Interview with Bobby Charles (Part 1)

Accession No.: 
BR2-007-1

Bobby Charles:

00:00 - Writing "Walkin' to New Orleans"
01:00 - "Before I Grow to Old" Fats Domino recording some of Bobby's songs

03:04 - Meeting Fats Domino at Robinson's Recreation Center
-"See you Later, Alligator" - info about the song and recording session

07:15 - Bobby's backup band
08:20 - Charles Rutledge - Dego's Record Shop
09:45 - Releasing "See You Later, Alligator" with Chess
10:30 - Record Sales
10:50 - Leonard Chess thought Bobby was black
13:50 - Song Publishing
14:25 - Recording with New Orleans musicians - Hungry Williams, Earl Palmer, Allen Tousaint
19:00 - Before I Grow too Old
21:25 - Fats recording "Walkin' to New Orleans"
22:30 - Dave Bartholomew working with Fats Domino - their personalities
25:30 - Bobby's other recording sessions, musicians, studios
29:30 - More about Fats' personality

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Thursday, October 15, 1987
Coverage Spatial: 
Abbeville, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:02:37
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to Donor