I've always loved and been fascinated with Frankie. His life was so messed up from an early age, and it showed in how he carried himself and how well spoken and mature he was as a young teen. He and his influence are so underrated.. his talent as a singer and entertainer will never be replicated, RIP ❤
For a black vocal group of boys to be on national TV in 1956 was historic. Very rare and very difficult to achieve. Most never got the chance. It was the road to stardom.
They need to do a full movie on Frankie. The 90s movie “Why do Fools Fall in Love” was mostly about the inheritance money, but it wasn’t a full Frankie story.
A whole court battle, that no one even cared about 🤦🏾♂️ it seem like the movie did the bare minimum in terms of learning his personal life, cause allot wholes wasn’t filled in his story.
This man had a great voice he was an adult not a child anymore his voice was even more beautiful he just didn't get a chance they wanted to keep him as a child all singer voice changed included Michael it was the drug that killed him and people destroyed him😢Apostle Dr Matthews
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers are an important part of the history of music. Very sad story about Frankie, he grew up too fast and unfortunately was not led by the correct people. May he RIP together with the other Teenagers that have left us.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers were truly talented, clean-cut, and good-looking young men. Their vocal ranges and impressive harmony helped to launch future all-male and all-female vocal groups. Sherman Gaines also had one of the most unique baritone voices of all time. It's a shame that they were not properly groomed for superstardom. A feature-length film documenting their meteoric rise to fame needs to be produced. I never thought the 1998 film starring Larenz Tate did them any justice. I'd like to know what became of the other group members as well. Frankie's quick descent on Skid Row was one of the most tragic events in music history.
Why wasn't he able to transition as a adult singe, like Micheal Jackson. It's also disgraceful that these so called gangster managers were and still able to rip off the artists
He couldn’t say no to drugs it played a huge part in why he didn’t cross over by the time he was 19 he was basically out the industry couldn’t find a gig etc. Everytime he touched money it went to the next dealer
His addiction to drugs basically spiraled out of control by the time he was 17 or 18. Says a lot about his artistry that we're still discussing him in 2023. He was an amazing singer, he just ended up going down the wrong path.
No one should have to ripped off any talented musicians and performers any performer that is really talented should be guided and have a long lasting career no one should have to get picked up or taken advantage of but we still have the music of Frankie Lymon and the teenagers to remember who they were and what they could have been.
This was an amazing video and yet such a sad story, he had such a bright future ahead of him. I hate that drugs had to take him from us at such a young age. There was another song that he did called Seabreeze, I heard that he actually wrote that song while he was in rehab and recorded it right before he passed away and it was released like right after. I became very interested in the story a while back after seeing the movie. I'm guessing not very many people know about that track. It's a very powerful song and it actually hits pretty hard after you know that it posthumously released. First time viewer and subscriber 💜
It would be fantastic if someone would do another movie of Frankie Lymon more in depth because there was so much more to Frankie than we saw in that movie Why do fools fall in love!!!
The Teenagers played on Alan Freeds Show The Big Beat . France danced with a white girl on stage . Back then that was Taboo. The show was cancelled. The film was destroyed . I wrote a Blog on their story and asked about the " THE WHITE GIRL " .Guess what I found her . She's still alive . I got to talked to her. She was very nice .
Frankie singing dancing had opened the for the The Supreme The Temptations and The Jackson 5's first major superstar appear on live national television first to get a recording contract.
When I first heard why do fools fall in love I was immediately amazed at Frankie Lymon’s voice one of the things I really love about the recordings of Frankie Lymon the ones I’ve heard it’s not only Frankie Lymon‘s voice but Great saxophone solos wow I’ve always loved the saxophone and you up settings as well what songs like why do fools fall in love and the ABC’s of love and who can explain amazing saxophone solo I love it. The group Frankie Lymon and the teenagers were an amazing group and listening to the very best of Frankie Lymon on CD is a great reminder of how talented he was and could have been.
@@Frnk_3 I saw that episode!!! If the great Sam Cooke was alive and his record label being on the rise, I believe that he would have signed up Frankie and his career would have been revived.
