It's bullshit that he lost his voice! Listen to his "I'm Yours" album. He was over 18 when he recorded it and his voice had already changed. The notes he hit were phenomenal!! Frankie was a major talent and should have been bigger than anyone at that time. Mad respect for this musical genius!!
Lost his voice meaning he wasn't soprano anymore. "I'm Yours" voice is deeper than his 'Why do fools fall in love" voice. Mix puberty and drugs I'm surprised he could still sing at all but his voice was still beautiful 😍.
I just watched the Alan Freed bio pic and Morris was a snake whereas Freed did all he can to help popularize so many black artists back then including Franky
This is the E network I grew up with. I used to love watching Mysteries and Scandals. Frankie Lymon was a talented young man. It's a shame he lived such a troubled and short life.
I was in the Army in 66-69 and had a friend who served with Frankie at Ft. Gordon , Ga. He told me that in the barracks several nights, they would get a bottle of Scotch ever now and then and Frankie would sing for the soldiers. They all thought he was a great guy and great singer. I can remember his songs so well when I was a youngster and remember seeing him in a movie in the 50s.
Frankie and the Teenagers are Such Inspiration especially to the Jackson 5 and Michael ❤️ you know his talent was an absolute inspiration. Rest in peace
Its sad bc he really needed guidance. He was a soul that needed someone to talk authority over his life. He needed a parent figure. He had to be in a lot of pain bc of all the drug use. Those kind of people are fragile, but essential to life. At least I believe. Rest well Frankie. You reached even us born in the 90s.
Frankie was such a handsome boy I love watching footage of him from back then so sad the way he died even though you was way before my time I love you frankie Lyman
I had the honor of meeting Herman Santiago in Manhattan NY, He was the most elegant man. Class and Style Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers were! GOD BLESS YOU Herman Santiago & THE Teenages♡
Now that I think about it Frankie and the teenagers were like the original Jackson Five. They also made a movie about Frankie it starred Lela Rochon, Vivica Fox, Halle Berry, and Lorenz Tate as Frankie.
Catspaw l WAS WATCHIN THA MOVIE LAST NITE AND SOMEHOW REALIZED THAT I HAD SAW THIS MOVIE B 4! SO I DECIDED 2 LOOK UP FRANKIE LYMON AND WAS VERY SADDEN BY WUT I HAD READ.... FAME AND DRUGS IS A DEADLY MIXITURE 2 MANY WHO B'COME FAMOUS.... HE WAS SO SO YOUNG 2 B ON DRUGS... HAD NO IDEA PEOPLE DID HERION AT THAT AGE...
@Emontre Waters They would've had to include his wives because they are a part of his life. But since you think they should do a movie just about him they should include the rest of the teenagers after they split from Frankie. We get to see through their eyes what they went through I know they were heated when they were cut from the group & that Frankie was the guy they wanted.
Dennis Minor it’s the business. They still getting robbed. When Tu Pac was killed he owed Suge 2 million according to the books. Ditty refused to pay Faith Evans biggies royalties. Tony Braxton got such low royalties off her fist few albums she had to file BK. The emotions were never paid their royalties for boogie wonderland because they signed as a part of EWF and EWF kept the $$$. Motown artists got robbed outside of Smokey, Marvin and Diana. Some died broke despite having massive hits because Barry’s writers I e Motown owned the publishing rights. The funk brothers..I e Motown played the music..so nobody wrote their own sings. Perfect hustle. Petey Green was right when he called Barry Gordy a pimp. The music business is more dirty and corrupt than the sex industry.
Franky Lymon was the best his voice was still good even after it changed musty listen to him sing a song titled "sea breeze" loves all his songs but my most favorite is a song called "foot steps" it's thee most beeauutiful song to here him sing!! r.i.p Franky.
Yay found it! Part 2! I’ve heard Frankie’s recording when he was older and personally I think he could have been another smooth singer like Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole his voice was mature and excellent.
its just as the man said he "lived fast and died young"...The kind of stuff that he was using was way heavy..(Thats the flipside) If he had stayed in Georgia and the Army he might just still be with us...
