goody goody. frankie lymon

[TheEternalWisdom]

have any head the song share?/paper castles, out in the cold again frankie goes hard

[TheEternalWisdom]

frankie could out sing mj are you serious!

[Dazz187s]

You can hear that film roll rolling in the background

[DuckSongFanz]

IT WAS AWESOME MATE!!!! I LOVED IT!!! my dad has 2 sing that O_O ever heared of the old invention or da tumble weeds? my dad is the guitar player in both bands Brian Jones :) i'm his little girl :)

[nirbija]

What a talent

[amcgarvin4life25]

THAT JUNKIE UGLY ASS MOTHERFUCKER..FRANKIE LYMON

[BigToneo]

@amcgarvin4life25 thats easy for you to say you ignorant fool. The boy was introduced to drugs at the age of 15... and he was the leading soloist on a tour bus at the age of 16..... He didn't have a financial adviser, Lawyers....He was not given the proper money or royalties while he lived and the money that he did make was basically stolen by corrupt record label owners like Morris Levy.... you should probably read up on your facts before you talk trash on someone who innovated music.

[Quentinmysky]

hes bloody awesome

[saktress]

Wow...This Man was sooooooooooooooooooo talented...one of the trend setters....But damn that drug thing...This drug thing is even worst now...So many people with this talent are being destroyed by the drugs!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wepimpha]

Frankie Lymon was a prodigy before his time and actually had to much talent for a game that wasn't dealing the cards correct. Folk used him and his own conceits if you will hindered him but unmistakingly one of the best talents that music will ever witness. His voice was oure and untrammled

[SCARLEMSCARS]

Hands down...Greatest Of All Times!

[ebernal14]

fukin junkie

[MsTruthFinder101]

@ebernal14 Don't hate, appreciate :)

[6garbageman9]

@ebernal14 you're stupid

[MsTruthFinder101]

@6garbageman9 That person is stupid, but it would be better if you just ignored them. Or at least try to tell them something semi-positive, like I tried to do. I know it's hard to not reply to some idiot with no life who only likes hating on people better than them, but it's sometimes better to catch bees with honey than vinegar.

[angelicsorrow420]

@ebernal14 It is not necessary to comment on his addiction. Who really gives a shit what he was pushing into his veins. The music is what matters! And aren't some of the greatest and well-known musicians of all-time, junkies, addicts or alcoholics?

[wepimpha]

@ebernal14 I bet on your best fucking sober day you couldn't hold his style with help from hands across america fuckin hater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ohrubin]

had frankie been a kid back in the 70's i think he would gave michael jackson a run for his money

but they have diffrent stles frankie was doo wop and michael was into the buuble gum pop type

[Aury0n]

i think i just saw a michael jakcson moves^^

[babesblingandbooze]

he was very adult-looking for a child.

[Constellashun]

@babesblingandbooze you mean he was very child looking for an adult...he was an adult here

[babesblingandbooze]

@Constellashun oh really? what year is this video from?

[Constellashun]

@babesblingandbooze not sure but he said Zola at the end of this song so it had to be the mid 60s because thats when they were in a relationship so hes probably around 22 -23 here..

[babesblingandbooze]

@Constellashun oh ok...thanks for the info

[Constellashun]

@babesblingandbooze No prob

[babesblingandbooze]

@Constellashun oh shit! he does say "zola"...lol...i thought he said "so long" at first

[soowooboyifly1]

@Constellashun he got with her at 14

[1979mattant]

Awesome, Frankie is a legend.

[mitch23325]

Such talent, it's a real shame the path he went down but he was a great singer.

[brewnz]

Gary Coleman should have played Frankie Lymon in "Why do Fools Fall in Love"...Dead ringer (no pun intended).

[Love4FrankieLymon]

@brewnz NO!!! I would NOT want to see Gary dancing! In my opinion Frankie looked much better than Gary and was taller. Frankie grew to be 5'2 or 5'3 while Gary was just 4'8. But I do think that another movie needs to be made or a short bio tv series like they did with the Jackson's. Also the part of kid Frankie needs to be played by an actual kid!

[2009CHANTELL]

@Nailsdewed lol why??? 

[bermyWHAT]

i LOVE this song

[afoolnluv35]

is it just me or does he look a lot like gary coleman??? ....amazing young man, whose life ended so tragically. do u think he o'd accidentially or purposely??? not that it really matters now, just curiousity rearing its ugly head.

