who sang honey won't you open that door
Honey (Open That Door) Honey (Open That Door)" is a song written by Mel Tillis and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was originally a non-charted single by Webb Pierce that was released in 1974.[1] It was released in February 1984 as the second single from the album Don't Cheat in Our Hometown. "Honey (Open That Door)" was Ricky Skaggs' seventh number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[2]
Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey It was a #1 hit for Arthur Collins in July 1902. Among the artists who have covered the song are Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Patsy Cline, Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin from Take a Look (1967), Brenda Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Durante, Phish, Danny Barker, Harry Connick Jr, Renee Olstead, Michael Bublé, Sam Cooke, Al Hirt[2] and others. Singer and actress Della Reese recorded the song in 1961, and it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number #98, and became a part of her performance repertoire. In Britain the Edwardian music hall star Victoria Monks (1884–1927) popularised the song in 1905 and thereafter it became her most demanded and remembered song.