When you’re a singer you have to take care of your voice. My mother sung back up for people that I will not say. That means doing breathing exercises keeping your vocal chords soft because if hard you have to have surgery. Then along with the drugs on top of it didn’t help. He lived a quick fast life as if he was a ninety year old man. Great voice gone too soon like so many others…may just soul forever Rest In Peace🙏
Sabre Lock even if you do, it’s too easy to get caught up. Especially when you have baggage. This kid went from straight poverty to famous and temporary rich overnight. That’s a lot for a normal mentally healthy person to deal with. Take a immature kid, no father in his life, mom was ill, snake oil managers, shady adults, then he leaves the teenagers so nobody had his back, he had no shot to come out of that.
I've read tons of books and talked to alot of people.i have never heard a good word about Morris levy.i was told by one singer that levy was so low he invented the limbo.
My goodness, what a sad thing 13 years old doing drugs and having sex with 20 and 25 year old women ....that's child abuse.. well I guess anything goes in the wicked entertainment business and look at as normal ...my goodness how stan rob him of his childhood and his life , what bitter pain and abuse ...........he was so talented but lack positive guidance. poor guy didn't even stand a chance , how sad..... and shame on his parents.
shame on his father only! he was hardly ever there for frankie and when he was he a drunk and abusive. his mother was a good mom bit she was very sick! she was in and out of the hospital dying of cancer she passed away when frankie was just 18. frankie and his brothers mostly lived with his grandmother in her Harlem apartment.
Lakeshia McGee I am so sick of the US morally reprehensible, pseudo Christian majority attaching every sexual encounter with someone older partner, “child abuse” or pedophilia etc.! That is such crap. I have dated several men in my life, and nearly everyone confided their early sex encounters were between ages 13 and 15! Most said the woman was older, occasionally several years older, and that it was the best thing that ever happened to them...😊....So what!? My first boyfriend was 18 and I was 14..,the nicest, most respectful guy...my parents approved. I guess you would call that child abuse!? ........Frankie’s problems were heroin addiction and no support and judgment surrounding money and management, not the older gals he bedded.. the woman were the least of his issues......poor Franky...RIP
My late biological father was heroin addict and was found dead in his home at 42. It still hurts me to this day. This performer had everything going for him but he had chosen a poison that he couldn't get enough of.
@L. G. it also one of my favorites. The first time I saw it was at a drive in movie theater. Which was back in the 80's and it was so much fun to see a movie. In the summer we would sit on the hood of the vehicles to watch.
That is why I rate Serena and venue father he looks over them and till they come big women so no one can mess with them Mr Williams you is a good father gob bless you I wish you was around to help Franky Lyman will old people always say what goes around comes around rip Franky one love
Having public success before you're even done with puberty.... I can't think of a sharper double-edged sword. The public wants you to be ageless and maintain the cuteness of a kid... When you're transformed into an adult, unless you're drop-dead gorgeous, it's going to be damn hard maintaining celebrity as a relevant and successful star. And that's precisely the seat of depression for so many former 'child stars' .... They ultimately transform into normal everyday people. And they learn the key to their success had an expiration date. That must be heartbreaking!
Frankie Lymon Also Inspired A Young Up And Coming Singer, Songwriter Named " Howard Beverly " Who He Had So Much Of A Influential Impact On That He Even Changed His Name To Commemorate The Singer....He Changed His Name His From " Howard To Frankie " And Later Formed The Smooth Sounding R&B Group Called....Wait For It... " MAZE "!!!!!! 😇
This is why I despise the music business from the beginning it's been run by criminals and is designed to screw over the the artist and make these crooks rich. Everyone talking bout frankie like he was a mature man he was 13 when he started all he needed was a little guidance and care. But once you become a star Everyone around you becomes a snake outta of jealousy and envy. Rip 🙏
Anna Brown We are aware of who are responsible for introducing drugs into Black communities and the entertainment business. Drugs and various forms to distract Black entertainers to steal hundreds or more of monies and claiming the fortunes for their white greedy lustful desires and their families. Old Monies. ....
Hi, I notice alot of mangers would tell these famous singers, I could give you something to keep you up. Like Billy Holiday in the movie, Mahoney, the five heart beater. The list goes on and on! Drugs git the best of a lot of famous people. Their music will always be in millions of house hold.
Knew Zola very well, when I was commissioned to take backstage photos of the Platters at the Paramount Theater in 1957. Unlike the many accolades for Frankie, he was an absolute A+++++E!
