Louisiana’s Robert “Bobby” Charles Guidry wrote Fats Domino’s “Walking to New Orleans”, “(I Don’t Know Why I Love You) But I Do,” by Clarence “Frogman” Henry; and “See You Later Alligator,” for Bill Haley and the Comets. Fats didn't want the “Alligator” tune. Somehow Bobby wound up singing the song over the phone to Leonard Chess of Chess Records in Chicago. He sent Robert Guidry a ticket, and when Charles showed up at his office, he was already to hit the road as the newest member of a “Chess” bus tour. It happened even after Mr. Chess found out Bobby Charles (as Chess named him) was white. You can catch Bobby Charles on The Band's "The Last Waltz" .

He could sing like a girl, and he could sing like a frog. Clarence “Frogman” Henry 1956 debut smash "Ain't Got No Home” earned a slot on Billboard’s Top Ten. Allen Toussaint had an arrangement of the Bobby Charles song “But I Do” and Clarence recorded it as his last Top Ten in 1961. The song was featured on the Forest Gump soundtrack.