Why Do Fools Fall In Love - 2 versions (Diamonds, 4 Seasons)

[lampsofachair]

My mom manages the man who wrote the song! JIMMY MERCHANT! :))

[Javier23gol]

The Diamonds made the worst cover for this great song!!!

[BillyKnockout]

lol.. I wonder whose idea it was for these dudes to cover this song

[Vinzenzolancelot]

@BillyKnockout lol.

[renascencewoman]

@BillyKnockout in the day, rock and roll was considered nigger music (white term of course). blacks would record a hit, and radio stations/whites didn't like it. then pat boone, ricky nelson, bill haley or the diamonds would cover it then the song would shoot up the white charts. stupid, isn't it? lol

[BillyKnockout]

@renascencewoman Yeah...that was pretty much a standard practice . Up until the mid 60's , black artists had crackers ( Black term of course ) adorn their album covers just to make sales .

[greendaysaint8302]

It was a great cover until :50 what the hell happened there?

[sexyrose93]

No rhythm. That's why they sound so boring and gay!

[dedrawilliams]

@sexyrose93 not true at all :P .

[sexyrose93]

@dedrawilliams Yes it is true!

[666JESUSWILLBURN666]

all three versions are good in their own way

[JCFraser1027]

From a Doo Wop Website

The Diamonds took their share of blame heaped on white artist of the 50s that made their living the records of black singers. The group only did what they felt was necessary to succeed in a tough business. they didn't invent the cover and didn't record as many covers as many other "pop" artist that found greater success.

[Michaeljackson450]

the frankie lymon version is better

[panzerson2]

sherman garnes kills both bass singers in these versions....his is the best!!!!!!

[ranka35]

i know they sing something else and i couldn't remember whom, but then this rock group came up and i now i remember i heard it on the radio and i think they did a pretty good job, but no one can do it better than frankie lymon and the teenagers can.

[raychamp01]

the thief version

[bcount1]

that sounds horrible

[koolkidJavon]

lol at least they tried

[rockinlikklexi700]

wth was that?

[upt305]

I just hate it when these people take a good song and fuck it all up

[Vinzenzolancelot]

@upt305 AGREE!!!

[joselino52]

what ??? disgusting

[xBrazilianBarbiex]

LMAO @ disgusting

[killah385]

what the heck is this?

[krystall11]

yobachi2007 and kickthebass shut up no one wants to hear that crap

[POOKY210]

*they sux*

[Big60sfan]

no body can do like Frankie.

[thelilbunnyfoofoo]

@Big60sfan i agree dude.... :)

[072381Mack]

You know I think I just love this song no matter who does it...

[Mayabooz]

Geez

[estosiesmusica]

copia descafeinada,cuantas obras maestras hicieron los artistas negros(esta de Lymon)

[kickthebass]

The Diamonds shit cover has nothing to with race, nobody can perform a song like the person who actually wrote it can.

[Yobachi2007]

Way to ring all of the soul, rhythm and life out of song.

Thieving ass impostor muthafucks.

[kickthebass]

You're a fucking imbecile.

[Yobachi2007]

I know you are, but what am I?

[02chvyonkroum]

the other version is better with frankie lymon.

[MusicalLyrica]

Are these the Diamonds who sang "Little Darlin'" which they did sound good on.

I like the Four Seasons, not on this though.

[GeoSilverAway]

Sure it's the same Diamonds. See my music blog (link in profile) and see all the others they did.

[derrikk85]

sounds better than frankie with the bitch voice

[blackice9119]

wow white ppl suck

[herma57]

i am all races . this version sux

[Isaacyp]

sucks

[finestgirl0690]

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers are better. I hate that white groups tried to sing like our black men in then what was considered rock -n- roll. That was one reason Little Richard had to start singing faster and faster. So they couldn't be like him.

[mongolianheart]

sounds really bad!

[Isaacyp]

dude they suck, and i agree with 123eyesonDemi they would take their song and destroy it. IT SUUUUCKS! I MEAN LISTEN TO 0:50

[sierria64]

yep this sucks

[wilburhog]

The White version is superior..

[sierria64]

are you kidding

[Gmancrap]

The white version sucks.

