![]() ![]() "(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 of the 1994 film Forrest Gump. 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" and "It Keeps Rainin'", written for Fats Domino. Career and highlightsĬharles helped to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop. At the age of 15, he heard a performance by Fats Domino, an event that "changed my life forever," he recalled. ![]() Early lifeĪn ethnic Cajun, Charles was born in Abbeville, Louisiana, and grew up listening to Cajun music and the country and western music of Hank Williams. Robert Charles Guidry (Febru– January 14, 2010), known as Bobby Charles, was an American singer-songwriter. ![]()
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