Le chanteur et compositeur américain, Bobby Charles, auteur de succès tels que See You Later Alligator et Walking to New Orleans, est mort jeudi à l'âge de 72 ans à Abbeville, en Louisiane, a confirmé sa porte-parole au magazine Variety.

Les causes du décès du musicien de rythm-and-blues ne sont pas encore connues. Bobby Charles avait toutefois souffert d'un cancer et était diabétique.

Bobby Charles ou Robert Charles Guidry de son vrai nom a grandi avec la musique cajun avant de découvrir le rock et le blues. Il était encore adolescent lorsqu'il a écrit les paroles et la musique de See You Later Alligator dont la version de Bill Haley and His Comets devait se classer 6e des hits-parades américains en 1956. Quatre ans plus tard, Fats Domino connaîtra un grand succès avec sa version de Walking to New Orleans.

Bobby Charles a également plusieurs albums à son actif dont Wish You Were Here Right Now (1995), Secrets of the Heart (1998) et Homemade Songs (2008). (belga)

Bobby Charles (born Robert Charles Guidry, February 21, 1938 – January 14, 2010)

Discographie ::

- Later, Alligator / On Bended Knee (Chess 1609 1955)
-Why Did You Leave / Don't You Know I Love You (Chess 1617 1956)
-Time Will Tell / Take It Easy, Greasy (Chess 1628 1956)
-Laura Lee / No Use Knocking (Chess 1638 1956)
-Why Can't You/ Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (Chess 1647 1957)
-You Can Suit Yourself / No More (I Ain't Gonna Love You) (Chess 1658 1957)
-One Eyed Jack / Yea Yea, Baby (Chess 1670 1957)
-Since She's Gone / At The Jamboree (Imperial 5542 1958)
-Since I Lost You / Oh ! Yeah (Imperial 5557 1958)
-What Can I Do / The Town Is Talking (Imperial 5559 1958)

-Bye Bye Baby / Those Eyes (Imperial 5642 1959)
-What A Party / I Just Want You (Imperial 5681 1959)
-Four Wind / Nothing Sweet As You (Imperial 5591 1959)
-Goodnight Irene/I don’t know (Farie 21018 1959)
-Big boys Cry/You Made Me Love You (Hub City 715 1963)
-Sometimes/24 Hours (Hub City 716 1963)
-Everybody's Laughing / Everyone Knows (Jewel 728 1964)
-I Hope / Goodnight Irene (Jewel 729 1964)
-Ain't Misbehavin' / Preacher's Daughter (Jewel 735 1964)
-One More Glass Of Wine / Oh ! Lonesome Me (Jewel 740 1964)
-Worrying Over You/The Walk (Paula 226 1965)
- Small Town Talk/Grown Too Old (Bearsville 0010 1972)
-Lonsesome Christmas/Lonesome Christmas (Rice N Gravy 22139 1986
-Lil’ Cajun/Secrets (Rice N Gravy 23138 1986)

LP/CD ::

-Bobby Charles - (Bearsville BR2104 vinyl LP 1972)
-Clear Water (Zensor Lp 35 cd 42 1987
-Wish You Where Here Right Nown (Cd Rice N Gravy 1035 1994)
-Secrets Of The Heart (Cd Rice N Gravy 1240 1998)
-Last Train To Memphis (Cd Rice N Gravy 010 2004)





Original version from 1956

Pas cool cette nouvelle !

R.I.P.

R.I.P Bobby CHARLES

Quelques details concernant son CD 'Last Train To Memphis' ou il dit avoir ete contacte par un producteur qui voulait une bande musicale pour un film sur la vie d'Elvis apparement, mais rien ne s'est materialise.. Bobby avait cependant pense a ce titre pour la demande. Cet album regroupe la carriere de Bobby Charles entre 1971 et 2001:

Two years ago when I last called, Bobby had a slew of songs on a cassette that he auditioned for me, including one which would be the title track of his newest CD, Last Train to Memphis(Bogalusa 350). “This film director called me up and needed something for the soundtrack of a movie which I think was about the life of Elvis. The tune came to me right away,” he said. But no movie mogul ever followed up on the request. Of the remaining tunes he offered for my evaluation, some were brand new and others he had composed long ago and never released. Of the latter batch, he had constantly been tinkering with them and subtly tweaking them, adding instrumental passages, back-up vocals, horns, etc. But all the creations, regardless of their genre - blues, Cajun, C&W, or swamp pop - were extraordinarily crafted and expertly recorded with moving, soulful, memorable melodie - a joy to behold. I was speechless.
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Last Train to Memphis is much more than just another release. It is Bobby’s chef d’oeuvre, his masterpiece and a retrospective of his life in music. And it deserves much more than just a cursory glance; in fact, it merits a full treatment. Other celebrated artists must have also reached this conclusion and jumped on the bandwagon, gladly volunteering their services to bring his magnum opus into fruition - Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson, Fats Domino, Maria and Geoff Muldaur, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Sonny Landreth, and Neil Young - just to name a few of the notables. But there are also members of his stellar session men who are just as well known to aficionados of all types of music (more about them later).

Source:
http://www.bluesartstudio.com/NeueSeiten/BobbyCharles.html

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