Found out why, the show was sponsored by Beechnut gum. The show was even known as "The Saturday Night Beechnut Show". So I guess they gave all the audience gum to show "how good it was" or something.
fsumpter-- When i was a kid in the 60s my friend's mom told us, "a lady never chews gum in public, looks trashy." LoL I followed her advice and it has served me well.
The audience absolutely freaks me out... imagine standing in front of them performing gosh... Frankie was simply fantastic non the less and so handsome.
this was not a performance. it was an artist near the end of his life, suffering physical effects of drug abuse, lip-syncing to a record he released several years earlier at the height of his success. It was part of his last ditch effort to restart his career. It had to be painful to be in the audience and see this "live".
@@steveom59 regardless of his personal deficiencies this was indeed a performance. All artists lip synced to tracks on these kinds of shows.. that was indeed the dynamics of these broadcasts. Furthermore, I won't judge him on his personal demons, I made my statement based on the performance and I thought it was great given the circumstances, he was an outstanding performance regardless of his personal life.
@@rob_3417 He's 100 correct but apparently these morons who didn't live this are attributing the audiences reaction to racism. It's stupid and ignorant
Such a handsome young man and so talented. So sad how he was treated. I still find it hard to believe that their is people who judge people because of the color of their skin.
Estava comentando sobre isso no Instagram,mas achei que era falso o julgamento,mas estou percebendo que realmente eles estavam incomodados com o rapaz cantado que triste o preconceito ...uma música tão linda um rapaz lindo e a voz nem se fala
Did you ever read Rock Star (1987) by The Late Jackie Collins. There was a character named Bobby Mondella who from 12-16 was a successful Country & Western Singer and when his voice changed he couldn't sing as well. He got dropped by his label, manager and friends and walked away with $5000.00 in 1963. he gave up the rights to his songs that were still played on Radio. What was so eerie was that he died in February 1968 Five Months before The Jackson Five debuted for Motown and in his Book Moonwalker folks compared Michael to him.
@@ethanyule2713 I don't think you're aware of this man's history. Frankie Lymon lived during a time of heavy racism and segregation in America. Despite achieving nominal and financial success with his music, he was still looked down upon by people because he was black, and was not allowed because of racism to have the same status in people's eyes as white performers. Even in the music industry, performers were segregated. Rock and roll was not allowed on the radio for a long time because it was seen as "black music" (which it was; black people created it just like they made jazz, gospel, and the blues). When it was allowed, white groups would be the only ones allowed to perform the songs. It would take a quiet revolution to make any sort of real breakthrough. Motown in Detroit was in part responsible for that, which I know because it's where I'm from. Lymon was needless to say unappreciated in his time, as we see in the video here with the (white) teenagers looking sullen and at times angry to see a black man on stage performing for them. Meanwhile these same teenagers would be screaming their heads off for Paul Anka or the Beatles. And he unfortunately died young at 25, so he never got to live to see a future where his work was fully valued.
The sad part is that you could see he had talent, stage presence and the makings of an even greater entertainer than he was. The drugs just held him back basically...
My babysitters brought this music to my house. They'd have the biggest parties when my parents were out. They didn't make us go to bed .. just let us dance and taught us all the latest ones
@Fackyou69 Fooku I know but it’s just so surreal to see how young white girls couldn’t even enjoy music coming from a Black artist. It’s like if you enjoy something you shouldn’t let your racist family from stopping you from enjoying music you enjoy.
@@sucramlove1677 Hello! Black music/singers were enjoyed, respected. MotownRecords/Detroit startd in '59 & enlightened teens (& closed minded whts)Favs-TheSupremes, GladysKnight&Pips, SmokeyR, Aretha, MarvinGaye, JohnnyWalker&Allstars, etc. Bandstand/DClark, EdSullivan- presented lots of new music. Opened ppl's minds. (unlike propaganda now) A '60s kid-Detroit, Chicago...Atlanta in'68 before MLK was shot 4/68. (noticed subtle racism in S, then)
You’re right they didn’t deserve him however he didn’t sing it live because it wouldn’t of sounded nearly as good. Frankie’s voice was completely changed at this point
Agreed that's just the society we still live in today, but i bet you they wont be looking like that when they here there grandchildren listening to Beyonce, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee stallion, Doja cat, Dababy, ect but real talk though the only way we could come together is that if we stop judging eachother
This is a very interesting video. The audiences excitement during the introduction vs the confused faces during the performance. Given that this was before music videos and during the radio era, they must not have know he was black. He still killed it!