@@Frnk_3 Like many of his other acts and employees, BG would've also been SNEAKY with his money, like Morris "THE OCTOPUS" Levy was with Frankie when he was a kid.
I doubt it. He was badly addicted to drugs to no point of return. He started very young with an undeveloped brain and it became who he was as he got older resulting in dying very young.
He was. His own brother at the morgue thought so. He noted the needle marks on his arm wasn't fresh, to indicate that he died of an overdose that particular evening. Look up Morris Levy, who was involved in a lot of dirt. Tommy James said so. The assault on Jimmie Rodgers & the death of James Anthony Sheppard of Shep & The Limelites look it all up
Frankie Lymon story is sad !! It's sick somebody turned this kid out at such a young age and got him hooked on Herion !!! But consider the times and where he grew up !!! The one thing I could never understand is how the hell he got drafted when he looked like a little kid and went AWALL for a long time before they found him married and living in another state !!!
Sadly, the young boy here presented as an adult at the age of 13, got involved with adults that screwed him. Beginning with a girl of 18 introducing him to heroin. He must also have been coaxed by other adults into claiming authorship of a song in which the only thing he did, was the coin the phrase. A young talent completely destroyed by “guiding” adults!
I’m watching the movie on tubi rn that’s how I got here. The movie said that wasn’t his daughter and said it was Vivica character daughter. They industry did a number on here Frankie in the 27 club
Frankie Lymon was truly ahead of his time, he became a star strictly on his voice alone, that's really impressive, but also unfortunate because of jim crow south. Racist america wasn't ready for a phenom like Frankie Lymon, he and The Teenagers paved the way for groups like B2k, Boyz ll Men, Hi Five, New Edition, The Jackson 5 etc. It's tragic how his star wasn't able to shine because of ignorance. RIP Frankie Lymon 🙏🙏🙏
It is too bad that Frankie Lymon was ripped off and he was with the wrong crowd. he was such a very talented artist he could have been much bigger hat he gotten over his drug addiction his music will live on I love his songs including the ABC’s of love why do fools fall in love and juvenile delinquent those are great classic songs that will live on forever.
This just shows that hard drugs are the catalyst of all demise. His adult voice is still very nice. Like a new generation Nat King Cole of the 60s. I’m telling you if he weren’t strung out on drugs and preserved his voice they would’ve worked with him and his new voice and it really could’ve sold for real! They just didn’t want nothing to with his addiction so it was easy to right him off because of his voice change.
It is so sad 😥 how everyone comes after you when they see that you're making some amount of money, all of these women who more likely didn't have a dime to their name, maybe Zola Taylor being the exception, after all she was a member of the PLATTERS; and probably had a small amount of money, I still didn't understand why so many women were running after this young man 😥 it was so saddening, given the fact that he was Drugged out of his mind, and Died Broke, the film based on his life was not very good, it was less Dramatic, and more comedic in terms of the actors who were portraying Lymon's so called legal wives, Halle Berry, Viveca A. Fox, Lela Rochon, etc.there were so many tragic events in his life that were not featured in the film, this made the movie very laughable in a sad 😥 way.
Back in those days. It wasn’t standard as it is now like young girls 13-15 years olds were able to have sex with grown men with out consequence. But I digress 😊
WBPTV PLEASE give me the name of the background music playing while you were telling the story it's soothing along with your voice and also your version of Frankie is the most accurate I've watched many documentaries on him that I'have enjoyed but I like yours the best I'm crying because I feel emotions for this young man that I've never felt he was failed in life and in some ways he failed himself and the picture of him standing alone almost at the end of the video made me cry because he looked sad I also kinda believe he may have been murdered meaning he was sold poisoned dope as a set up at the same time he also killed himself by not resisting the drug heroin this whole video makes me want to know more on him I wish they would do another movie about him the "why do fools fall in love" was a great one too in my opinion Thanks I didn't mean to write a book on this I am just overwhelmed with emotions at the moment again Thank you 🙏 name of song playing please?
