One thing that people overlook about the Teenagers and Frankie is that they were not trained and formed by professional talent agents and voice therapists. They didn't have choreographers. They did all that themselves. They created the group and the songs by just singing together on street corners and hallways practicing. This is pure talent in raw form.

@allanjohnson1854

5 ай бұрын

Very well said sir.

@wishmartinez4022

5 ай бұрын

They were well loved by many households. Especially Frankie because he was so young and talented.

His story ended so sad but he left us some beautiful music. RIP Frankie Lymon God bless him.

He was so greatly talented it's sad what the music industry did and continues to do to people.

@joewhitehead3

3 жыл бұрын

Did the music industry force the heroine on him?

@44pacino90

3 жыл бұрын

@@joewhitehead3 Not at all but the pressures of the music industry to continuously produce and the Acsessabilty to a successful artist to destroy themselves with drugs and alcohol is all to common even with young artist.

@blogshagify

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people have stress and they don't turn to smoking, alcohol, drugs. No one forced the heroin into his veins That's on him

@krustycrb7182

Жыл бұрын

@@blogshagify Riiiight, only stars like Johnny Depp can have multiple addictions & be excused

@eyelight3056

Жыл бұрын

@@blogshagify Ignorance is bliss

I hate how everyone ignores the other group members. Frankie was talented, but the others helped propel he's talent. They must be recognized for that atleast.

@JaySmith-mz7vg

2 жыл бұрын

That's just how the cards are dealt while being in groups. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Patti LaBelle. It's endless. Very seldomly do people acknowledge the other members when the lead captures the most attention.

@simmonssimmons4494

Жыл бұрын

Culture club, even though I love Boy George 💞

@candice446

8 ай бұрын

@@JaySmith-mz7vgexcept for the temptations

@kashigata

3 ай бұрын

Okay, so who were they? Name them all and tell me about their careers. Don’t cheat by using google!

The voice, the smile, the dance steps, and especially hand movements mastered at his age.

People fail to realize he was a CHILD star who got taken advantage of. People just expected him to know better the devil sets traps no matter how much god blesses you the devil always wants you to fail when u have something great. He died so young and definitely was ahead of his time.

@jamesolsen1150

Жыл бұрын

well put

@libertyann439

Жыл бұрын

Such a shame.

@anthonymensingh1989

Жыл бұрын

He was a inspiration for Michael Jackson love Anthony Fed ex lol

@mslove9191

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you… For it's a terrible thing not to know and don't know you don't know.

@123Viviz

11 ай бұрын

​@@anthonymensingh1989many more

WOW! What a talent. So, 10 years before little Michael Jackson, there already was a Michael Jackson, named Frankie Lymon. Everything old is new again.

@jorgearadelat7466

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%!!!

@Ayden24KT

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree 100% first mj had lived longer and gained more fame than frankie lymon

@ignad2537

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ayden24KT there was way more discrimination against black people at that time

@nakitawilliams4259

Жыл бұрын

@@ignad2537 not a excuse I mean Sammy Davis and Diana Ross and other maintained a long career.

@MusicandDancing4Ever

Жыл бұрын

Frankie Lymon could kill MJ on stage as a teen, but he open the door for MJ. Because he showed kids could sell records and entertain as good as adults.

If we do not recognize this man, as one of the top 5 influential performers and social norm breaker, then everything y’all talking. Bout today is nonsense he busted through barriers the likes of which we today do not know. His TALENT made it so HE encapsulated,white, Hispanic and black youth, strictly by talent Here in LA, my Hispanic relatives give this man the utmost respect we can do this together people, the music, the ideology , the forgiveness of those who do not hear, the epitome of music starts and stops with the talented no matter what color , race or creed they are Let’s all show the world , we talented

The record company enticed him to go solo, thereby severing family ties w/the Teenagers. I believe that was a huge source of pain and heartache for him. They all grew up together as brothers. 🦋

So sad what happened to this legend of music. May his soul rest in peace. No one can ever hurt you again sir. 💔

@billiemason9162

3 жыл бұрын

Right 😭

@raymonbrown1189

2 жыл бұрын

@@billiemason9162 mo

Rest In Peace Frankie Lymon sometimes you never get roses until you die.

Is it strange that when I imagine all the hate he faced in his life and how it led to his death, that it physically hurts my heart.

@ThinkingWoman100

2 жыл бұрын

Resonates with Michael Jackson 's life

@seekpeaceandeunoia

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@carlosventura611

11 ай бұрын

Where? What hate? You mean you can’t die from a drug overdose just because you can afford to buy them? Elvis died from drugs too. They hated him?