I hadn’t thought about that before, it’s a good point! I was wondering why they were excited to hear the song and then just got very unexcited. We take knowing what singers look like for granted now.
I hadn't ever seen him before the video showing the racist girls reactions went around social media, but I don't remember ever nit knowing this song and had always assumed he was black.
People have to realize that during the 60"s and earlier, blacks and whites did not mix. So the audience is probably a little confused. Thanks to Robert Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement, relations have improved.
You guys are so stupid... research a bit. This show was popular for playing black artists, those people would not have been there by accident. They were nervous about looking proper on camera which was important in culture at the time. You guys are ridiculously out of touch with reality. This is why old people complain about schools failing our children, because you guys make up history instead of actually learning it. Disgusting
Can’t compare the two. Jackson had a lifelong career while Lyton was on his way to being a has been in this video. Once his voice changed he had no chance at a career.....Ask anyone who was a lay on fan ( would have to be in their 70-80’s). I know a Lymon fanatic who bought all his records, followed his rise AND fall! Michael was able to transcend from child star and voice to adult star and voice. Lymon could not.
@Tim...Yeah. You could've added more. Frankie's legend deserves more reference in the history of pop music than he's getting. I guess we could say the same about Jackie Wilson. Both were hot, weren't they? On the contemporary scene, Whitney Huston left us just as she was getting started. Oh, let me shut up.
Im not saying they are all racists if not they wouldnt be there what im saying is dont be scared of the truth coming out .. you must want to stay stagnant too
2024 Loving and appreciating Frankie Lymon. Hearing that Frankie Beverly transitioned, I reflected and recalled him, saying he was influenced by him he used his first name. Thank you both for your talents and gifts. MusicLegends❤
@Kordei - no it's not a circle, it's indeed a generational problem, that's why racism still exist right now, and won't disappear right now, it will slowly decrease after each generation, we can stop it, not right now, but helping the next generations
@@rodo4246 wow I love your optimism but unfortunately the reality is that , when you lack empathy and being taught racism , you lack empathy for people who experience racism and deny it exists, anyways when you lack empathy for them, there’s no way it’s going to be fixed because you cannot fix something if you genuinely do not care about it
@@rodo4246 It's very much a circle. Maybe not for blacks specifically. America is back on Asians again for example. People will always try to ban together and blame people who are different for their problems. People need a "bad guy" for validation.
@@giannamokoka8212 cmon now....you have no idea if they were racist or not. They came to hear the man sing! They’re just teenagers who came to listen to music and they obviously liked frankies by that applause. Don’t turn everything into a race issue!
I think your defensiveness is unfounded. I have no proof but 1960’s girls were famously emotive, unless the Liverpudlian foursome changed even more than we thought. What most of these comments are reacting to is surely a trick of the recording: they got the shots of bored faces before or after the actual concert, then spliced it together awkwardly.
@@mckernan603ok then, tell me why the tv program “the big beat” got cancelled only after 4 episodes? Maybe it was to do with the fact that Frankie Lymon was dancing with a white woman and sparked outrage from southern folk.
Yea there was a reason for that. Just like there’s a reason for everything. The pressures of the music business or even just living as a colored man during that era, and having certain things expected of him to stay afloat.. yea not easy. These could’ve been some of the reasons he was using heroin, you never know what someone’s going through mentally, even when they have a big smile on their face. That’s just to mask the pain.
It didn't happen only to him. I have watched other videos from other artists from that time such as Neil Sedaka and Paul Anka and many girls act at that same way, looking around without any smile.
@@dove6069 you fight racism with racism. See thats why earth i trying to get rid of us because of these type of people who are more disgusting than apes and shit.
Black people were the most awesomeness singers back in that time I loved each and every one of them they brought joy to my family during the 50s and 60s and I enjoy that era so much. shame on those women that were shocked that he was black. His music lives on forever.❤❤❤
This audience does not reflect most of Dick Clark's audiences. And 2 years later , Italian and black brothers from New Jersey had a huge hit together , THE PEPPERMINT TWIST
This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. Those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs. This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960. BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement. In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials. ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on. More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15, but he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One. Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance.
