# The singer in the classic "One Froggy Evening" seems hugely talented. Why did he never achieve fame? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115 "2014-01-30T06:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/1 "2014-01-30T06:55:25Z")
Warner Brothers “One Froggy Evening” is cited as one of the [greatest cartoons of all time.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Froggy_Evening) The singer, “Bill Roberts”, doing the frog’s songs seems to have huge, multi-talented voice and yet when you google him up he is practically unknown except for being “a Los Angeles nightclub entertainer”. Why no fame or fortune for this guy? > [@](#): > > The singer was uncredited, and for years his identity was shrouded in some degree of mystery. Various names were proposed in the past, but the Looney Tunes Golden Collection unequivocally credits the vocals to baritone Bill Roberts, a Los Angeles nightclub entertainer in the 1950s [Cartoon here - video link](http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_video/372-One_Froggy_Evening.html) [Fascinating history of the cartoon](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkmbrl_it-hopped-one-night-a-look-at-one-froggy-evening_shortfilms) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/2 "2014-01-30T07:26:01Z")
For every one success story there are 5000 equally talented people who never got anywhere. He was one of the 5000. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/3 "2014-01-30T09:26:16Z")
It didn’t help that he would only sing when just this one guy was around. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/4 "2014-01-30T11:49:39Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > It didn’t help that he would only sing when just this one guy was around. Bazinga! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/5 "2014-01-30T17:02:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > For every one success story there are 5000 equally talented people who never got anywhere. He was one of the 5000. And also at least 1000 even more talented people who never got anywhere. There are far more talented musicians than the market can support. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/6 "2014-01-30T22:14:30Z")
Being uncredited on the one thing where the whole country actually heard him sing probably didn’t help matters, either. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/7 "2014-02-01T02:24:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Being uncredited on the one thing where the whole country actually heard him sing probably didn’t help matters, either. Shame he must not have gotten [credit for this either,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVZUVeMtYXc)the funniest scene in that whole movie! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singer-in-the-classic-one-froggy-evening-seems-hugely-talented-why-did-he-never-achieve-fame/680115/8 "2014-02-01T02:30:56Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > It didn’t help that he would only sing when just this one guy was around. Or that he knew only one song.