[2009CHANTELL]

michael jackson king of pop forever the best way better than frankie lymon but i give to mr.lymon he can sing

[MsJaySerene]

One of the most spectacular voices of all time. Gone, and maybe over looked by this generation, but never forgotten FRANKIE LYMON!

[MJDR4EVER]

@MsJaySerene Yeah he was such a great talent. He was a better singer than MJ a am just now realizing it. He could sing basically all generas of music from crooning to r&b, and of coarse doo wop. It is very sad how he was clean for 3 yrs before he OD'ed. The movie is completly wrong, he wasnt depressed at the end he was very happy. He had just recorded 2 songs for a new album and was booked to do some shows

[onehotminutex]

@MJDR4EVER i don't see why we always have to compare and say who is or who isn't better... why can't we just enjoy everybody s individual talents, without putting down one or the other. Michael and Frankie Lymon were both outstandingly talented young men, and you can enjoy them both without needing to compare either of them.

[MJDR4EVER]

@onehotminutex well I'll say that i perfer Frankie over Michael. How is that? I am not comparing but I do like Frankie more than Michael

[amd02148]

Excellent singing, and showmanship, and 26highstreet youre smoking too much of that shyt if you dont know the man was a dope addict., since you dont seem to know he was a herion addict.

[26highstreet]

Bet he cant wait to get this performance over with and get back to his crack pipe

[DocCheGuevara]

Ummmmmm...I don't think crack or crack pipes existed back then. You need to educate yourself.

[26highstreet]

Think you need to educate yourself if you think crack cocain is difficult to make.. This performance wasnt made in the bloody stone age, i think they might just have had the brains in the early 60s to mix up a few things...lol

SOME PEOPLE

[osunremimojica]

read ronnie spectors autobiography where frankie goes around her house. he was a drunk at 15/16. shame great voice. ronnie modelled her voice on his and covered lots of his songs

[Luchiano]

How old was he here?

[DocCheGuevara]

He was like 15 on this one

[bopkick5]

he woz swinging man

[yungmani5]

that nigga said GOODY GOODY lmao!!! r.i.p frankie this ma shyt

[shaunitad]

fabulous!!!

[rockitradio]

Thank you for posting this - We have made it another vintage video pick of the week here at Rock-it Radio. Thank you for helping keep early Rock & Roll alive.

All the best,

Bennie Dingo

Rock-it Radio

[LaurenDungan]

he's sooooooo cute i juss wanna give hikm a BIGG hugg i wish he was still alive RIP! LUV U Frankie

[nuknuknuk111]

all i got to say is: FRANKIE KILLED IT!!!!!

[gamagan1]

good eat it

gamagan1

[TheCyclomethicone]

I really don't understand why everybody is discussing if MJ or Frankie was better.

They were different, lived different lifes, at different times a.s.o.

That is like comparing Bach to Freddie Mercury - both were great, but you cannot compare them.

(Excuse my elementary-school-english.)

[MarceloAvero]

@TheCyclomethicone lol Jimi Page and Paganini, who's the best? :p

[angelicsorrow420]

@TheCyclomethicone Agreed. In a way at least. Just because both of them were so young when they started out, does not mean that they should be compared.

[tabby1buddy]

hey that is so true i say they same thing they are different

[333mjs]

i never saw frankie lymon moonwalk

he wasnt a humaniterrian

he doesnt have nearly as much achievements as michael

everybody in the world knows michael jackson

everybody didnt know who frankie lymon was

he was one of the greats but michael is above any music artist in any genre

michael was the only one of his kind, and frankie lymon doesnt deserve to be compared to him...BATTLE ME ON THIS I DEAR U

[Transatlanticism1]

Michael ended up in a class of his own, I agree with you there, but when Michael first started out everyone compared him to Frankie Lymon, who was before Michael's time and also died tragically (at 25yrs). He was also a very talented songwriter. Berry Gordy even admitted that he took a risk on the Jackson's on the basis of the work Frankie and The Teenagers did. Don't underestimate the influence Frankie had on the gift we received in Michael.

