Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Live 1956 - Why Do Fools Fall In Love/I Promise To Remember

Presumably from the same Alan Freed Rock'n'Roll Dance Party as the Platters performance, two classics from this groundbreaking group

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Frankie Lymon
• The Teenagers
• Alan Freed
• Doo-Wop
• 1956
• Gee Records

[atomotma]

ooly poppa kow pop a kow kow (or something like that) what a great opening...

[thecountofbasie]

@atomotma LOL...that's pretty damn close...and what a great record all through...

[790graham]

if frankie would have stayed with the group he might still be alive

[thecountofbasie]

@790graham Maybe...but from I remember reading, they all were experimenting at the time...the real problem that sent him over the edge was his voice changing...as soon as it got ordinary, his career totally died

[thewindrunner]

The Teenagers and The Platters were the core of the sound coming out of the sandwich shoppes in the 50's on the East Coast. It was a great time to be a kid. After the 60's it was all downhill as far as the ambience of the sound in the air making a chill run down the spine.

[origamipig]

aaaah absolutely brilliant have loved these songs since i was a kid and these live versions are the nuts as they say in engerland xx ty so much

[TheThought2be]

Frankie was very talented for his age.

[afgdrbhyz]

@atomotma eeh doombah d-doombah d-doombah duhh duhh

[Tallsmilingtree]

This is the first time I can actually hear the great Teenagers singing backup to Frankie. Usually the engineers have them drowned out by Frankie. This is a real treat!. Thank you for posting this. Think I'll listen to it again!

[SoniaLenora]

Back In The Day, The Song: Why Do Fools Fall In Love: Those Were The Good Old Days.

[SoniaLenora]

Back in the 50's, This Song was always sung on the streets in New York, Little kids and teenagers all went for this Song. This Song was always very good. I'll Never forget. I was in a concert in Carnegie Hall when a lot of teenagers came out on the stage and sung this song just like it was on the record. That's the night I'll never forget. It was the year in 1956. I Hope there is still someone out there in New York that was there in Carnegie that night in June in 1956.