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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. He was 87.

Henry’s family confirmed his death to New Orleans’ CBS affiliate 4WWL. No exact cause of death was given, though according to various reports, Henry’s health had been declining for several years and he’d recently undergone an unspecified surgery.

While “Ain’t Got No Home” helped him launch his career, he arguably reached his peak in the early Sixties. 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.

Henry was born in 1937 and grew up in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. Playing trombone and piano, he scored gigs in the early Fifties performing alongside Bobby Mitchell and the Toppers, as well as sax player Eddie Smith. It was after an extremely long and exhausting gig with Smith’s band one night that Henry found himself still on stage with an eager audience before him; so, he started improvising a song, which later became “Ain’t Got No Home.”

“I just hit a riff on the piano,” Henry recalled in an interview. “I kept it. It stayed in mind.”

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Posted by bleeng

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 4:14 pm to Kafka

Michael Thomas Pinder ( December 27, 1941 – April 24, 2024) was an English rock musician and founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's ninth album Octave in 1978.

Pinder was renowned for his technological contributions to rock music, most notably in the development and emergence of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues. He was the last surviving of the group's original five members.

In 1964, Pinder, Ray Thomas, Denny Laine, Clint Warwick and drummer Graeme Edge formed The Moody Blues. Their initial single, "Steal Your Heart Away" on Decca, failed to chart. Their second release, "Go Now", however, became UK No. 1 in January 1965. The band went on to have a further UK hit with "I Don't Want To Go On Without You" and then released their first album The Magnificent Moodies (Decca) in mono only, on which Pinder took the lead vocal on a cover of James Brown's "I Don't Mind". "Bye Bye Bird" from this album was also a big hit for the band in France. The album was released in the USA, retitled as Go Now, on London Records.

Pinder was instrumental in the selection of young Swindon guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Justin Hayward as Laine's replacement. It was Pinder who phoned Hayward and then collected him at the railway station. Old friend John Lodge from the El Riot days came in to replace the temporary Rod Clarke as permanent bassist/vocalist, thus completing the 'classic' Moodies line-up.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

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Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:23 am to Kafka

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Clarence "Frogman" Henry

i mentioned in another thread how i saw the Stones at the Superdome in the summer of 1978 but that wasn’t the most interesting part of the trip

that was spending the night after the show drinking Chivas Regal with Frogman and his band at La Strada

RIP Frogman, TYFYS

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