Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit 'Ain't Got No Home,' dies

EntertainmentFILE - Clarence"Frogman" Henry gestures during an interview at his home in Algiers, La., June 12, 2003. Henry, one of New Orleans best known old-time R&B singers who scored a hit at age 19 with Ain't Got No Home" in 1956, has died at age 87. – Clarence “Frogman” Henry, who was one of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers and scored a hit at age 19 with “Ain't Got No Home," has died. He was 87.

He credited disc jockey Poppa Stoppa, whose real name was Clarence Hayman, as coming up with the nickname the “Frogman,” which mimicked Fats Domino's moniker the “Fatman.”“I thought the sun would shine. I thought my record would always stay out there and stay on the top, but in 1958, the rain came and bring me back to New Orleans,” Henry told The Associated Press in 2003.

With the Bill Black Combo and the Jive Five he opened for the Beatles for 18 dates in 1964 during their first U.S. trip and toured extensively, from Scotland to New Zealand. Henry, who was born in New Orleans on March 19, 1937, started playing the piano at 8, taking up lessons his sister had disliked. He worked for his father until he was 15, often for no money.

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