@@abdielnava4776 that is an excellent point. You’re absolutely right, the fact that his voice was prerecorded to make it easier for the audience to hear (specially in a venue that was probably not fitted for a live performance) doesn’t negate that he was incredibly talented. Thank you.
@@nathanb.8114 Look you may be right, but if you want more people to turn to Jesus, make sure you are doing it through love and through him. If you project hostility and disgust you are not showing God's love. People need to know what Jesus's love looks like.
I think they were just uncomfortable being on camera. None of them could make eye contact with it. It was a more innocent age unlike the attention seeking narcissists of today.
Knowing what happened to Lymon makes this video so much harder to watch. He smiled and performed like a champ but I can’t even imagine the type of pain he was feeling. Knowing that everyone hates you for reasons outside your control, even though you are very talented and objectively an amazing singer and performer. This truly is one of the saddest videos on the internet.
Agreed…struggled with heroin in his teens. This was one of his first comeback tour/solo career performances where he’s lip syncing to a track of The Teenagers (and from when he was 12/13)
@@andrewcart8117 I think it was both the camera and the fact that he was black. White parents didn't want their children listening to what they called race music which was the name of music made by black people that got re -branded to rock and roll. So it was like they were getting filmed doing something they weren't suppose to do.
@@marcopolo2028 exactly. Doesn't mean they were racist. They just didn't want to get punished for embarrassing their parents who might have had issues. Times were very different then and things were changing just like they are now, hopefully for the better!
@@claredyson9936 Thats what makes the most sense to me. But what im just trying to say is thats why they were uncomfortable. Most likely they were racist. In America at that time it was almost socially unacceptable to not be. Racism was also legal and in some cases it was illegal to not be (redlining, jim crow, ect.). At that time black people lived like jews in nazi germany. I don't even think Frankie was being paid properly mostly because he was black something that happened to many black artist at that time. Pretty sure he died broke. Many racist enjoy entertainment from black artist, athletes, ect.
You know what gets me about late 50s early 60s bandstand when these marginally talented white teen idols perform on the show the crowd goes fuckin bananas yet when a dynamic performer like frankie lymon is on the show they don't even give him the fuckin respect he deserves
@@Annuii.i You don't know what your talking about like most posters on here. Dick Clark did NOT pay anyone to appear on his show, They all performed pro bono and they even paid their passage, They appeared on the show to boost their record sales as appearing in the most popular teenage show in the country usually did that
The applause was loud. Most likely told to not scream like banshees. Teen girls did that at all shows in early 60s. It pissed off producers and musicians alike
anyone curious why they are all looking around so much, its been said that at these shows there were often police officers who would arrest anyone who got too enthusiastic (dancing). A lot of these women actually enjoyed his stage presence and these songs but unfortunately werent allow to show it most times. Hope that helped! RIP Frankie❤
The film clip for "Little Bitty Pretty One" has been edited to portray certain reactions, including disinterest or surprise, to create a particular narrative or commentary. These reactions are usually taken from various movies or TV shows and spliced together to fit the editor's intended message or theme. Such edits can be powerful in highlighting social issues or making a statement, but it's important to recognize that the reactions are not originally related to the song or its singer. Instead, they are chosen and edited to convey a specific perspective or to evoke a particular response from the audience.
@Channelhmmm I mean scientist across all levels guess all the time lol and they have a pretty good pay grade. What I said was a logical statement factoring in how blacks were mistreated during that area. 1960s I can almost bet my last dollar a black man was lynched somewhere in the United States!
Song was written by Leon René my Grandfather. Who was also a brotha from the South. He made it out & created songs like this in a world full of judgment & hate. Leon brought songs to Artists like This Man and Bobby Day. Music is bigger than Music. It’s Life
I'm glad someone other than myself picked up on this! Truth be told, they were "Lusting" after him honey, just couldn't let it be known. Ain't no shame in the "White Girls" game today!
I swear I told my fiancé that!! I said daddy gonna blister that ass that’s why they were moving their head! Amazing talent though, hate racism still exists. Dumbest thing ever
You see how all the women are looking at each other to see if they are feeling it and want to start vibin to it but each of there faces says don’t smile. Don’t clap, just observe. Knowing dang well if one or 2 of them started dancing the rest would follow💯 crazy how so many will CHOOSE to follow others rather than their own soul
Adria Dobson I’ve been reading about music during this time in my history class and there were restrictions about dancing during shows :/ you could tell some wanted to dance. How could you not want to
Hashir Wani Hashir Wani true in some cases, yes. But it was also true that because of these parents you speak of there were restrictions at certain shows. It’s your original comment toward me that made zero sense.
