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Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers
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Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers Were A New York Doo Wop Group Consisting Of Joe Negroni Herman Santiago Jimmy Merchant And Sherman Garnes But Centered Around The Extraordinary Talents Of Their Lead Singer In 1955 13-Year-Old Frankie Lymon Franklin Joseph Lymon September 30 1942 – February 27 1968 . Lymon Was Credited With Their First Big Hit Why Do Fools Fall In Love Though In The Early '90s A Federal Judge Ruled After A Lengthy Trial That Lymon Hadn't Written "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" -- Another Member Of The Teenagers Had. Nevertheless His Wise-Beyond-His-Years Vocal And Performing Abilities Not Only Made The Teenagers A Group Several Notches Above The Competition But Made Lymon The First Black Teenage Pop Star. Though Only Together For A Brief 18-Month Period Lymon & The Teenagers Exerted An Enormous Influence Spawning Several "kid" Vocal Groups And Providing Initial Inspiration To Berry Gordy To Model His Entire Motown Production Approach Around Lymon's Original Vocal Style. Inexplicably The Group Split Into Two Fractions At The Height Of Their Success And Neither Had A Hit Again. Lymon Died From A Drug Overdose At Age 25. Diana Ross Smokey Robinson Len Barry And His Principal Protégé Michael Jackson Whose Early Recordings With The Jackson 5 Are Virtual Re-Creations Of The Early Lymon Sound Merely Updated All Show The Influence Of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers' Groundbreaking Work.
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love Is A Song That Was Originally A Hit For Early New York City-Based Rock And Roll Group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers In 1956. It Reached #3 On Billboard Magazine's Pop Singles Chart And Number One In The UK Singles Chart. The Song Is Ranked #307 On The Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. Writing Credits Writing Credits For The Song Were Originally Attributed To Its Singer Frankie Lymon And Record Producer George Goldner. Goldner's Name Was Later Replaced By Morris Levy When Levy Bought Goldner's Interest In Gee Records The Teenagers' Record Company. After A Lengthy Court Battle Song-Writing Credits Were Awarded To Original Teenagers Members Herman Santiago And Jimmy Merchant In December 1992. However Four Years Later In 1996 This Ruling Was Overturned By The Court Of Appeals For The 2nd Circuit Under The Statute Of Limitations And Authorship Because Santiago And Merchant Did Not Bring The Case To Court Soon Enough. This Gave The Song Rights Back To Lymon And Levy. The Current Publisher Of The Song Is EMI Music Publishing Which Still Lists These As The Songwriters
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Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers Were A New York Doo Wop Group Consisting Of Joe Negroni Herman Santiago Jimmy Merchant And Sherman Garnes But Centered Around The Extraordinary Talents Of Their Lead Singer In 1955 13-Year-Old Frankie Lymon Franklin Joseph Lymon September 30 1942 – February 27 1968 . Lymon Was Credited With Their First Big Hit Why Do Fools Fall In Love Though In The Early '90s A Federal Judge Ruled After A Lengthy Trial That Lymon Hadn't Written "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" -- Another Member Of The Teenagers Had. Nevertheless His Wise-Beyond-His-Years Vocal And Performing Abilities Not Only Made The Teenagers A Group Several Notches Above The Competition But Made Lymon The First Black Teenage Pop Star. Though Only Together For A Brief 18-Month Period Lymon & The Teenagers Exerted An Enormous Influence Spawning Several "kid" Vocal Groups And Providing Initial Inspiration To Berry Gordy To Model His Entire Motown Production Approach Around Lymon's Original Vocal Style. Inexplicably The Group Split Into Two Fractions At The Height Of Their Success And Neither Had A Hit Again. Lymon Died From A Drug Overdose At Age 25. Diana Ross Smokey Robinson Len Barry And His Principal Protégé Michael Jackson Whose Early Recordings With The Jackson 5 Are Virtual Re-Creations Of The Early Lymon Sound Merely Updated All Show The Influence Of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers' Groundbreaking Work.
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a song that was originally a hit for early New York City-based rock and roll group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers in 1956. It reached #3 on Billboard magazine's Pop Singles Chart, and number one in the UK Singles Chart. The song is ranked #307 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Writing credits
Writing credits for the song were originally attributed to its singer Frankie Lymon and record producer George Goldner. Goldner's name was later replaced by Morris Levy when Levy bought Goldner's interest in Gee Records, the Teenagers' record company.
After a lengthy court battle, song-writing credits were awarded to original Teenagers members Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant in December 1992.
However, four years later in 1996, this ruling was overturned by the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit under the statute of limitations and authorship, because Santiago and Merchant did not bring the case to court soon enough. This gave the song rights back to Lymon and Levy. The current publisher of the song is EMI Music Publishing, which still lists these as the songwriters
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