V. RARE CLARENCE HENRY 78 -BUT I DO SA PARL.SPD194 M-

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$ 68

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Feb 23, 2007 Sold Date

Feb 13, 2007 Start Date

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A NEAR MINT COPY OF THIS RARE 78 FROM CLARENCE "Frogman" HENRY

Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born March 19, 1937, in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American rhythm and blues singer.

Fats Domino and Professor Longhair were young Henry's main influences while growing up. When Henry played in talent shows, he dressed like Longhair and wore a wig with braids on both sides.

His trademark croak, utilized to the maximum on his 1956 debut hit "Ain't Got No Home," earned Henry his nickname and jump-started a career that endures to this day. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" and "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do", both from 1961, were his other big hits.

"But I Do" was his first and biggest chart hit in the UK entering the chart in May 1961 reaching No 3 and staying there for 19 weeks.

I don't know why I love you but I do
I don't know why I cry so but I do
I only know I'm lonely and that I want you only
I don't know why I love you but I do

I can't sleep nights because I feel so restless
I don't know what to do, I feel so helpless
And since you've been away, I cry both night and day
I don't know why I love you but I do

My days have been so lonely
My nights have been so blue
I don't know how I manage, but I do

Each night I sit alone and tell myself
That I will fall in love with someone else
I guess I'm wastin' time but I've got to clear my mind
I don't know why I love you but I do

Henry opened eighteen concerts for The Beatles across the U.S. and Canada in 1964, but his main source of income came from the Bourbon Street strip in New Orleans, where he played for nineteen years. His name could still draw hordes of tourists long after his hit-making days had ended.

DISC DETAILS

SOUTH AFRICAN PARLOPHONE SPD 194 (not released as a 78 in the UK)

CONDITION - Playing surface is MINT but a small rim flake reduces rating to M-

SIDE 1 :- BUT I DO (Paul Gayton - E. Bocage)

SIDE 2 :- JUST MY BABY AND ME (R. Guildry)

THIS IS AN VERY RARE RECORD - NOT ISSUED AS A 78 IN THE UK.......

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