I listened to records Franke made after his voice changed, (matured), unbelieveable, his voice was even better than anyone could ever imagine, simply beautiful. This man could sing. He was oNE of a kind. I wish he could have gotten help for his drug problem. He died too young.
They ripped a lot of people in the music industry. Leonard Chess and his brother comes to my mind. They were in Chicago. The same thing happened to Jackie Wilson, he got ripped off by his managers that were Jewish.
White people will always be ripping us of our shit. We gotta learn to own our shit. Lock stock and barrel. Even though oprah is a snake. She owns everything just like Tyler Perry.
Of course I may not know much about yesterday but it all applies the Same many singers or performers were given drugs by managers, people in music industry, “friends"...and sadly got addicted while those measles smile all the way to the bank. Sure they rip off black musician so badly too. Song writers never given rights or money to they own songs, songs taken from blacks groups and given to white groups, look they always did us badly. But he was so young even to be involved in drugs...I felt managers or whatever got him hook so young and basically took his royalties and money. Died black and broke.
Yes it happened to many. not just young black musicians. It still happens today. most up and coming entertainers go to school for business management which also includes entertainment management. so sad to see some one so young die. especially some one as special as he was. He made his first mistake when he left the group. all down hill from there.
what they did to Frankie was a shame, but with Elvis they did it legally, with a Dr. who gave him Rx's and the same with Michael Jackson....just those 3 was such a loss. When does it stop...fast forward to 2015 and it still happens. I loved Frankie's music. Such a gr8 voice, at least we can still hear his songs and travel back in time...PTL
Frankie should have learned that you don"t trust any body ,before you sign any contract,make sure you know what you"re signing,and if you are successful,watch out for the bastards who put their hands in your pocket!
Frankie Lymon made or sing so many more other songs than just" Why do fools fall in love." And they were all big hits. So he was rip off out of lots of money that he or his wife should have gotten royalties for all of them songs on his Greatest Hits .And Well to me his songs were hits. Don't know who else have heard them.
when he was singing and performing under the legal age where was his parents? where were his legal guardian?why was he allowed to be doing drugs under age and running wild and free? the guardian and the parents are at fault. he grew up too fast and had no guidance whatesoever.
after his parents divorced his father abandoned frankie and his brothers. frankie mother was in the hospital dying of cancer she passed away when frankie was just 18. So most of his child hood he and his brothers lived with their grandmother.
He was married to his last wife for 8 months she had absolutely nothing to do with his career or writing the song Why Do Fools Fall In Love I can't believe she profited inst instead of the Original 'Teenagers'...truly a shame!
His adult voice was terrible are you kidding me?! Did they not here sea breeze or I’m sorry but whatever this documentary was good Frankie’s story was sad a young child being shown drugs and he uses him which killed him it really makes me sad and upset R.I.P Frankie Lymon
+Jeremy Almquist he had kinda of a "mixed" look. I wonder what his background was. I'm not trying to be funny or prejudice. not at all. I just need to word this the right way. he looks like my German Jewish cousin with dark skin tone. he might have done well today. mixed is in. we are breaking racial barriers and walls. I think he could have been a better Bruno Mars in a sense...
one of the most underrated talents of all time
yes
Amen yes he was.
R.I.P. Franklin Joseph Lymon
Kentrel West Thanks for the Middle Name...
Rest in paradise frankie 🙏❤⚘
Yeah rest in peace thanks alot
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It's bullshit that he lost his voice! Listen to his "I'm Yours" album. He was over 18 when he recorded it and his voice had already changed. The notes he hit were phenomenal!! Frankie was a major talent and should have been bigger than anyone at that time. Mad respect for this musical genius!!
Sparkling Mermaid i'm going to look out for it!
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Omg! I found it on here. You're right! Voice is beautiful. 😢💚💙❤🧡💛
Seabreeze is the last song he recorded. I think he sounds amazing on it
Lost his voice meaning he wasn't soprano anymore. "I'm Yours" voice is deeper than his 'Why do fools fall in love" voice. Mix puberty and drugs I'm surprised he could still sing at all but his voice was still beautiful 😍.
Puberty hit! He’s not going to be able to sound the same. I’m sure he was still a great singer.
