Doc Guidry

Oran "Doc" Guidry (April 28, 1918 – November 10, 1992) where he would make his signature 1953 recording of "Chere Cherie" with L. J. Blanc at a session in Nashville, TN. Together, they played on the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ole Opry. In May of that year, Billboard Magazine stated the song was a "pretty ballad, sung in English and French by the Cajun folk artist, is presented gracefully. Might earn some regional action".

In 1962, Vin Bruce had him recording at a session at the KLFT radio station. He jumped in with Aldus Roger and his Lafayette Playboys at the La Louisianne studio in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, La Louisianne had him record a solo album. By 1968 in his last recordings, he joined Vin Bruce again in New Orleans at the Cosimo Matassa recording studio. In his later years, he would play blues, jazz and even some popular lounge music. Chere Cherie (1966)

Legacy Guidry would eventually be entered into the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Discography

Chere Cherie / The Little Fat Man (9-28678 Decca, 1953) Doc Guidry: King Of The Cajun Fiddlers (LL-115 LaLouisianne, ca.1966)