@ChoozieD

7 ай бұрын

Yo tears fill my eyes every time I think about watching his movie, never will be another F. Lymon

Frankie Lymon. American legend n icon. we still miss you Frankie

The Teenagers were one of the early successful adolescent R&B/Vocal groups and inspired NUMEROUS others across the country’s inner-cities. For young urban people (especially Black Americans), singing or harmonizing on sidewalks, street-corners, in schools, basements, etc. were later generations’ versions of pastimes like rapping, street dancing, video games, doing social media challenges, etc.

@ThinkingWoman100

2 жыл бұрын

Artists like Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson

@ThouArtOfWar0724

2 жыл бұрын

The were duwop not R&B

@NTakaNiggatron

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThouArtOfWar0724 There was no such thing as “Doo wop” back then. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were mainly labeled as R&B or sometimes Rock and Roll.

@ewalker1057

Жыл бұрын

@@ThouArtOfWar0724 Correct. PBS used to have Doo Wop reunion specials. Very much part of the 1950's. Always brought memories. Notice how much when he sings Goody Goody and other songs he sounds doo wop. Harmony and rhythm.

@c3ciliacorrea80

11 ай бұрын

It was definitely called doo-wop it was all over the Bronx New York and it was called doo-wop for a thousand percent fact

Yes I love Frankie Lymon, Rest In Peace! Like this if you love Frankie Lymon!

@paulatucker3161

3 жыл бұрын

Fgghhu Bhhhh Or kkkkmkkk

@jorgearadelat7466

3 жыл бұрын

He was GREATTTT!!!!

@melvinluckett6368

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulatucker3161 crew

@elyviegas2716

3 жыл бұрын

Michael xxxxxx love you❤ xxxxxx ElyXxxxxxxx

@salenatauriac5552

3 жыл бұрын

Heartbreaking story because he became AA heroin addict at the age of 12.

Awesome talent. Unique voice, stylish and commanded the stage. (R.I.P) my Brotha.....1~Luv

His voice was amazing

To be able to have witnessed the talented, and experience his gift of song was a blessing. It's it so sad that the world missed out on the opportunity to experience real musical sound. This was his gift to the world.

What a gift--watch through to see so many facets of the brilliant Frankie Lymon.

Frankie could have been just as big a celebrity as an adult with his personality and talent! RIP Frankie! 🙏🏻

Frankies voice is unique and stands out so much one of a kind. But at 3:31 i really love the teenagers harmony in the background

I loved his voice OLD school

why are the groups of the past better than today they appear happy singing together.

He was brilliant.

I had to watch. Such incredible talent, it’s terrible he wasn’t able to over come his demons.

@Getemtone

4 жыл бұрын

he was introduced to an ADULT industry at an early age with no guidance!!!! that boy was just a boy not an adult similiar to what these entertainment industries are doin now and have been doin!!! dont be fooled!!!

4 жыл бұрын

@@Getemtone Good point. Do you think that it was a conspiracy to kill his career before it even started? It's like his soul is crying from the grave to be understood.

@TheBeautyAndTheBrave

4 жыл бұрын

Antonio Pizarro I guess this is where I’m expected to go back and fourth with you. I said what I said. Be well stranger.

@soulheaven1964

4 жыл бұрын

Imani Rashaad I know he died in his grandmother’s apartment

@nancyericson4263

4 жыл бұрын

@ Such presence. Like Sammy Davis Jr. and Judy Garland. He was that good!

He was ONE OF A KIND!!!

@user-jd1wp5pq3q

7 ай бұрын

NO HE WASN'T HE WAS EVEN BETTER.

Killer live vocals. Thanks

Man his voice was magical and the guys too soo nice

Gracias muchas Frankie y a los dos puertorriqueños a tu lado Joe José Negroni y Herman Santiago . WOW..

A real great talent I wish he was still alive

@paulbarber9599

Жыл бұрын

Along with two of the teenagers

@simmonssimmons4494

Жыл бұрын

@@paulbarber9599 the other guys are deceased 🤔

Frankie was one of the great early Rock and Rollers Of the 1950s , great style, good dancing and showed class in his performances !

Knew his brother Louie who had a group called the Teenchords very well we were good friends he lived in the shadows of his famous older brother .

I just remember waking up to his voice love his voice and thanks grandma

I can listen for hours. Music was so much better back then.

I am 33 I can listen to these songs all day. 40s-70 music is wildly underrated

What talent and a voice . Sadly gone

It's a shame what happened to him. So sad. He was so talented😢😢😢.

the incomparable frankie lymon

I remember this song . 💕 This group was one of my favorites when I was in Jr. High

And Frankie had 2 other Brothers, Howard the oldest and Timmy the youngest. And I forgot to say that Timmy was the 3rd brother of the Lymon Family, and yeah. Rest In Peace to The Lymons.