Frankie never lost his voice, he just hit puberty and grew up so his voice matured and sounded even more amazing
I heard some of those tracks...his voice sounded tired, but wasn't awful.
They could've worked with him as he got older to help him be more successful like the guy said Frankie could've been the next Sammy Davis Jr.
He lost his voice the mf drugs took it away wtf are you talking about 🤔🤔🤔
@@budlight6665 have you listened to Seabreeze, I put the bomb etc., all on TH-cam drugs never took his voice
Yes as you get older your voice changes,but in his case he had a gift and that gift was taken away from him along with his life sad but tru 🤷♀️
Just came here from watching Why do fools fall in love on Netflix.
Great movie from the 90s❤
He was swindled out of millions of dollars
Terrible
Morris Levy was a crook
Yeah
I just watched the Alan Freed bio pic and Morris was a snake whereas Freed did all he can to help popularize so many black artists back then including Franky
This is the E network I grew up with. I used to love watching Mysteries and Scandals. Frankie Lymon was a talented young man. It's a shame he lived such a troubled and short life.
It is also a shame that the E! Network is dominated by Kardashians.
Poor kid. They chewed him up and spit him out so quick
Tina Davies Yep" pretty much...
That’s the music industry for ya😕🤷🏾♂️
Hey did it to himself don't blame the industry
@@bettyshabazz4092 yep! his choice
No Heroin did
I was in the Army in 66-69 and had a friend who served with Frankie at Ft. Gordon , Ga. He told me that in the barracks several nights, they would get a bottle of Scotch ever now and then and Frankie would sing for the soldiers. They all thought he was a great guy and great singer. I can remember his songs so well when I was a youngster and remember seeing him in a movie in the 50s.
@@jashary15 sad but some of the best and brightest never get the help they need...I think we just need to be greatful for the time he was with us.
@@edwiles5258 Thank You so much for sharing that 🌹
He was one of the very best of my youthful days. The whole world loses when such great talents perish too soon. There have been so many of them.
I wish when they do biopics they would just tell the real story and stop deciding what we should see
WELL SAID... I FEEL THE SAME WHY
Yeah they have to do another Frankie Lymon story
He almost reminded me of a young Gary Coleman; with talent! Such a sad story for a talented young man!
I totally agree. My heart constantly breaks for what they both went through & how they left this earth.
They knew the value of his music and acted accordingly. Frankie lost his value to them when his voice changed..but his music was worth tons..
Shahara Zon WHY DID HIS VOICE CHANGE....
@@cadillacsfashions9747 he grew up.....coming out at 13-14 by 18 most don't sound the same
Why hasn't anyone written a book about Frankie yet? A book from one of the surviving teenagers would be mighty interesting.
Hamza Faison That was focused on his wives, not his LIFE really.
Because it would expose so much corrupt agenda and so many names would be put to shame.
Hamza Faison they did? What’s the name of the movie?
Jean Marcks why do fools fall in love
@@lavendernoire7387 Exactly, I want a movie that tells HIS story from the beginning to the end
Frankie and the Teenagers are Such Inspiration especially to the Jackson 5 and Michael ❤️ you know his talent was an absolute inspiration. Rest in peace
He didn’t lose his voice his voice matured got soulful and didn’t appeal to the white audience
shaysworld I WAS WONDERIN WUT HAPPENED....
WHEN EVER 1 WAS SAYIN HE LOST HIS VOICE....
shaysworld RIGHT
shaysworld THAT WHY MICHAEL JACKSON CHANCE HIS VOICE.
@@sylvesterwaller580 He never changed his voice. The Nose jobs did that.
@@cadillacsfashions9747 he should gotten into jazz
Its sad bc he really needed guidance. He was a soul that needed someone to talk authority over his life. He needed a parent figure. He had to be in a lot of pain bc of all the drug use. Those kind of people are fragile, but essential to life. At least I believe. Rest well Frankie. You reached even us born in the 90s.
