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

"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.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Joel Whitburn (2007). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R & B and Hip-hop Hits. Billboard. ISBN 978-0-8230-8283-4.
  3. ^ a b Donald Clarke (1998). The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140513707.
  4. ^ Anthony M. Musso (13 November 2008). Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and Early 1960s ... In Their Own Words. AuthorHouse. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-1-4389-5292-5.