@heathstjohn6775

9 ай бұрын

Thanks. I knew nothing about that. The domestic trivia. thought very little of in life, becomes, for those for a taste in whatever the subject happens to be, more and nore interesting, the more the whole truth becomes important, and without which, it can't be understood.

I love his voice.

Amazing talent!

Sir Frankly Lymon, voice of an angel.....Ripower in your Zen......After LIFE.....ps say hello to JIMI....

Great voice

Incredible talent

A polished and well rehearsed talent at such a young age.

Such an amazing and talented young man who can sing and dance gone too soon rip frankie

The sweetest vocal of all time

I don’t understand how grown woman fell for him, he always looked like a kid

@christmastree6817

4 жыл бұрын

Yea. It's a bit strange.

@melanielazare9

3 жыл бұрын

No comment

@justplainbrad7713

3 жыл бұрын

@@christmastree6817 What is so strange about it? By that, I'm not agreeing with it, just that it's still as commonplace today, as it was back then...women sensed that he was about to be a "BIG" star, and wanted a piece of the stardom, and the star. Today, they are affectionately called...cougars; while in law, it's pedophile.

@christmastree6817

3 жыл бұрын

@@justplainbrad7713 I just find it gross for adults to like kids like that...

@justplainbrad7713

3 жыл бұрын

​@@christmastree6817 I'm not getting into a protracted conversation about it, but some of my darkest life moments were the result of adult(stranger) abuse at 3 1/2 yrs. My feelings about child abuse are strong, and I wish the appropriate people would listen to my ways and means of reducing the happening...because I have them.

Gone so soon, loved his Singing! So sad!

Thank you for the beautiful voices and music Frankie and the Teenagers.

Pure Class. RIP Frankie.,

Pure talent here, thank you for posting.

He is very handsome

The M.C. is Frankie Laine, the man who sang the classic "Rawhide" TV show theme song.

That boy can sang!!!❤

We loved ❤ Frankie Lymon!! Such singing talent!!RIP!

Dee Clark, the brother in the vocal group "Force M.D.s", Johnny Wilder, Johnny Mathis, Jackie Wilson and Frankie Lymon, are 6 of the most phenomenal "natural" tenors ever! @@@*** Sembene, in Chicago ***@@@

Just finished watching why do fools fall in love

I was a young kid in the 1970s and I always knew who Frankie Lymon was. It might have been because my mother was a young'n during the height of his popularity but I dont remember ever not knowing who Frankie Lymon was. Diana Ross helped bring him to the attention of the younger generation of that time too by remaking "Why Do Fools Fall In Love."

Another great artist from the day

Shame he left us all to soon. Great talent

What stupendous talent! Thanks for making this available.

what a great sound.

Looking at this guy, it's hard for me to imagine him going through the events played out in the movie. 😔

In my opinion, this child's singing talent was much better than Michael Jackson as a child.

@nakitawilliams4259

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not nor dancing.

@bertrialmarshall5746

18 күн бұрын

Not close but thanks for trying

@secular-world7316

17 күн бұрын

I don’t need to try, is evident, done

His voice was everything

Beautiful 🎶🎵

Most of the original "Teenagers" were Puerto Rican." 😊🇱🇷

@mayena

3 жыл бұрын

I think two were only of Puerto Rican descent.

Once again these videos are humbling. I thought I knew about him but I'm awed by what a great talent he was. What a stupendous talent.!!

Unreal, amazing. I would like the total story of this kid.

@kingmcdonald6829

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the movie

@mimi7434

3 жыл бұрын

Sad story 😢

@Goodsense215

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingmcdonald6829 someone wants the full true story and you suggest watching a hollywood movie? solid...

So darling...so talented. Will always love yaw.

real singing wish music was still like this...shame how they did u

Rip Franki Lymon🙏🏽✝️🕯🕊❤️...he was Brilliant 👏🏽 💯💯💯

That heroin is a monster

@septiawoman2911

4 жыл бұрын

"Agreed, heroin is a hell of a drug." I lost a longtime friend two years due to her addiction. I am so thankful that I was schooled back in the day about drug abuse.

@mariohill9212

3 жыл бұрын

@@septiawoman2911 I lost a good friend from it too.

@JoanRudith

3 жыл бұрын

And to know that he got started at 12 by a woman over 20 who not only took his virginity but also talked him into doing a skin pop and from there he was hooked. All the talent in the world and this kid never had a shot. Every adult in his life was more interested in exploiting him rather than protecting him.

@thisislaflaretv5250

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoanRudith it's a cold game

@theo3s611

Жыл бұрын

If I was back in that day and me and Frankie saw a women introduce heroin to him I would just grab that heroin and slam it to the ground stomp it with my feet and we would get the hell out of that place!!

