Clarence "Frogman" Henry opened for the Beatles 18 times during their 1964 U.S. tour. He was known for his hit song "Ain't Got No Home," which he created extemporaneously while playing at a New Orleans club in 1956. The song reached number three on Billboard's R&B chart and number 20 on the Hot 100.

To find out how Henry got the nickname "Frogman," you can listen to this tribute. To watch him live singing "Ain't Got No Home," go to this video on YouTube. And check out the go-go boots on the dancers. The comments are worth a look too. Here's one of them: "Great clip of Clarence Frogman Henry!!!! Great tune and first time seeing this. NICE!!!! A real rockin dance tune. Rest In Peace Frogman."

Also, please check out Madeline Kahn's version of the song. Brilliant!

And last but not least, to watch Henry perform his other hit, "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do," which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, go to this video.

The image in this episode's thumbnail is the cover of one of Henry's best-of albums. In my closing remarks, there's a picture of Henry at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1997. (Attribution and license for the photo: Sumori, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.)

This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written and recorded in honor of the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.

Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.