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Singer-songwriter Bobby Charles dies aged 71 in Abbeville, Louisiana, USA. His compositions included See You Later, Alligator, for Bill Haley And His Comets, Walking to New Orleans and It Keeps Rainin' for Fats Domino, and (I Don't Know Why) But I Do for Clarence 'Frogman' Henry. Charles is also remembered for helping to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop.