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Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, New Orleans Favorite Who Croaked His Hit ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ Dead at 87

Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, who earned his nickname by croaking the final verse of his novelty hit, 'Ain't Got No Home,' has died at the age of 87.

Clarence “Frogman” Henry, the New Orleans musician whose signature croak helped him score a memorable Fifties novelty hit, “Ain’t Got No Home,” died Sunday, April 7. In 1961, he scored his biggest hit with a rendition of “(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do,” while achieving modest success with versions of “You Always Hurt the One You Love” and “Lonely Street.” A few years later, the Beatles took Henry along as an opening act on their 1964 North American tour. It popped up in movies like The Lost Boys and Martin Scorsese’s Casino, and also received a strange second life in the early Nineties, when right-wing radio firebrand Rush Limbaugh started using it, sometimes while discussing and mocking homeless people.

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