Frankie was such a handsome boy I love watching footage of him from back then so sad the way he died even though you was way before my time I love you frankie Lyman
Kimilaa Dubois is that Marilyn Monroe? she's beautiful your profile pic
Najee Wilson Yes she is
Kimilaa Dubois sadly she overdosed
Yeah very sad
Kimilaa Dubois well I'll stop bothering you im 15) btw
I had the honor of meeting Herman Santiago in Manhattan NY, He was the most elegant man. Class and Style Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers were! GOD BLESS YOU Herman Santiago & THE Teenages♡
That's So Awesome
Now that I think about it Frankie and the teenagers were like the original Jackson Five. They also made a movie about Frankie it starred Lela Rochon, Vivica Fox, Halle Berry, and Lorenz Tate as Frankie.
Catspaw l WAS WATCHIN THA MOVIE LAST NITE AND SOMEHOW REALIZED THAT I HAD SAW THIS MOVIE B 4!
SO I DECIDED 2 LOOK UP FRANKIE LYMON AND WAS VERY SADDEN BY WUT I HAD READ....
FAME AND DRUGS IS A DEADLY MIXITURE 2 MANY WHO B'COME FAMOUS....
HE WAS SO SO YOUNG 2 B ON DRUGS...
HAD NO IDEA PEOPLE DID HERION AT THAT AGE...
@Emontre Waters They would've had to include his wives because they are a part of his life. But since you think they should do a movie just about him they should include the rest of the teenagers after they split from Frankie. We get to see through their eyes what they went through I know they were heated when they were cut from the group & that Frankie was the guy they wanted.
Michael Jackson and a few others did admit to using Frankie as their inspiration. They were the leading group who made "boy bands" a thing
I’m so glad E! produced this series when they did. A lot of people have died since then.
Frankie Lymon 🙏 tragic story beautiful voice
Levy was a SNAKE! Anything for the $!!!!!
Dennis Minor it’s the business. They still getting robbed. When Tu Pac was killed he owed Suge 2 million according to the books. Ditty refused to pay Faith Evans biggies royalties. Tony Braxton got such low royalties off her fist few albums she had to file BK. The emotions were never paid their royalties for boogie wonderland because they signed as a part of EWF and EWF kept the $$$. Motown artists got robbed outside of Smokey, Marvin and Diana. Some died broke despite having massive hits because Barry’s writers I e Motown owned the publishing rights. The funk brothers..I e Motown played the music..so nobody wrote their own sings. Perfect hustle. Petey Green was right when he called Barry Gordy a pimp. The music business is more dirty and corrupt than the sex industry.
They all were snakes .They didn't look out for his best intrest
Illegal Drugs continue to this day to take the lives of so many outstanding artist.
I grew up to those Hallmark commercials. Always wondered the amazing voice behind the commercial song. So deeply saddened to hear about his story.
Franky Lymon was the best his voice was still good even after it changed musty listen to him sing a song titled "sea breeze" loves all his songs but my most favorite is a song called "foot steps" it's thee most beeauutiful song to here him sing!! r.i.p Franky.
Yay found it! Part 2! I’ve heard Frankie’s recording when he was older and personally I think he could have been another smooth singer like Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole his voice was mature and excellent.
Right
its just as the man said he "lived fast and died young"...The kind of stuff that he was using was way heavy..(Thats the flipside) If he had stayed in Georgia and the Army he might just still be with us...
He was just so so young. Rip❤️
When you’re a singer you have to take care of your voice. My mother sung back up for people that I will not say. That means doing breathing exercises keeping your vocal chords soft because if hard you have to have surgery. Then along with the drugs on top of it didn’t help. He lived a quick fast life as if he was a ninety year old man. Great voice gone too soon like so many others…may just soul forever Rest In Peace🙏
So Sad! This what happens when you don't have the right guidance in your life.
Sabre Lock even if you do, it’s too easy to get caught up. Especially when you have baggage. This kid went from straight poverty to famous and temporary rich overnight. That’s a lot for a normal mentally healthy person to deal with. Take a immature kid, no father in his life, mom was ill, snake oil managers, shady adults, then he leaves the teenagers so nobody had his back, he had no shot to come out of that.
I get sick of that same dude on different interviews saying that Frankie lost his voice. It's not true. It simply changed to a man's voice. Period.
His star was fleeting and he is remembered. Though the story is sad at least is fantastic!
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I've read tons of books and talked to alot of people.i have never heard a good word about Morris levy.i was told by one singer that levy was so low he invented the limbo.
bluenote824 jones WUT DO U MEAN SO LOW HE INVENTED THA LIMBO
WUT IS THA LIMBO
You got bars man.
