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  1. Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 [5] [6] – February 27, 1968 [7]) was an American rock and roll / rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City -based early rock and roll doo-wop group The Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid-teens.

  2. Overnight, Frankie Lymon was the hottest singer in America, off on a world tour. He was 13 years old. That made him the first black teenage pop star, a gap-toothed, baby-faced, angel-voiced...

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  3. Sep 28, 2022 · Learn about Frankie Lymon, the leader of the first all-teen hit rock 'n' roll band, who sang 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love'. Discover his early career, personal struggles and tragic end at 25.

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  4. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, American vocal group popular in the mid-1950s, prime exponents of the doo-wop vocal style. The members were Frankie Lymon (b. Sept. 30, 1942, New York, N.Y., U.S.—d. Feb. 28, 1968, New York), Herman Santiago (b. Feb. 18, 1941, New York), Jimmy Merchant (b. Feb. 10, 1940, New York), Joe Negroni (b. Sept. 9 ...

  5. Jun 5, 2020 · Frankie Lymon was America’s first black teenage pop star but by 1968, aged a mere 25 years, he was found dead from a heroin overdose in the same apartment building where he’d grown up. Lymon’s...

  6. Dec 2, 2018 · Learn about the first black teenage pop star and his doo-wop group that had hits like \"Why Do Fools Fall in Love\" and \"I Want You to Be My Girl\". Find out how they rose to fame, faced challenges, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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  8. Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll / rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City -based early rock and roll doo-wop group The Teenagers.

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