Thank you I really appreciate that. I try to give everyone their flowers and tell everyone story in a positive light. The song is called “Illusions” it’s free with TH-cam library
@@vincente4570seriously? I looked at every last one of the comments you put in this comment section and all you're doing is being negative. Like what good is you being negative going to get you ?
Damn! He can really sing! Listen to his vibrato and mastery of singing at such a young age. He could easily out sing Michael Jackson at that same age. Could he out sing Tevin Campbell at that same age of 13?…..maybe not
The thing about them not knowing he was black isn't all the way truth. He got in trouble for dancing with a white girl on a show that was basically American Bandstand before American bandstand
At one point, people thought that Frankie was white. They also thought that he was a girl before people got familiar with the Teenagers. Ronnie Spector mentioned in that clip that, at first, she didn't know if Frankie was black or white, just that he had the greatest voice.
@@monilaninetynine3811 you right but also take into account Frankie had almost a three year gap to be solo. Ronnie also says that when he heard why do fools fall in love and that's not solo Frankie. Solo Frankie starts in 57 and the performances with the all white crowd is at least 60. Maybe some didn't know but it wasn't like some unveiling of him being black
I'm sorry but all the songs he sang as a solo was great, fantastic the group was ok but solo was better his voice was made for solo he was taken advantage and rob of his youth when people can't use you or make money off of you anymore they will drop you of course his voice changed he was in adulthood ,he still had a great voice it wasn't his voice changed because you can change music scales to fix your voice ,all musicians does this so stop lying it was his drugs habit got in the way not his voice he was and always will be the greatest teenager greatest singer at that time, no one could touch him no one Apostle Dr Matthews much love and respect ❤️
Sammy couldn't sing he could dance sing please! He could have been another Marvin with the right music Sammy Please now that's a joke 😅Apostle Dr Matthews
Some of these comments are a mess. Like the guy at the end of the comments said that Frankie snuck into strip clubs. Where did you get that from? The thing is a lot of you people today try to judge older celebrities wether they are alive or not All of you thinking you know their story but you don't learn someone's story before you judge and a lot of you still go by what was put in the movie.
Too bad Frankie Lymon grew up much too fast for such a young kid, and of course died so tragically, and also despite being vocally talented, his music career was so short, (He was a one Hit Wonder) unfortunately 😥😔!!!
It’s absolutely infuriating how young black artists were seriously taken advantage of constantly- manipulated and forced into the worst contracts, knowing they weren’t businessmen or obtained any sensible knowledge of the business and what they were signing and accepting. There’s ALWAYS a “lighter skinned”/ white person behind it all- the ones who are actually making all the money, becoming wealthy from their artists, but throwing gifts at them to keep them from walking, questioning their contracts/money dues, etc- and made them feel like they were being treated accordingly- by giving them cars, houses, money given to them here and there- but always questioned why they needed the money, what it was for, etc- for the fact they can always maintain full control over them! And of course, they definitely didn’t want them feeling or expressing all the “gifts” they were given were indeed not gifts- but things they worked for, deserved, and definitely entitled to! Such a corrupt business. These artists weren’t aware they should seek legal counsel and obtain lawyers for the certainty of receiving what’s due, what they worked so hard for, and what they’re entitled to! Such amazingly talented, iconic artists were treated so terribly by corruption and greed!
He was a drug addict at 15, not 13. A woman 30 years old introduced him to skin poppers. He thought he wouldn't get addicted. He was smoking, drinking, fighting, getting intro trouble, cursing up a storm, and sneaking into strip clubs tho.
I've always loved and been fascinated with Frankie. His life was so messed up from an early age, and it showed in how he carried himself and how well spoken and mature he was as a young teen. He and his influence are so underrated.. his talent as a singer and entertainer will never be replicated, RIP ❤
His singing voice in the later years was amazing too
For a black vocal group of boys to be on national TV in 1956 was historic. Very rare and very difficult to achieve. Most never got the chance. It was the road to stardom.
They need to do a full movie on Frankie. The 90s movie “Why do Fools Fall in Love” was mostly about the inheritance money, but it wasn’t a full Frankie story.
