Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon (1942-1968) and the Teenagers were a New York doo wop group consisting of Joe Negroni, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes, but centered around the extraordinary talents of their lead singer, 13-year-old Frankie Lymon. Lymon was credited with their first big hit, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (in the early '90s, a federal judge ruled after a lengthy trial that Lymon hadn't written "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" -- another member of the Teenagers had). His wise-beyond-his-years vocal and performing abilities not only made the Teenagers a group several notches above the competition but made Lymon the first Black teenage pop star. Though only together for a brief 18-month period, Lymon & the Teenagers exerted an enormous influence, spawning several "kid" vocal groups and providing initial inspiration to Berry Gordy to model his entire Motown production approach around Lymon's original vocal style. Inexplicably, the group split into two factions at the height of their success, and neither had a hit again. Lymon died from a drug overdose at age 26. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Len Barry, and his principal protégé, Michael Jackson (whose early recordings with the Jackson 5 are virtual re-creations of the early Lymon sound, merely updated) all show the influence of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' groundbreaking work.
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The Abc's of Love
Frankie Lymon, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 4 Jun 2013
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I Promise to Remember
Frankie Lymon, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 4 Jun 2013
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Out in the Cold Again
Frankie Lymon, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 21 May 2013
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Goody Goody
Frankie Lymon, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 21 May 2013
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Rock & Roll With Frankie Lymon
Pop - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 1958
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Little Bitty Pretty One (1960)
Pop - Released by JB Production on 8 Jul 2019
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Frankie Lymon At The London Palladium
Pop - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
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Precious (Original Recordings)
R&B - Released by Silan Records on 27 Mar 2015
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I Love Music - Only Original Recondings
R&B - Released by Itube on 9 Apr 2015
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Frankie Lymon
Pop - Released by JB Production CH on 2 May 2023
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White Cross Collection
R&B - Released by White Cross Records on 14 Jul 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo