Ricky Skaggs recorded his 1984 hit, “Honey Open That Door” in 1979 but it wasn’t released until 1984. Skaggs was signed to Sugarhill Records at the time he recorded the tune. He played the tape of “Honey Open That Door” for the CBS Records folks, but told them  they couldn’t have the tape as he was still under contract to Sugarhill Records. Ricky says that playing that tape of “Honey Open That Door” helped him get a recording contract with CBS Records.

“Honey Open That Door” was written by Mel Tillis and gave Mel his first number one song in twelve years. “Honey Open That Door” entered the country music charts March 24th, 1984 and became Ricky Skaggs’ 7th number one. It was on the charts for 18 weeks and was his 11th charted song.

Doug Davis
Country Music Classics