies
Never heard of this until it was on Mrs. Maisel! Interesting piece of Americana
I found it by googling "Open the door Richard" because Yosemite Sam says in one of his cartoons says "Open the door" and then says "Notice I didn't say Richard"...lol...
55+ years later and the door is still closed
Because he's going to be stabbed to death if he opens the door!
thehoosierfortheUK I'm a little concerned that you've literally made this same stabbing joke in all three videos I've watched with this song. something tells me there's others as well.
+K. Rootes it's called dark humor and applied to this it's darkly hilarious!
"Open the door Richard open the door and let me in" he sings it as he pulls out a sharp knife ready to slash him and then grind him up into sausage!
Damn, I've got a dark mind!
Davis Gailis now it's 57
Davis Gailis hahahahahahaha its locked too lololol i just love this song . i found ut at the good will 15 years and i have singing it ever since
I'm 46 and my father had me listen to this when I was about 10. Thanks pop for expanding my perspective.
Our Dad use to sing this song when we were kids. God bless RUclips. Dad had learned this song while in service in the USAAF during the last years of war. The good old Captain has passed away in 1984! To be sincere, I´ve just typed the beggining of the lyrics in Google for the sake of telling myself that I tried.I could never imagine, my Lord! Daddy, love you forever!
The marvelous mrs maisel brought me here!
1947. Was also played years ago in Ken Burns Jazz documentary. Interesting how kids discover this stuff.
Me too 😅
Not me. My mom brought me here.
Hahaha me too!! I'm gonna use it for warm ups for my singing classes !! 👍👍😁😁
Yosemite Sam & Bugs brought me here. 😄
“I know he ain’t gone out nowhere ‘cause I got on the clothes...” might be the funniest joke I ever heard.
My family sang that song when I was a child, because my name is Richard and now I like to listen to this song.🙂😁
My folks had a 78 record of one of the versions of this classic gem. I useta sing it all the time. There was a story in our version about a "mouse sittin' in the middle of the bed, eatin' a onion, and cryin' like a baby!"
Heard this on road trip down to pensacola with a group of friends about 6 years ago, on a random radio station. Open the door Richard set an amazing tone for the whole trip and is a common saying between us to this day. I'll never forget this song.
"High Diving Hare" Bugs Bunny 🐰 cartoon brought me here! 😄
What a neat song. What a song. Even immortalized in that Yosemite Sam Warner Cartoon. Just a part of our history.
That’s why I’m here
Richard is inside singing:
"You keep a knockin' but you can't come in!"
This song was on the Rhythm & Blues Time Capsule radio program. Every since I heard it, I use that expression when telling someone to open the door.
Ah, another great tune that I first heard on Dr. Demento! And it explained a joke from an old Warner Bros. cartoon, where Yosemite Sam pounded on a door, shouting, "Open that door!", and then he said in an aside to the audience, "Ya notice, I didn't say, 'Richard'?"
class this!!!!
ive always wondered what that referred to
OMG, Dr Demento was just the best way to spend a Sunday night when I was in high school outside of Philly...
I just watched that Bugs Bunny clip. It brought me here!
I remember my mum singing this to me ...many many moons... :-)
She wasn't singing, she really wanted you to open the door.
My dad used to sing it, in the 70s!
@@Foche_T._Schitt Haha yeah :)
When I was 8 years old, 1947, this song was very popular where I lived, Memphis, Tennessee. This sounds more like it than anything else I've heard, but doesn't seem quite as "raw". The one posted as "banned" doesn't sound like it, but could have been. What fun to hear it after all these years.
are you still alive ???!
That’s incredible
@@HERIT4GE i don't think he is man
@@umuhozaesther4237 😭😭
@@HERIT4GE R.I.P
I was born in South Australia in 1947 and given the name”Richard”. When my Dad took me to his work place when I was quite small and introduced me, the response was invariably “Open the door Richard”. I understood that it was a song, and wondered about it. I decided to try Google, just now and revisited my childhood.
Elementary music teacher would have us sing this song all the time for class. We loved it.
Too young to know this song, however, one episode of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam screams "Open the door!!" pauses "Noticed I did say Richard?". Now I get the reference after 50 years.
Foghorn Leghorn also makes reference to it in “Crowing Pains.” He say, “Well, open the window Richard” to Henry Hawk….. That’s what brought me here.
Now I finally understand Yosemite Sam's reference to this song in the Bugs Bunny cartoon, "High Diving Hare."
Never heard of this, but was watching Bugs Bunny this morning on MeTV and Yosemite Sam was yelling at Bugs to "Open that door!" Then Sam looked at the audience and said "Notice I didn't say 'Richard'?" So I just had to look that up!
I love this song. I heard it in a movie.. Today I repeat its words and dance and feel a little happy when I'm miserable ♥️♥️
Herbert Roger's Kent theme song on the radio in chicago!!! Ty I'm so glad I found this. Stay healthy in 2020
Richard Pegue used to play this song a lot on his radio show on the weekends. Both he and Herb Kent brought back some fond memories of my childhood growing up in Avalon Park here in Chicago.
