Frankie Lymon
Rhythm and blues, Musical Artist
1942 – 1968
Who was Frankie Lymon?
Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon 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 group, The Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.
The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest hit. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. At age 25, he was found dead in his grandmother's bathroom from a heroin overdose. His life was shown in the 1998 film, Why Do Fools Fall In Love?.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1942
Harlem - Also known as
- The Teenagers, Frankie Lymon
- Lymon, Frankie
- Lymon, Frankie & Teenagers, The
- Teenagers
- Spouses
- Emira Eagle
(1967/06 - 1968/02/27) - Elizabeth Waters
(1964/01 - ) - Zola Taylor
(1965 - )
- Emira Eagle
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 27, 1968
Harlem
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on July 23, 2013
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