Limbo was invented in the Caribbean.
Keep positive family members and positive friends in your circle 24/7.
It's impossible if you don't have any
In those times, you had to grow up so fast. Ppl in their 20's then is like living in your 30's now.
a kid that grew up to fast
Damn...never really heard his story before...
I think, Frankie leaving the group. Was the beginning of the end for him. No pun intended.
Wow......So Sad...and Amazing....R.i.P....Frankie...🇬🇧🇯🇲💯❤️
His song “Seabreeze” is beautiful. That show he looked horrible 😢
Everyone says they learned a lot from Frankie Lymon so why do they still stick needles in their arms?
Linda Bell-Crandall EXACTLY....
My goodness, what a sad thing 13 years old doing drugs and having sex with 20 and 25 year old women ....that's child abuse.. well I guess anything goes in the wicked entertainment business and look at as normal ...my goodness how stan rob him of his childhood and his life , what bitter pain and abuse ...........he was so talented but lack positive guidance. poor guy didn't even stand a chance , how sad..... and shame on his parents.
shame on his father only! he was hardly ever there for frankie and when he was he a drunk and abusive. his mother was a good mom bit she was very sick! she was in and out of the hospital dying of cancer she passed away when frankie was just 18. frankie and his brothers mostly lived with his grandmother in her Harlem apartment.
Lakeshia McGee I am so sick of the US morally reprehensible, pseudo Christian majority attaching every sexual encounter with someone older partner, “child abuse” or pedophilia etc.! That is such crap. I have dated several men in my life, and nearly everyone confided their early sex encounters were between ages 13 and 15! Most said the woman was older, occasionally several years older, and that it was the best thing that ever happened to them...😊....So what!? My first boyfriend was 18 and I was 14..,the nicest, most respectful guy...my parents approved. I guess you would call that child abuse!? ........Frankie’s problems were heroin addiction and no support and judgment surrounding money and management, not the older gals he bedded.. the woman were the least of his issues......poor Franky...RIP
@EITERNITTY SHULER very
Nostalgia Crown Thank you! That is true.
My late biological father was heroin addict and was found dead in his home at 42. It still hurts me to this day. This performer had everything going for him but he had chosen a poison that he couldn't get enough of.
Where the heck were his parents?
A.Tanyale his dad was a drunk and his mom died early
Melanie Battle SO HE REALLY HAD NO 1....
3 wives!!
@@patkeeler6645 kingtype of shit
Where were all the teenagers parents???
Most of Emira's money went to the Attorney's and Court fees.
Funny how him and Michael Jackson middle name is Joseph
Carla Jones Damn! You Cute"
Carla Jones so is James Joseph Brown
It was a common name
@L. G. it also one of my favorites. The first time I saw it was at a drive in movie theater. Which was back in the 80's and it was so much fun to see a movie. In the summer we would sit on the hood of the vehicles to watch.
@soultree serenade I love the movie JD's Revenge too man that shit was funny
His wife that got the money only wanted the money. She know Frankie ain’t write that song himself.
Mrs.Emira passed in 2019.
really i didn,t know
2001
That is why I rate Serena and venue father he looks over them and till they come big women so no one can mess with them Mr Williams you is a good father gob bless you I wish you was around to help Franky Lyman will old people always say what goes around comes around rip Franky one love
Having public success before you're even done with puberty.... I can't think of a sharper double-edged sword. The public wants you to be ageless and maintain the cuteness of a kid... When you're transformed into an adult, unless you're drop-dead gorgeous, it's going to be damn hard maintaining celebrity as a relevant and successful star. And that's precisely the seat of depression for so many former 'child stars' .... They ultimately transform into normal everyday people. And they learn the key to their success had an expiration date. That must be heartbreaking!
He needed help and it appears everyone fell him
*failed?
Raw Talent,,,,, he was way ahead of his time
Rest in peace Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon Also Inspired A Young Up And Coming Singer, Songwriter Named " Howard Beverly " Who He Had So Much Of A Influential Impact On That He Even Changed His Name To Commemorate The Singer....He Changed His Name His From " Howard To Frankie " And Later Formed The Smooth Sounding R&B Group Called....Wait For It...
