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   Frankie Lymon. 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 ...

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3. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › teen-idol-frankieTeen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the ...

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   Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were five kids from Washington Heights, just north of Harlem. They sang doo-wop under the streetlight on the corner of 165th and Amsterdam. They were discovered by ...

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   Sep 28, 2022 · Frankie's legacy was cemented with the 1998 biopic called (of course) Why Do Fools Fall in Love, which starred Larenz Tate as Frankie Lymon, Halle Berry as Zola Taylor, Vivica A. Fox as Elizabeth Waters and Lela Rochon as Emira Eagle. The Teenagers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Frankie Lymon was the leader of the ...

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6. face2faceafrica.com › article › a-junkie-with-anThe tragic tale of teen idol Frankie Lymon who died from ...

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   Jun 5, 2020 · At 13, Frankie Lymon became the hottest singer in America overnight with a world tour to boot. Lymon by that feat was a founding father of rock ’n’ roll. His voice and style influenced two ...

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   Dec 2, 2018 · Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers began in 1954 as a singing group founded at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan (New York City, New York) by second tenor Jimmy Merchant and bass Sherman Garnes. They initially called themselves the Earth Angels. Eventually they added lead singer, Herman Santiago, and … Read MoreFrankie Lymon and The Teenagers ...

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   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 ...

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   Who are Frankie Lymon & the teenagers?

   • Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic! Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers began in 1954 as a singing group founded at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan (New York City, New York) by second tenor Jimmy Merchant and bass Sherman Garnes.

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   Who was Frankie Lymon?

   • It was 1956. 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 paragon of show business ambition, and a camera-ready avatar of America’s new postwar youth movement.

   Teen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About

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   When did Frankie Lymon & the teenagers break up?

   • With the release of "I Want You To Be My Girl", the group's second single, The Teenagers became Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. However, the album that mostly compiled the singles released in 1956 came out under the older name: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon . In early 1957, Lymon and the Teenagers broke up while on a tour in Europe.

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   Does Frankie Lymon still play?

   • Currently touring as Frankie Lymon's Legendary Teenagers or The Legendary Teenagers, the group still plays today with the current lineup being Herman Santiago, Bobby Jay, Terry King and Terrance Farward. Was Frankie Lymon married? Frankie Lymon and DJ Murray The K Kauffman. Picture: Getty Images

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_TeenagersThe Teenagers - Wikipedia

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    The Teenagers were an American music group, most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. [2] The group, which made its most popular recordings with young Frankie Lymon as lead singer, is also noted for being rock's first all-teenaged act. [2]