I first heard this song on the Cosby Show in the 80's. I typically sing it in my head from time; especially when entering the house. Today I decided to You Tube it... thanks YT, you have yet to let me down.
This takes me back years ago...
To about 2015 when I first heard it
I love open door Richard. 1947. Thank you, Dusty.
My grandmother used to sing this song to me many years ago
My mam passed away just over a year ago and for some reason I remembered my mam use to sing this and I had to look to see if it was a real song....
Fun surprise to see this classic in season 3 Mrs. Maisel!
My grandfather at this time played for Cardiff city in the 1946:47 season his name was Stan Richards . The crowd would chant “open the score Richards “
First time I heard this was when I was playing Mafia II, a game set during and shortly after WWII.
This is now what this song is/known for. Haha!
Such a good game
Tayto YESSS then I asked my grandma if she ever heard this and she said yes but mafia 2 was amazing
Tayto No it's set in 60s too
Yung Benny Records fifties actually third one is set in the sixties
Every man named Richard surely knows this song.
I DO! I THOUGHT THAT I WAS A CELEBRITY AS A KID IN THE 40'S! THANKS TO THIS RECORDING, I WAS!!
First time I heard this is when I was a child and the grown ups would sit around and listen to the 33 and a third speed albums with the likes of Red Fox, Lawanda Page and Moms Mabley, (everybody's mom), etc. They would make us leave the room in those days because it was all grown up material they were listening to. If only they knew what the future would be like. They must have had no idea!
glad to see that this is the origin of my own name! even tho im named after my dad this is what my grandpa named him after
My name is Richard and I loved this song as a kid.
Then open the d@#& do'h. Skeeterz 🪲 bad out here. Ouch 🐝
From the movie Lolita😄👍🏽
The one with Jeremy Irons?
Cause there's an older one by Kubrick and I don't remember it in that.
My dad, use to play this song on the record player. Great memories ❣️
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion, Historical Diary -- April 26th 1951
_The night passed with enemy contact limited to probing attacks of approximately 20 minutes duration, reported by "C" Company at 0200. During this probing attack voices were again heard in English ordering our men to throw down their arms and a flute was heard from three points playing "Open The Door Richard". No casualties were suffered._
While I was watching a cartoon starring BUGS BUNNY and YOSEMITE SAM, SAM is pounding on a door that BUGS is hiding behind, and SAM is yelling at BUGS, repeatedly, to open up the door. The last time that SAM pounds on the door and yells "OPEN THE DOOR!" he immediately turns to look 'straight at the 'camera' and says "D’ja notice I didn't say “Richard“?’
I had NO IDEA what was meant by that, so I asked my Mom about it, and she said that there was a song that had the chorus "OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD!”
I remembered that about ½ hour ago looked it up, AND here it is. THANX!
My grandma gave me this 45 record when I was about 8. I just was thought it was the funniest. I played it over and over on my little phonograph. You know the ones you could close up and buckle up shut with the handle. I wonder who is Richard. What sparked my memory was I'm watching this documentary called "I'm Not Your Negro" a song in it reminded me of this song. Maybe theres a connection I don't know yet, I'm super tired and I'll have to sleep on it
I go by Richard and a teacher I know of said his mum used too song this to his brother bc his name was Richard. I never even knew his brother was named Richard until he told me. It's an amazing song to, love it
My mom and her girlfriend 81 year old young ladies just finished singing the chorus of this and I did I'll find it for yall. Lol
Love Love Love this song 😍🤗❤️
am i the only one who knows the song from lolita
it's so weird to hear it
No, that's where I first heard it too. Great movie.
I came here from Lolita. It's sounds creepy in the movie tho
oh me too
Same
I'm watching Lolita now, yeah they keep playing it !
First time I heard this song, this song and not the versions that followed, my grandfather was playing it back in the late 40s. Gramps was also a fan of Muddy Waters.
Hey Raj , are we cousins? Lol.
My grandfather used to say - Open the door Richard, whenever he got home with his hands full. When my Dad was born, his kids said he should name him Richard, that way he could open the door. And he did. My Dad's name is Richard.
I heard this on Sirius XM and then forgot about it and FINALLY I found it I’m so happy
Same!!!!!
For years and years my Nana would take me over to a relatives house for a get together. She would knock on the door and say, "open the door Richard." I never knew why and never asked why she said that. That is until I stumbled upon this song. Bless her little soul, she is 91 and knows how to surf the web a little bit. I'm going to pull this song up and ask her to give me some context for it.
My brother used to say, “open the door, Richard,” when he had an armful of something.
Cool to know this song was so popular once, they referenced it in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, knowing the audience would get it.
Yes, Yosemite Sam made me aware of this song.
I just saw Future sold his publishing rights for 75 million, and i aint mad at him, who knows how valuable they will be 75 yrs from now. This made me think... What was the #1 song from 75yrs ago? ...google lead me to this gem.
I found this from Bugs Bunny short "High Diving Hare", when Sam breaks the fourth wall with "Y'notice I didn't say Richard?".
me too!