I agree! Spike Lee needs to do it
A whole court battle, that no one even cared about 🤦🏾♂️ it seem like the movie did the bare minimum in terms of learning his personal life, cause allot wholes wasn’t filled in his story.
I agree, I want see his musical talent and influence be highlighted. He's an often forgotten influence on music.
It needs to a huge budget remake no low budget 🔥🔥🔥
This going to be good!! Why Do fools Fall In Love is one of my favorite movies🎉❤
Frankie was an incredible talent who sadly got involved with the wrong people…. And they all took advantage of him !
Ain’t that always the case🤷🏿♂️. For example GARY COLEMAN😊
@@vincente4570 some
@@donaldperrotta8514 they ate that poor young man and spit him out
This man had a great voice he was an adult not a child anymore his voice was even more beautiful he just didn't get a chance they wanted to keep him as a child all singer voice changed included Michael it was the drug that killed him and people destroyed him😢Apostle Dr Matthews
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers are an important part of the history of music. Very sad story about Frankie, he grew up too fast and unfortunately was not led by the correct people. May he RIP together with the other Teenagers that have left us.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers were truly talented, clean-cut, and good-looking young men. Their vocal ranges and impressive harmony helped to launch future all-male and all-female vocal groups. Sherman Gaines also had one of the most unique baritone voices of all time. It's a shame that they were not properly groomed for superstardom. A feature-length film documenting their meteoric rise to fame needs to be produced. I never thought the 1998 film starring Larenz Tate did them any justice. I'd like to know what became of the other group members as well. Frankie's quick descent on Skid Row was one of the most tragic events in music history.
Why wasn't he able to transition as a adult singe, like Micheal Jackson. It's also disgraceful that these so called gangster managers were and still able to rip off the artists
He couldn’t say no to drugs it played a huge part in why he didn’t cross over by the time he was 19 he was basically out the industry couldn’t find a gig etc. Everytime he touched money it went to the next dealer
@@WBPTV💯
His addiction to drugs basically spiraled out of control by the time he was 17 or 18. Says a lot about his artistry that we're still discussing him in 2023. He was an amazing singer, he just ended up going down the wrong path.
No one should have to ripped off any talented musicians and performers any performer that is really talented should be guided and have a long lasting career no one should have to get picked up or taken advantage of but we still have the music of Frankie Lymon and the teenagers to remember who they were and what they could have been.
Yup I think he was murdered
This was an amazing video and yet such a sad story, he had such a bright future ahead of him. I hate that drugs had to take him from us at such a young age.
There was another song that he did called Seabreeze, I heard that he actually wrote that song while he was in rehab and recorded it right before he passed away and it was released like right after. I became very interested in the story a while back after seeing the movie. I'm guessing not very many people know about that track. It's a very powerful song and it actually hits pretty hard after you know that it posthumously released.
First time viewer and subscriber 💜
He did so much in his short life. Where were his parents
Trying to make a living and extremely poor
@@RAJOHN-ke7mcExcuses. They failed their child
They trusted the wrong people and probably knew nothing about show biz and/ or were intimidated by it..
It would be fantastic if someone would do another movie of Frankie Lymon more in depth because there was so much more to Frankie than we saw in that movie Why do fools fall in love!!!
An excellent video about Frankie Lymon. I thought The Teenagers had one hit. Keep on bringing the GREAT videos!!!!! 🏆
cant wait for this
Even though this movie makes me tear up every time I watch it, truly this was an amazing story!! Wow!!
They should remake that movie
The Teenagers played on Alan Freeds Show The Big Beat . France danced with a white girl on stage . Back then that was Taboo. The show was cancelled. The film was destroyed . I wrote a Blog on their story and asked about the " THE WHITE GIRL " .Guess what I found her . She's still alive . I got to talked to her. She was very nice .
Thanks for that wonderful work! 👏👍
Frankie singing dancing had opened the for the The Supreme The Temptations and The Jackson 5's first major superstar appear on live national television first to get a recording contract.
