"Blue Bayou"

By the Man with the Dark Shades

Sometimes a Song leads us to surprising stories. In the case of today’s song, the story is about a singer/songwriter whose career survived several decades until his unfortunate death from a heart attack at age 52. He was a contemporary of the likes of teen heartthrobs Pat Boone (once a schoolmate of his), the Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley. In fa…