Ain't Got No Home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)

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"Ain't Got No Home"
Single by Clarence "Frogman" Henry
B-side"Troubles, Troubles"
Written1955
ReleasedDecember 15, 1956 (1956-12-15)
Recorded1956
GenreRhythm and blues
Length2:23
LabelArgo
Songwriter(s)Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Clarence "Frogman" Henry singles chronology
"Ain't Got No Home"
(1956) 		"Lonely Tramp"
(1957)

"Ain't Got No Home" is a song written and originally recorded by American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist Clarence "Frogman" Henry. It was released as a single in the United States on December 15, 1956.[1]

The first verse of the song is sung in a man's voice, the second in a falsetto and the third in a frog's voice.

In the United States, the song reached no. 3 on one of the Billboard R&B chart[2][3] and no. 20 on the Billboard pop chart, the Hot 100.[1][3][4]

History

Clarence Henry used his trademark croak to improvise the song "Ain't Got No Home" one night in 1955.

R&B chart and number 20 on the US pop chart.[5] The gimmick earned Henry his nickname of "Frogman" and jump-started a career that endured until his death.[6]

The song was the first big hit released on the Chess subsidiary Argo Records.

It was used in the 1987 film The Lost Boys and the 1995 Martin Scorsese movie Casino.

Accolades

The song is ranked no. 98 on the NME magazine's list of 100 Best Songs of the 1950s.[7]

Track listings

7" single (1956) – Argo Record Corp., cat. no. Arc Music 5259 (US)[8]

  1. "Ain't Got No Home" (2:23)
  2. "Troubles, Troubles" (2:15)

7" single (1966) – London Records HLU 10025 (UK), Parrot 45 PAR 10822 (US)

  1. "Ain't Got No Home"
  2. "Baby Ain't That Love"[9]

Cover versions

The song has been covered by many artists including the Band, Suzi Quatro, Buddy Holly, The Country Gentlemen, the New York Dolls, and Jackie Edwards.[10] In Rod Stewart's version of the song "Some Guys Have All the Luck", Stewart incorporates the vocal refrain from "Ain't Got No Home" as an homage. The song was a favorite of Madeline Kahn, who performed it on Saturday Night Live on December 16, 1995. Steve Miller incorporated some of the vocal lines from the song on the track "Just A Little Bit" on his 1988 Born 2 B Blue album.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7
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  2. ISBN 978-0-8230-8283-4
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  3. ^
    ISBN 9780140513707
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  4. ISBN 978-1-4389-5292-5
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  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 190.
  6. ^ "Biography by Bill Dahl". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  7. ^ "100 Best Songs Of The 1950s". NME. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  8. ^ "Clarence Henry "Frog Man"* - Ain't Got No Home / Troubles, Troubles at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  9. ^ "Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  10. ^ "ultratop.be - Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home". Ultratop. Retrieved 2018-03-23.

External links

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