When I first heard why do fools fall in love I was immediately amazed at Frankie Lymon’s voice one of the things I really love about the recordings of Frankie Lymon the ones I’ve heard it’s not only Frankie Lymon‘s voice but Great saxophone solos wow I’ve always loved the saxophone and you up settings as well what songs like why do fools fall in love and the ABC’s of love and who can explain amazing saxophone solo I love it. The group Frankie Lymon and the teenagers were an amazing group and listening to the very best of Frankie Lymon on CD is a great reminder of how talented he was and could have been.
Songwriter Carole King, wrote the song for Frankie Lymon, Tell you About The ABCs.
Wish some singing groups ( and be able to sing )would come back like,Boyz-To-Men,Envogue,etc,etc,
His mature voice was the best!!!! I love it!! Like a Nat King
Yes
Today is the first time I'd heard his adult voice. It was wonderful
I prefer it over his younger voice
He would have been A BIG HIT ON THE VEGAS STRIP....
UP TO HIS OLD AGE
@@Frnk_3 I saw that episode!!!
If the great Sam Cooke was alive and his record label being on the rise, I believe that he would have signed up Frankie and his career would have been revived.
@@Frnk_3
Like many of his other acts and employees, BG would've also been SNEAKY with his money, like Morris "THE OCTOPUS" Levy was with Frankie when he was a kid.
I personally believe that Frankie was A VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY.
I doubt it. He was badly addicted to drugs to no point of return. He started very young with an undeveloped brain and it became who he was as he got older resulting in dying very young.
I agree I think they lowered him back to New York
He was. His own brother at the morgue thought so. He noted the needle marks on his arm wasn't fresh, to indicate that he died of an overdose that particular evening. Look up Morris Levy, who was involved in a lot of dirt. Tommy James said so. The assault on Jimmie Rodgers & the death of James Anthony Sheppard of Shep & The Limelites look it all up
You mean like other celebrities like my man from Hogan’s Heroes😊
@@trentisriley9330Just like David Ruffin
Frankie Lymon story is sad !! It's sick somebody turned this kid out at such a young age and got him hooked on Herion !!! But consider the times and where he grew up !!! The one thing I could never understand is how the hell he got drafted when he looked like a little kid and went AWALL for a long time before they found him married and living in another state !!!
Obsessed with Frankie there’s so much I know and don’t know at the same time but it’s so hard to find out when researching lol
Just as I have been since I found his story as a child
Ive been researching him all night. Very sad everything that he went thru 😢
Sadly, the young boy here presented as an adult at the age of 13, got involved with adults that screwed him. Beginning with a girl of 18 introducing him to heroin. He must also have been coaxed by other adults into claiming authorship of a song in which the only thing he did, was the coin the phrase. A young talent completely destroyed by “guiding” adults!
😂thanks,great flash back from the past.
Very good video. Good in information accompanied by photos
Man! Great video 👍🏿 Frankie should not went back to New York. RIP Frankie
Great entertaining video! You have pictures I've never seen thank you!
Thank you for this video! Can’t wait to watch it.
With the exception of a few mispronounced words, this has been the best Frankie Lymon break down
I’m watching the movie on tubi rn that’s how I got here. The movie said that wasn’t his daughter and said it was Vivica character daughter. They industry did a number on here Frankie in the 27 club
Frankie was 25 when he passed
@@WBPTV Ik 27 club is 27 and under. I love your videos 🥰✊🏿
Here from Tubi too, I’ve seen the movie 100 times tho lol
Frankie Lymon was truly ahead of his time, he became a star strictly on his voice alone, that's really impressive, but also unfortunate because of jim crow south. Racist america wasn't ready for a phenom like Frankie Lymon, he and The Teenagers paved the way for groups like B2k, Boyz ll Men, Hi Five, New Edition, The Jackson 5 etc. It's tragic how his star wasn't able to shine because of ignorance. RIP Frankie Lymon 🙏🙏🙏
This is the BEST ive seen ever done on the Frankie and the story great job and Thank you for doing it cause he sure had talent
Wow, thank you!
Great content!
That Frankie Lyman know he can sing ! Lol
Great music history.
