Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
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Lymon was credited with their first big hit,
Why Do Fools Fall in Love, though 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.
Nevertheless, 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 fractions 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 Best of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
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The Best Of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
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Teenage Love
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Essential Recordings 1955-1961 (disc 1)
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bort_
that frankie lymon gets me going.
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Lowbacca
VOTE UP: http://www.lastfm.com/music/Frankie+Lymon+and+The+Teenagers/+images/62358417
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Bastard1
Why do fools run the song title casing system?
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humechanics
crazy kids and their smack
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gendervariant
I didn't know he was only 26 when he died.
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priedits
This is soooo underrated!
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KevinKevnQuevin
Many of these songs are quite beautiful.
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borntogeek
telling the kids about frankie at http://theozhiztoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/wonderful-world-of-doo-wop.html
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riverflows
I adore Frankie Lymon. ♪So you lie awake just singing the blues all night.♫
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JawadQ
Franky Lymon for fuck sakes! That guy was a walking miracle!
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Yamheadyan
So much better than that crap ass justin bieber
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AimsterSkitz0rz
um Gay used to mean "happy" "joyful" before it became a label for a sexual orientation ...look it up
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SoKrspyTinyDncr
pow
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danseharald
about that conversaation you guys were having: he didn't write it as such, he borrowed inspiration from several love letters which were given the band by some girl whose name I can't remember. but it was a collaboration between frankie, jimmy and herman if I remember correctly. but I'm not saying I know this, I read about it on wikipedia, so go check your facts ;} the song was originally to be named "why do birds sing so gay?" =} curiosity bonus!
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almagal
love Lymon
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oldmancallaghan
and i don't know that frankie was old enough to be making a metamusical statement about singers in his song. kid was 13.
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huddylion
Love it
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X__Truthiness
Awesome <3
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bosejiu
bum bum bum they rock!
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Koyotka
Hey! Where is Teenage Love on this list?! That's great song! As god as Why Do Fools Fall In Love and I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent!
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