[sierria64]

yep it sucks with a long straw

[diane921]

Oh Geez. They're flat...Their intonation sucks!

[sierria64]

this sucks... and this is a peice a shit... they were tooooo old

[diane921]

OMG!! This is awful. The vocals are lagging behind the instrumentals. LOL. C'mon keep up with the rhythm and beat boys...lol Hilarious!!

[sierria64]

this is awful.. thier voices are toooooo deep to be youthful...keep up with the rhythm and beat boys. reminds me pat boone doing lil richichard tutifruti

[123eyesonDemi]

y the freaqk did white ppl (no offense) always have to take a blaqk persons song and destroy it !!!!?!?

[GSMovieMoments]

So they would hear something instead of nothing at all.

[majorahmad]

yo, another theft gone wrong. Its like stealing a Benz and crashing on the next block before you can show it off or sell it

[UtahCarl]

Tired white boys.

[Gmancrap]

Yea, I'm black and I love music regardless of color but this was just a sad white attempt to take a black song.

[sierria64]

i'm black girl from watss ca.. this is a peice of shit

[sierria64]

yep tired white boys... even the horn is sluggish

[southdeshonniggaz]

frankie is way better!

[Randomcutz]

Man look at the real guy who song it frankie lymon he a beast i dont know why they singin his song i mean they can sing but damn can a black person take song credit for their songs

[kawaim0m0]

Agree Randomcutz. Frankie was a huge genius. He had a blessed soprano voice before his tone changed from kid to man.

Check Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers original, check their cover to Paul Anka Diana or many other covers (most of them better than the original ones)

[thatsrighttheband]

Check out my tribute to The Diamonds on MySpace thediamondsdoowop

[GSilverWorld]

This comment is not spam so don't mark it as such.

[wilburhog]

The Diamonds is smoother while Lymon puts more emotion in his version. Most negro groups are famous for rythym and unique dancing ability while white groups are smoother with better harmony.

[GSilverWorld]

Frankie was never meant to be the lead. The real lead got sick. Unfortunately Frankie had a flat voice with no texture or tremolo. So I can't get interested.

[kawaim0m0]

GSilver, what do you mean by flat voice? Maybe he used not tremolo but let me ask how many doo wop lead singers do you know with that soprano range? That really interest me, so I can't get why you are not. Just curious, no disrespect :-)

[GSilverWorld]

I'm interested in early R&R but not interested in Lymon & Teenagers or Bill Haley & Comets. Is that strange? Just not.

[ronbos60]

all kids have a higher soprano range as Frankie Lymon was an adolescent at the time

[kawaim0m0]

True ronbos60, but i love a male voice singing in soprano range. If you heard to Frankie's voice when grow up if kinda low pitch if you compare him with his brother Lewis (who still has a good high tenor range). I just enjoy males singing in a high range.

btw SilverWorld, the lead for the teenagers was intended to be Herman Santiago, do you think he had better voice than Frankie? maybe technique but not voice (nobody can compete agaisnt a teen singing soprano imho)

[GSilverWorld]

I'd like to hear Herman to find out.

btw I set this to block bad language, but "wopp" is being blocked. Let's see if doowopp gets printed.

[sierria64]

sounds like like an old man trying to be hip

[jacques18]

all your comments are so bullshit....this was recorded as a cover version so "white" folks in the 50's can also listed to songs made by black singers and writers....don't forget this are the 50's in America. You can learn all this on lines, instead making stupid comments

[gamegizmo31]

i prefer frankie lymon

[Vinzenzolancelot]

@gamegizmo31 ME TOO.

[tarek7563]

That's right,colored people for black people 's no sense!white is a colour too! i'm white French from Paris so a coloured guy !

[FARQUHARSO]

wat u mean colord people the white people are the colerd people u wana kno y becasue white people change colors all the time and black people just stay 1 color white people change when ther hot mad or sad or sick people add me

[jazzigotback]

mann dis sum bullshit y come every time a black person make a song white people gotta try n make it there's NOW THATS A BUNCH OV BULL SHIT!!! IT DON'T EVEN SOUND RITE NOW

[antzam614]

Its peole like you who give colored people today a bad name, you think that everything that white people do is prejuidice, a white guy gets a job over a black guy, prejuidice, a white guy records a song a black guy recorded, prejuidice, and you people are a bunch of cry babies about everything that we do things in opposite, like OJ, if we would have said guilty it would have been prejuidice right? Wrong! Not prejuidice but justice. John McCain president that would have been prejuidice too ha?