" MAZE "!!!!!! 😇
People need to learn to say no to drugs. Dammm
it's a shame i was born and raised in augusts ga, and i never knew about this.
Rest in peace Franky, u left your mark, luv from Botswana
Why did they follow this guy around with a fog machine in every single episode?
It's another young person. Used by the entertainment industry. Get them addicted to drugs. Steal their money. Then throw out penniless and hooked.
The teacher he married in Augusta, Ga was my dad’s elementary school teacher.
Rest In Peace Frankie Lymon
The song “Frankie’s First Affair” by Sade is so befitting to use for him lol. RIP to a great talent!
This is why I despise the music business from the beginning it's been run by criminals and is designed to screw over the the artist and make these crooks rich. Everyone talking bout frankie like he was a mature man he was 13 when he started all he needed was a little guidance and care. But once you become a star Everyone around you becomes a snake outta of jealousy and envy. Rip 🙏
He looked like a 12 yr old
The remaining Teenager was not honest. Frankie never lost his voice. Songs like Seabreeze and I'm sorry are beautiful.
Hi. I have your new !Channel I like this 📹 I will put this in my library so keep the songs coming your new ! No.1 fan
ALL THE TALENT GONE CAUSE OF DRUGS WHAT A CRYING SHAME
It is so sad
YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Anna Brown We are aware of who are responsible for introducing drugs into Black communities and the entertainment business. Drugs and various forms to distract Black entertainers to steal hundreds or more of monies and claiming the fortunes for their white greedy lustful desires and their families. Old Monies. ....
It will get you every time
Such a sad story and waste of a great talent and life!
Sad story 😢 R.I.P. Frankie Limon
This story makes me so damn sad no one looked out for our ancestors. Never
Hi, I notice alot of mangers would tell these famous singers, I could give you something to keep you up. Like Billy Holiday in the movie, Mahoney, the five heart beater. The list goes on and on! Drugs git the best of a lot of famous people. Their music will always be in millions of house hold.
And he is heaven singing God Bless his souled🙏
The demise of many of these great groups is ego. When one person feel he is biggest thing in the group and can do it alone
That’s mess up that they reverse the lawsuit and just the wife got money it should’ve been split three ways.
They weren’t with him but they should have split it with the other Teenagers
Knew Zola very well, when I was commissioned to take backstage photos of the Platters at the Paramount Theater in 1957. Unlike the many accolades for Frankie, he was an absolute A+++++E!
You knew Zola
Dominique Jennings Yea - thats what he said "Knew Zola well."
Ok
What Zola Was not a go where you get that from
ELPIOJOBOLUDO How do you mow that? At least, I wrote based on, personal experience.
This world is pathetic... no one realizes hw much someone means to them unlss the person is gone
I listened to records Franke made after his voice changed, (matured), unbelieveable, his voice was even better than anyone could ever imagine, simply beautiful. This man could sing. He was oNE of a kind. I wish he could have gotten help for his drug problem. He died too young.
His life was so tragic 😞 the movie made a comedy out of it which is extra sad because it was no laughing matter.
Wow really? I never watched it smh.
It didn't seem funny its more sad than anything
@@rayofsunshan not even it was sad see all his wives tellin their story / Version of him atleast to me
@@naloburns9222 It’s funny you say that because I stopped watching it about mid way for this exact reason when I finally saw it was showing on TV.
He just needed guidance. There was no one to nurture his talent. Only advantageous wolves for managers. So sad.
This reminds me of nwa the whole crew got rob by a jewish guy
They ripped a lot of people in the music industry. Leonard Chess and his brother comes to my mind. They were in Chicago. The same thing happened to Jackie Wilson, he got ripped off by his managers that were Jewish.
Lyndia Black i 100 % agree with u peace
@@amanishakur3192 that's terrible. So sad .
White people will always be ripping us of our shit. We gotta learn to own our shit. Lock stock and barrel. Even though oprah is a snake. She owns everything just like Tyler Perry.
Of course I may not know much about yesterday but it all applies the
Same many singers or performers were given drugs by managers, people in music industry, “friends"...and sadly got addicted while those measles smile all the way to the bank. Sure they rip off black musician so badly too. Song writers never given rights or money to they own songs, songs taken from blacks groups and given to white groups, look they always did us badly. But he was so young even to be involved in drugs...I felt managers or whatever got him hook so young and basically took his royalties and money. Died black and broke.