Good video, a great singer 🥰
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
It is too bad that Frankie Lymon was ripped off and he was with the wrong crowd. he was such a very talented artist he could have been much bigger hat he gotten over his drug addiction his music will live on I love his songs including the ABC’s of love why do fools fall in love and juvenile delinquent those are great classic songs that will live on forever.
That’s still standard til this day my gee😬
Nice work!
Wasn't there a movie about
Frankie Lymon?
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Yep😊
I really like your channel. I thought Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers were one hit wonder. Thank you for the great content. 👍
This just shows that hard drugs are the catalyst of all demise. His adult voice is still very nice. Like a new generation Nat King Cole of the 60s. I’m telling you if he weren’t strung out on drugs and preserved his voice they would’ve worked with him and his new voice and it really could’ve sold for real! They just didn’t want nothing to with his addiction so it was easy to right him off because of his voice change.
Rip to him
He was horribly managed just imagine if had been on a label such as Motown he would've developed into something like another Marvin Gaye.
It is so sad 😥 how everyone comes after you when they see that you're making some amount of money, all of these women who more likely didn't have a dime to their name, maybe Zola Taylor being the exception, after all she was a member of the PLATTERS; and probably had a small amount of money, I still didn't understand why so many women were running after this young man 😥 it was so saddening, given the fact that he was Drugged out of his mind, and Died Broke, the film based on his life was not very good, it was less Dramatic, and more comedic in terms of the actors who were portraying Lymon's so called legal wives, Halle Berry, Viveca A. Fox, Lela Rochon, etc.there were so many tragic events in his life that were not featured in the film, this made the movie very laughable in a sad 😥 way.
Back in those days. It wasn’t standard as it is now like young girls 13-15 years olds were able to have sex with grown men with out consequence. But I digress 😊
They should remake it
WBPTV PLEASE give me the name of the background music playing while you were telling the story it's soothing along with your voice and also your version of Frankie is the most accurate I've watched many documentaries on him that I'have enjoyed but I like yours the best I'm crying because I feel emotions for this young man that I've never felt he was failed in life and in some ways he failed himself and the picture of him standing alone almost at the end of the video made me cry because he looked sad I also kinda believe he may have been murdered meaning he was sold poisoned dope as a set up at the same time he also killed himself by not resisting the drug heroin this whole video makes me want to know more on him I wish they would do another movie about him the "why do fools fall in love" was a great one too in my opinion
Thanks I didn't mean to write a book on this I am just overwhelmed with emotions at the moment again Thank you 🙏 name of song playing please?
Thank you I really appreciate that. I try to give everyone their flowers and tell everyone story in a positive light.
The song is called “Illusions” it’s free with TH-cam library
@@WBPTV THANK YOU 🙏 You do well by people I'm pulling it up right now I feel like a kid again!
I found it but it still sounds better in your video but I'm still happy it will be on loop now 🙏Thank You again
Nice
His name is Richard Barrett not Bennett!
What a waste of talent. 😢
That’s what happens when you don’t have a manager or chaperone. But oh well 😬
@@vincente4570seriously? I looked at every last one of the comments you put in this comment section and all you're doing is being negative. Like what good is you being negative going to get you ?
@@aintnothingliketheoldskool That’s not true. When something is typical like a routine drill. Then you usually knows what happens next. But ok✌🏿
😔
Damn! He can really sing! Listen to his vibrato and mastery of singing at such a young age. He could easily out sing Michael Jackson at that same age. Could he out sing Tevin Campbell at that same age of 13?…..maybe not
I was just telling someone MJ was better as an adult, but at 13 they were close.
Y'all say anything
Was that evil opportunist white man mentioned/shown in Frankie's story before!?
Morris Levy?
@@monilaninetynine3811 yes 😅
@@crencottrell7849 Yes he was, but "SCANDALOUS LEVY" should have been shown in more detail.
We know that’s the case. So no need to ask. Especially during that era😔
@@freddy8479 That man needs his own movie. He's a part of so many stories with his crooked self.