I bet this was Michael Jackson's fathers favorite band. When there were 5 singers together it looked like a early version of the Jackson's 5.

nice song. wow look at history 💜🖤💚

Absolutely a grand performance.

Frankie Lymon IMPRESIONANTE TALENTO ❤️🇺🇸

@cmramirez5235

2 жыл бұрын

L9i

“youre 13 what do u know about love” me: *laughs in having three crushes in the span of a year when i was his age*

Never heard another like it since 🔥❤

Thank you for the upload! My favorite record by them Juvenile Delinquent.

Best I've ever see'n-so wonderful Franky - R.I.P. ✌☮

Bro had swagga look at the way he played the cameras and stage naturally so no wonder he had the grown women it was like he couldn't help who he become and came...weird shit!.. Rip Da og Frankie lymon

Such a troubled young guy!😩♥️He was so talented it’s truly sad that the most wonderful artist fall to their own addictions I wish we could get an undramatized biography of Frankie Lymon he was clearly taken advantage of by they typical 50s/60s record labels and didn’t have the best parents. And despite the appearance on film he was sleeping with older women who had no business sleeping with a teenage boy!

@reinemazidath5466

3 жыл бұрын

So he was a victim of pedophilia ? Obviously .

@Steve52344

3 жыл бұрын

Frankie's problems had absolutely nothing to do with his "older women." They didn't push heroin on him and were not pedophiles. It was his superstar exposure to drugs and unscrupulous management with little of Frankie's interests in mind. They ripped him off, used him, and left him with an unreliable reputation in the music business.

@jaquaveonandress649

3 жыл бұрын

Hey miss , you pretty ❤️

@StruggleReviewzTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaquaveonandress649 thank you 😊

@Steve52344

3 жыл бұрын

The movie about him barely scratched the surface. There was a good documentary "I Promise to Remember" about Frankie, made in the early 1980's. Sad.

Never realie listen to Frankie,, that mi Lost 🙆🤦One of the best

For All Y'all That's Familiar With The R&B Band " MAZE, Featuring Frankie Beverly " This Is Where Frankie Beverly Got The Name " Frankie " His Name Was " Howard " Beverly Before He Changed It To " Frankie " After Frankie Lymon Who Was His Favorite Singer.....FACT!!✌️😎

@nadirahcroom1938

3 жыл бұрын

Cool fact. Thanks

@lesliewarnell5172

3 жыл бұрын

Good trivia. Thank you. 🦋

@mauricegrant9229

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesliewarnell5172 - U R Welcome, Glad I Could Share With You 😎👍

@mauricegrant9229

3 жыл бұрын

@@nadirahcroom1938 😎👍

@mauricegrant9229

3 жыл бұрын

@@crystaladams4258 - No Frankie's Name Was Howard, Go And Check It Out!✌️😉

He was gifted

Hi edagdwg thanks for sharing this story of what happens when you think your in love God teaches us to be how we are going to be if that's what we want pay attention to what you do with your life pay attention to the girls you think you love them blinds j .peace ❤️💯💯💯 love wins peace ☮️☮️☮️☮️🌹

How I wish I could travel back to the past.

У этого человека был божий дар! Как бесконечно жаль,что этот талантливейший молодой человек не успел показать миру всё богатство своего таланта. Слишком рано ушёл он от нас…

The Micheal Jackson of the 1950’s. He had no one looking out for his interests and surrounded by vultures. Sad.

@courtneynewton-john8862

4 жыл бұрын

What vultures were around Michael Jackson?

@DJWOLFLIVE

4 жыл бұрын

Courtney Newton-John Really?

@courtneynewton-john8862

4 жыл бұрын

@@DJWOLFLIVE Really .. what?

@courtneynewton-john8862

4 жыл бұрын

@زهراء سليم برهي حمزة الدراسة الصباحية Why?

@Wowitzkay

4 жыл бұрын

Courtney Newton-John Dumb ass if you’re really asking that question then you’re ignorant as fuck

During "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" the Teenagers are in the background doo-wopping their fkn asses off. I love doo-wop.

A ending of one era, and a beginning of another,( I was born )

My parents loved him.

hes amazing singer but just ridiculous where was his family and support system

What a great analogy for such a young man.

His demise saddens my heart. The only influence he had around him was those who had mal intent. He was used by the industry and they killed him.

“Ephesians 6:12” {For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.}

@chubbygee4355

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, ALLof us. Amen to that.

@xxcrump3297

3 жыл бұрын

So what you trying to say?

@JediTy63

3 жыл бұрын

@@xxcrump3297 “Matthew 11:15”

@xxcrump3297

3 жыл бұрын

You're half way there

@skrillawarlock

3 жыл бұрын

Why won’t God just destroy all the bad things .. why do they exist?

All those late great singers ,will all be in my heart and mind forever......leora