[antzam614]

The Four Seasons is better than the Diamonds and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers are the best

[kurtc0841n]

way too true ;)

[illyacto475]

This version is awful.

Frankie Lymon sang the song with emotion (even at the tender age of 13). Whilst this cheap version was sung with the motive of making a quick buck by some suburban boys.

It does upset me to see how classic songs such as this have never received the respect that they truly deserve.

[trizzooo]

the four season version is better then the diamonds version  maybe cuz its closer to frankies but frankies version is the best hands down!!!

[GeoSilverMore]

The Diamonds hits can be bought online. There are pros and cons involving masters. Digital loses resonance too. Most of my stuff is from vinyl.

[jkronn123]

lol well so much for vinyl.not the same song without the bass.check it out.

[jkronn123]

the guy took the bass guitar out

[jkronn123]

this is not the diamonds hit version

[GeoSilverAway]

It is, from vinyl.

[peculiarjazzj]

what the hell lmao..i think i will stick with frankie lymon's version..

[trizzooo]

i gotta agree it doesnt compare to frankie's, this version is no where near as good

[RicTester]

I don't mind Frankie Lymon's version, but I think that The Diamonds' version is much better. Dave has a very soulful voice and the vocal and instrumental backing is really well done. My second-favourite version was done by "The Essex" on Roulette records. That is definitely worth a listen.

[belovedtwilight41]

It's sounds good, but frankie was truely the lead vocalist for this song and had this guy originally sung it, they wouldn't have made it. I mean, his english is still broken after all this time. wow...

[LilMissLacy1128]

it's good, but i like frankie's version more :) his just has so much emotion from all of the singers

[BuddyHollysEdselGirl]

Personally, I like Frankie Lymon's version the best. I don't much care for the Diamond's version so I would have to say that Frankie Valli's version is the best out of these two.

[pakvanjdam]

imagine a good recording tehnology and them singing..

i think it would come out totally different!

[LovingJustinAndBrit]

Frankies version is so much better!

its just aaaaargg and soulful!

[rainman2309]

fuck this track white people is always tryna copy off of blacks the guy who was singing couldnt even hit a note

[nandofigueira2005]

No me gusta esta version, La de Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers es muchisima mejor ^_^

[GG5097]

Seriously The Diamonds Version Is Better .

[neighborhoodnobody]

I must one of the

six people on this

planet who enjoys

The Diamonds version

of this song. Well, anyway,

I like it better than Frankie

Valli/ The Four Seasons' version.

[gheurbia]

very nice. gheurbi.a

[nashvilleaztec]

Gail Storm album is great and she has been totally forgotten. Check out her songs, and My Little Margie TV show. I was a little kid watching that funny TV show. I got to meet her, what a shock, but I got her to autograph a 45 and she was in shock that I had one.

[dstrbdchck]

kinda killing my ears

[inuyashalover400]

i think both versions (diamonds4 seasons) suck, i personally like frrankie lymon and the teenagers version much better, think the other two groups over did it, frankie';s version was pure and raw. but thats my opinion, if you like this then i guess thats you.

[GSilverWorld]

I think all the early versions including Lymon and Diamonds are boring. You had to do something to the arrangement like FS. Maybe that was Frank Slay or Bob Crewe.

But I wish you guys would stop using that word s---. You might not get published.

[JeffZHigs1]

do you have anymore songs by the diamonds? and can you gimme an mp3 of them please? i only have 2 of them.

[GSilverWorld]

I recommend the CD "The Diamonds Collection" on the Stardust label for the best sound and selection. It's available from Continental Records. Also see my profile and visit my music blog for some more Diamonds.

I have just about everything by them.

[tayishere202]

Frankie lymon and the teenagers version will always be the greatest the other version suck

[GSilverWorld]

I think the Four Seasons is the only REALLY great version.

[azam61494]

I agree