Yes it happened to many. not just young black musicians. It still happens today. most up and coming entertainers go to school for business management which also includes entertainment management. so sad to see some one so young die. especially some one as special as he was. He made his first mistake when he left the group. all down hill from there.
what they did to Frankie was a shame, but with Elvis they did it legally, with a Dr. who gave him Rx's and the same with Michael Jackson....just those 3 was such a loss. When does it stop...fast forward to 2015 and it still happens. I loved Frankie's music. Such a gr8 voice, at least we can still hear his songs and travel back in time...PTL
Frankie should have learned that you don"t trust any body ,before you sign any contract,make sure you know what you"re signing,and if you are successful,watch out for the bastards who put their hands in your pocket!
Why do fools fall in love
What love got to do with it
Frankie Lymon made or sing so many more other songs than just" Why do fools fall in love." And they were all big hits. So he was rip off out of lots of money that he or his wife should have gotten royalties for all of them songs on his Greatest Hits .And Well to me his songs were hits. Don't know who else have heard them.
Dam, everybody comes out the cracks like roaches, when it comes to getting paid
when he was singing and performing under the legal age where was his parents? where were his legal guardian?why was he allowed to be doing drugs under age and running wild and free? the guardian and the parents are at fault. he grew up too fast and had no guidance whatesoever.
after his parents divorced his father abandoned frankie and his brothers. frankie mother was in the hospital dying of cancer she passed away when frankie was just 18. So most of his child hood he and his brothers lived with their grandmother.
You can't blame a parent who is DEAD!! His mother died when he was a kid😒
His dad was a drunk idk what happened to his mom
his father abandoned him
She was a single mother taking care of her other sons while Frankie was on tour
He was married to his last wife for 8 months she had absolutely nothing to do with his career or writing the song Why Do Fools Fall In Love I can't believe she profited inst instead of the Original 'Teenagers'...truly a shame!
8:46 - I've been searching for this song for almost 10 years! It is "Late Cole Train" by Ronnie Asprey. Somewhat obscure jazz but it sizzles.
Yes I had it on my JazzysClassicJazz channel but I removed that channel from TH-cam
18 months is the magic number for showbiz 6+6+6=18.. Just saying..
Leopold Maysonet yup
Very sad....
Zola Def groomed him. IDC if Frankie was flirting with her! She should've told him no..
my childhood movie
frankie ♡♡♡♡♡♡
All I wanna know where was his mother and father at that young age not looking out for their child
His adult voice was terrible are you kidding me?! Did they not here sea breeze or I’m sorry but whatever this documentary was good Frankie’s story was sad a young child being shown drugs and he uses him which killed him it really makes me sad and upset R.I.P Frankie Lymon
Vivian Fox thinks because she played a part she knows what he was doing? And why he screwed around? Crap
She spoke to enough people to speak with credibility.....not crap at all.
The woman speaking is not Vivica Fox, she is the screenwriter for his biopic.
Shaleena Abron Were not talking about the screenwriter. You didn't see Miss Fox on here? Look again.
I've been in love with Tina Andrews since I first saw her on good times and Sanford and son
REN MACHIEVELLI WUT ROLL DID SHE PLAY
@@cadillacsfashions9747She played Fred Sanford's niece on Sanford and Son. She played JJ's girlfriend, Henrietta on Good Times.
Her 1st tv appearance was in a episode of the Brady Bunch
So sad why i hate that had to happen i wish he would have not went back to new york
A junky singer
Whitney Houston a crack head
Everything Vivica A. Fox says is irrelevant.
except 8:07 I got goosebumps from what Herman, Jimmy and Vivica talking.
+Jeremy Almquist he had kinda of a "mixed" look. I wonder what his background was. I'm not trying to be funny or prejudice. not at all. I just need to word this the right way. he looks like my German Jewish cousin with dark skin tone. he might have done well today. mixed is in. we are breaking racial barriers and walls. I think he could have been a better Bruno Mars in a sense...
Will Rich LARGE SIDE OF MELANIN!
@Will Rich 😂😂😂👏👏👏
r pallet Puerto Rican (mixed with wonderful Black ancestral background)
Anybody else here looking cause you wanna see the movie rn