He is the prince of doowop snd always will be the prince
Great video I'm subbing
It is ashame frankie lympn's banmates was jealous o do frankie the music industry is dirty.
The thing about them not knowing he was black isn't all the way truth. He got in trouble for dancing with a white girl on a show that was basically American Bandstand before American bandstand
At one point, people thought that Frankie was white. They also thought that he was a girl before people got familiar with the Teenagers. Ronnie Spector mentioned in that clip that, at first, she didn't know if Frankie was black or white, just that he had the greatest voice.
@@monilaninetynine3811 you right but also take into account Frankie had almost a three year gap to be solo. Ronnie also says that when he heard why do fools fall in love and that's not solo Frankie. Solo Frankie starts in 57 and the performances with the all white crowd is at least 60. Maybe some didn't know but it wasn't like some unveiling of him being black
The show that Frankie Lymon got in trouble dancing with a white girl was "ALAN FREED'S THE BIG BEAT". The show got cancelled after "1 EPISODE".
What chu expect. It’s the 40s & 50s🤷🏿♂️
@@monilaninetynine3811His voice wasn’t matured at all. Remember MICHAEL Jackson 🤷🏿♂️
I'm sorry but all the songs he sang as a solo was great, fantastic the group was ok but solo was better his voice was made for solo he was taken advantage and rob of his youth when people can't use you or make money off of you anymore they will drop you of course his voice changed he was in adulthood ,he still had a great voice it wasn't his voice changed because you can change music scales to fix your voice ,all musicians does this so stop lying it was his drugs habit got in the way not his voice he was and always will be the greatest teenager greatest singer at that time, no one could touch him no one Apostle Dr Matthews much love and respect ❤️
Everything to me didn’t work couldn’t hear it
Sammy couldn't sing he could dance sing please! He could have been another Marvin with the right music Sammy Please now that's a joke 😅Apostle Dr Matthews
So we was good enough to dance to but not dance with?
Some of these comments are a mess. Like the guy at the end of the comments said that Frankie snuck into strip clubs. Where did you get that from? The thing is a lot of you people today try to judge older celebrities wether they are alive or not All of you thinking you know their story but you don't learn someone's story before you judge and a lot of you still go by what was put in the movie.
In what year were you born?
Too bad Frankie Lymon grew up much too fast for such a young kid, and of course died so tragically, and also despite being vocally talented, his music career was so short, (He was a one Hit Wonder) unfortunately 😥😔!!!
Just like all the others on the routine basis 😖
Theatrical. Not theoretical. Just saying
Rejuvenize huh
Lol think u meant rejuvenate
Why do y'all feel like y'all always have to correct people? And I'm pretty sure you misspelled words yourself.
@@aintnothingliketheoldskool bcuz ur an enabler
@@Sensei.shonuff It's "because" and "you're"
Don't ask don't tell policy
Don't tell
Cuz I didn't ask
It’s absolutely infuriating how young black artists were seriously taken advantage of constantly- manipulated and forced into the worst contracts, knowing they weren’t businessmen or obtained any sensible knowledge of the business and what they were signing and accepting. There’s ALWAYS a “lighter skinned”/ white person behind it all- the ones who are actually making all the money, becoming wealthy from their artists, but throwing gifts at them to keep them from walking, questioning their contracts/money dues, etc- and made them feel like they were being treated accordingly- by giving them cars, houses, money given to them here and there- but always questioned why they needed the money, what it was for, etc- for the fact they can always maintain full control over them! And of course, they definitely didn’t want them feeling or expressing all the “gifts” they were given were indeed not gifts- but things they worked for, deserved, and definitely entitled to! Such a corrupt business. These artists weren’t aware they should seek legal counsel and obtain lawyers for the certainty of receiving what’s due, what they worked so hard for, and what they’re entitled to! Such amazingly talented, iconic artists were treated so terribly by corruption and greed!
He was a drug addict at 15, not 13. A woman 30 years old introduced him to skin poppers. He thought he wouldn't get addicted. He was smoking, drinking, fighting, getting intro trouble, cursing up a storm, and sneaking into strip clubs tho.
What a great guy!
Poor kid 😔