{"product_id":"bobby-charles-later-alligator-2cd","title":"Later Alligator 2CD","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBobby Charles\u003cbr\u003eLater Alligator 2CD\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Abbeville, Louisiana, in 1938, he became famous as songwriter under his real name Robert Guidry, but also had success as a recording artist under the name Bobby Charles.\u003cbr\u003eA pioneer of the Louisiana-based Swamp Pop style, alongside Jimmy Clanton, characterised by recordings emanating from Cosimo Matassa’s studio in New Orleans, where Fats Domino, a noted beneficiary of his songs, made his records.\u003cbr\u003eCharles started out leading of local group The Cardinals, for whom he wrote a song called \u003cem\u003eHey Alligator\u003c\/em\u003e at the age of 14.\u003cbr\u003eThe song was inspired by an incident at a roadside diner, when his parting shot to a friend – “See you later, alligator” – inspired another customer to respond with: “In a while, crocodile.”\u003cbr\u003eThe popularity of the song led a record-store owner to recommend Guidry to Leonard Chess of the Chicago-based Chess Records label.\u003cbr\u003eAfter Bobby had sung it over the phone, Chess signed him up.\u003cbr\u003eHe travelled to New Orleans to record the song and several others under the name Bobby Charles.\u003cbr\u003eChess issued Charles’ Later Alligator in January 1956, but it was soon recorded as \u003cem\u003eSee You Later Alligator\u003c\/em\u003e by Bill Haley \u0026amp; His Comets, whose version sold a million copies in the USA.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Charles performed alongside big names such as Little Richard, The Platters and Chuck Berry on tours in the late 1950s, his own records for Chess, Imperial and Jewel Records did not become hits.\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless, he enjoyed songwriting royalties from hit versions of songs he had co-written, such as \u003cem\u003eWalking To New Orleans\u003c\/em\u003e by Fats Domino and \u003cem\u003eBut I Do\u003c\/em\u003e by Clarence “Frogman” Henry.\u003cbr\u003eThis 55-track set double-disc set gathers his A and B-sides for the Chess and Imperial Records labels alongside covers of his songs recorded by Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Frankie Ford, Johnnie Allan, Roy Hall and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iE6BI1GuBFs\" title=\"TAKE IT EASY GREASY - Bobby Charles\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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