[333mjs]

i feel u on that, but they compared them when michael started, not when he finish because its impossible. now everybody is saying that frankie was an influence on michael, but michael himself never said that, in fact, he considered himself a influence under james brown and jackie wilson who had successful careers

[Transatlanticism1]

"It was 1970, a year when some of the best people in rock were losing their lives to drugs and alcohol. An older, wiser generation in show business was unprepared to lose its very young. Some people had already said that I reminded them of Frankie Lymon, a great young singer of the 1950s who lost his life that way." - Michael Jackson.

True, that quote doesn't indicate that Michael was heavily influenced by Frankie. But it does show Michael could acknowledge that Frankie was a great singer.

[333mjs]

yea, but who cant acknowledge that frankie was a great singer. And it is that quote that we can say, well michael realized rookie mistakes, and looked pass them as he became the king of performance period. i love frankie lymon, but i just cant see him as the michael jackson of his time. influence or not.

[MONSTERBalls0258]

frankie lymon was before mj`s time end of story

[MONSTERBalls0258]

micheal jackson got nothin on frankie frankie was before mj`s time

[boomcc1]

you suck fuck

[Ecksntrick8]

I found a pussy!

[Marcia5Norf]

Come on people both of them are talented.how can you compare there talent....their different.but they both are good.stop trying to put one higher then the other one.Michael was the best and Frankie too.They both will be missed.

[maffia1212]

geta fuck out of here frankie is old school not a fag ho did surgery to be whit fucking trater but the best singer is fanky blue eyes and nat king cole

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

Frankie Lymon was the Michael Jacxkson of his time.......I .Love them both in that context.

[MICHAELJJFAN09]

Michael Jackson was more talented then Frankie. Frankie was great but MJ was a better dancer, had better stage presence, and MJ could do alot more with his voice. Frankie was great but he didnt develope much like MJ did. Michael Jackson is a bigger, better, legendary performer and has had more hits, and has grammys and is just the King Of Pop. Frankie doesn't have all that.

[crappykidforever]

ill tell you what they both have, a tombstone.

[boomcc1]

crappykiddforever o Yours might be sooner that expected please dont comment like that. and FYI mike has a moseleum boomcc1 i hope you werent being sarcastic

[crappykidforever]

...

what was my comment again?

[ronjizza]

Best singer-Frankie Lymon

Best entertainer-Michael Jackson

[dolphinsfan55]

frankie was one of the best i put him above micheal anyday

[tharonette]

i agree. frankie was the better musician.

[drelover9]

micheal can never be frankie....frankie was a better singer,,,

[nikki51572]

before any of them...there was frankie...such a tragic ending.

[vernco17]

Michael Jackson,,, i heard loved him!!!! (similar)

[kurlafunana]

before Michael Jackson!!

disappeear at 19 years!

[ikecot3rd]

very talented kid

[katmobile59]

I love Frankie!

[sidmama23]

hes mad cute n yes im 14 n singing the song

[doob234]

yes he was cute

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

00ps....'worldly' talent..not wordly...duh.

[damusicalfreak]

love ya man rip

[lagosdogblue]

his gestures are so mature. You can mistaken him for an adult with growth deficiency. I guess the roughness of life back then sharpened them up.

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

i agree...he had wordly charisma beyond his tender years......my favorite lil' dude.

[tharonette]

i like your name...it's one of my favorite songs! smokey is one of those real talented artists, like frankie.

[fjbutch]

The kid was just magic ....

[pamkayvan]

Be kind people! Frankie was not on drugs yet in this video! He was just 13 or 14!

[auq21]

what year was this?

[tyriece1102]

man y he would use drugs with a voice like that he be performing today

[singchef]

Boy, they just don't produce great singers like that any more.

[marcel52789]

I Won A Talent Show Singing Why Do Fools Fall In Love.

[KaylaStarrSings]

I can watch him all day.  He is my biggest inspiration. Thank you for having such GREAT videos on here!

[VataniGia]

no disrespect but i wonder was he high on this one? he sounded like he messed up the words the end

[aderill]

kind da

[aderill]

that guy can dane

[KaylaStarrSings]

maybe they cut that part out of the song cause it was a timed thing.  he may have just changed it because he got bored too.

[social076]

he dies at a young age.he use drugs real bad

[Br3ana2008]

I Luv the sound of his voice

R.I.P Frankie

[videogirlzzzzzz]

Nice song...I'm so glad I have these video's to look at to really see what a talent he was.

[fjbutch]

born to entertain .....

[titsywatoo]

No one like him...Lorenz Tate did a great job doin him though!