Same as well
Just heard Bob and Tom mention that this morning
Mafia II
Yea bro just started playing again
My grandmother used to sing this to me
19 Richard disliked this video 😂😂💔
Ha-ha-ha! I added this to my : Wild, Quirky, Wacky or Silly Favorite Songs!
Absolutely timeless ❤❤❤
Open the door,Richard!!! 🥁🥁🥁
Came here after reading part of Richard Pryor's biography, "Furious Cool" talking about early black comedy. Hadn't heard it before.
The movie RAY brought me here!!! 😎
(National 4012). Recorded January 4th 1947.--ORIGINAL--'' OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD'' SONG. THIS WAS THE FIRST.
'Open the door, Richard!'--Dusty Fletcher (1947) (Parts 1 and 2 in sequence.)
Dusty Fletcher- Open the Door Richard -1947.
Enjoyed this sing from The Fabulous Mrs. Maisel
Here because of Mrs. Maisel
Grandma would tell me to "Shut the door, Richard" whenever we'd walk through the door. I'd ask, "Who the hell is Richard?" She'd shrug. She's been gone 11 years but this still kills me....
I first heard the "open the door Richard" refrain when I was a kid watching Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam and the High Divin' Act cartoon.
Open the door Richard! Somebody probably heard that alot growing up, someone involved in writing this
The recording by Dusty Fletcher was released by National Records as catalog number 4012. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on January 31, 1947, and lasted five weeks on the chart, peaking at number three
Well I think maybe another myth of my childhood has been destroyed. I asked my mom why she named me Richard and she said I named you after a song called Open the Door, Richard. Problem is I was born in October of 1946. And of course the song didn't hit the charts until 1947. Now I have to wonder why she named me Richard cuz there's no other Richards anywhere in our families. And I can't ask her because she has passed.
Title: Open the Door, Richard! : The Story of a Showbiz Phenomenon
Artists: Various
Label: Acrobat
Formats: CD, MP3
Release date: October 9, 2012
This fascinating compilation takes us on a journey from early 20th century vaudeville through the 1950s, while tracing the evolution of just one song. “Open the Door, Richard” originated on the minstrel circuit, most likely penned by Bob Russell, an early mentor of comedian Pigmeat Markham, who popularized the stage routine on which the song is based. This routine gained new life after a 1945 film short by director William Forest Crouch captured a performance by Dusty Fletcher, who is most often credited as the originator.
(I'm sure you're pleased to learn that this song was around, and popular, long before your birth!)
I wish I only had to pay $3.50 a month for rent 😩
Sounds great for 1947!
"I know he ain't gone nowhere cuz I got on the clothes!" LOL I'm kinda slow, but I finally got that joke. "He don't wanna open the door for me, and I owe just as much rent here as he do"
3 dollars a month rent? Wow.
Good old days. Fuel 30 gallons $1.20.
Right
Long before the Marvelous Ms Maisel (in like 2015?) my mom found an old hand-cranked Victrola with a bunch of records and this was my favorite. I’m glad people have been exposed to it en masse.
I like this longer version, first heard the song on "Music with Moskowitz" on KSER back in the day, but he played a shorter version. I sure miss that show.
Foghorn Leghorn brought me here !!!
4:39 I'm surprised nobody came here from the Cosby show 🤔🤨
Bob and Tom sent me.
Yes!
This song has been stuck in my head all day because of them.
when I was just a tumbleweed, my great grandmother would sing this to tease me. my face would get all red ≧x≦ lol it makes me laugh now
FoxWolf it’s a song about fucking corpses.
So many Loony Tune references now make sense.
I only know of this song because of the Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam short _High-Diving Hare,_ where Sam tries to open a door and yells, "OPEN UP THIS DOOR!!!" and then turns to the audience and says, "Ya notice I didn't say 'Richard'?"
“Richard, ya done me dirty”.
My aunt played this record on her victrola!
Open da doe Richid, It's cold in da hole out cheer.
My grandma used to sing this and I never heard the real song.
I have the original 78 RPM record of this song. I wonder what it's worth.
Lmao I use to sing 🎤 this to me Son dad Richard and then to MY SON RICHARD lol 😂 🤣🤣
"I know he 'aint going no where because I'm wearing the clothes." They only own one set of clothes between them.
Now those ARE tough times!!!
I learned of this song by listening to Carolina Shag on Sirius XM
My mom and dad told me this in the fifties
george thorogood used this song for some of his lyrics - genius.com/George-thorogood-house-rent-blues-one-bourbon-one-scotch-one-beer-lyrics
He did this for National Records.I've never heard it before.I had read of this version some 35 years ago in book on Atlantic Records by Charlie Gillette.
The movie Ray brought me here. When the guy tells ray the only hit swing time ever had was open the door Richard which was a joke record
Who besides me always wondered what Yosemite Sam meant in that bugs Bunny cartoon, when he knocked on the door and said open the DOOR! Did you notice I didn't say Richard?!
Mafia 2 brought me here ♥️
I remember Foghorn Leghorn saying “Open the door, Richard! That’s what it’s for!” I thought it was gonna be some lame song like “Michael Row the Boat Ashore,” but this is great.