BOBBY CHARLES

       

                                  

BOBBY CHARLES es el creador de SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR,y otros muchos temas quizá no suficientemente reconocidos, entre ellos , I Don't know Why , But I do , compuesta en colaboración con Clarence " Frogman " Henry , que alcanzó cierta popularidad en la versión  que ofreció del mismo el film FORREST GUMP según la interpretación del  propio CLARENCE " FROGMAN"  HENRY :  Tambien en SENTIR EL BLUES , su tema Ain't got no home , causo furor en su momento !!  ( escuchádlo ) 

                                  

Os ofrecemos la posibilidad de escuchar el album completo donde figuran ambos temas : 

                     

Robert Charles Guidry (February 21, 1938 – January 14, 2010), known as Bobby Charles, was an American singer-songwriter.

An ethnic Cajun, Charles was born in Abbeville, Louisiana, and grew up listening to Cajun music and the country and western music of Hank Williams. At the age of 15, he heard a performance by Fats Domino, an event that "changed my life forever," he recalled.

Charles helped to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop. His compositions include the hits "See You Later, Alligator", which he initially recorded himself as "Later Alligator", but which is best known from the cover version by Bill Haley & His Comets; and "Walking to New Orleans", written for Fats Domino.

"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" was an early 1960s song that Charles composed, which Clarence "Frogman" Henry had a major hit with, and which was on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Forrest Gump. His composition "Why Are People Like That?" was on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Home Fries.

Because of his south Louisiana-influenced rhythm and blues vocal style, Charles has often been thought to be black, when in fact he was white.

Bobby Charles was invited to play with the Band at their November 26, 1976 farewell concert, The Last Waltz, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. In the concert, Charles played "Down South in New Orleans", with the help of Dr. John and the Band. That song was recorded and released as part of the triple-LP The Last Waltz box set. The performance was also captured on film by director Martin Scorsese, but did not appear in the final, released theatrical version. Charles did, however, appear briefly in a segment of the released film -- in the concert's final song, "I Shall Be Released". In that segment, his image is largely blocked from view during the performance. That song, sung by Bob Dylan and pianist Richard Manuel, featured backup vocals from the entire ensemble, including Charles.

He co-wrote the song "Small Town Talk" with Rick Danko of the Band. "Promises, Promises (The Truth Will Set You Free)" was co-written with Willie Nelson.

Charles continued to compose and record (he was based out of Woodstock, New York, for a time) and in the 1990s he recorded a duet of "Walking to New Orleans" with Domino.

Honours

BOBBY CHARLES  en el film LAST WALTZ , junto a Robbie Robertson y Dr. John :