Everyone wondering how 6 voices can come from one young man. Anyone who can do their own 3 part harmonies and background chorus deserves respect. RIP Frankie.
I’m pretty sure that’s a playback. He’s not mic’d. A performance like this, back then, would require a wired mic (and most likely a stand). It wasn’t very common for acts to perform live on these TV shows.
This kid was a complete, musical genius. At 12 years old he had written, recorded on TV his song "Why do fools fall in love." You can not tell, me, this same Frankie Lymon, was recorded on TV in the 1948 at 12 years old, singing a song that you have probably heard today. Why do Fools Fall in Love This kid lived to 25, got a heroin overdose and died. Go on line, watch him on TV singing the song he wrote, at 12 years old. This kid has always been one of my favorites. Only to find out he died at 25?
no one knows for sure he died to an overdose some people said the needle wasnt in him but it was near him and i think they said a couple days before or week i dont really remmeber they said he was beat up so i dont know but they think his death was staged
FYI, "Why do fools fall in love" was recorded in 1956, when Frankie was 14 years old. He was born in '42, he certainly wasn't recording anything in '48 :) . He joined The Teenagers in '54 (they weren't named that yet) and recorded this with them 2 years later for Gee Records. His life was a mess from 15 until his death, his music honestly became more famous posthumously, with a big resurgence decades later. Pretty sure he didn't have a top 10 (barely any top 50) hit after 1957 when he left The Teenagers. Very sad that he was pulled into a life of drugs at 15 by an adult and couldn't get out :( .
Cameras were new back then. Watch the crowd in all the other videos of him performing back then, not everyone was racist. Don't feed into the corporate media's bullshit.
@@KingOfPopStars in previous interviews with him and his family decades after the crowd didn’t realize he was a black man and were caught very off guard by it and many as seen in the video didn’t know how they should react as states were still very segregated In the south at the time as well
triste sabe que nesse dia muitos nao sabiam quem cantava essa muisica era uma pessoa negra .. e nesse tempo o preconceito era forte de mas ... mas esse rapaz tinha um otimo talento
Dick Clark’s weekly prime time show was sponsored by Beach-nut Gum Described as being “Flavor-IFIC” - the studio audience chewed gum and wore “IFIC” badges. Credit Dick Clark for his progressive inclusion of all races in his musical presentations.
Most of the audience members were looking at who was singing the song(a coloured boy, as they would have referred to him), and they ended up not enjoying the song, but I'm glad Frankie did, and that's all that matters. Go Frankie, go Frankie, go Frankie, go Frankie💃🏻
@@kyoumaVII They really are. I can't believe how people are committed to seeing "evil" in this video when the background is Columbia University in New York.
I grew up in that time and Grey Wolf is exactly right. Black people were apart from us back then, They were...ok...but... you wouldn't want to be caught associating with them. Hanging out with them and Interracial dating was absolutely taboo. I'm glad I grew up and realized that people are people. My wife of 8 years is a very dark black woman. I'm 56, born in 1962.
GRAY WOLF. Totally agree. This was before civil rights and to tell you the truth...i think that there are a lot of folks that still think that way. This brings back alot of bad memories. Love the music though!😀😀😀
Breaks my heart , but he was ahead of his time , we love this performance RIP young legend ! In heaven everyone is clapping to this legendary performance
This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. It wasn't exactly cops but those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs. Here's why. This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960. BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement. It was TECHNICALLY** the second nationally televised "music show" the first was Dick Clark's first TV show American Bandstand which failed in its first 13-week run in 1957 but would be reborn years later as a pop culture force. The "first music dance show" technically was called the Big Beat but was canceled after 4 episodes --> we'll come back to this. Beechnut featured almost every major music hit of the late 50s except Elvis. But it had all been White performers except for Richie Valens. By 1959 the show was a runaway hit. In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials. ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on. More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15. BUT he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance. WHY DID ABC execs demand the audience not dance? ***Remember BIG BEAT: The show ran for 4 episodes in 2 months before American Bandstand would debut in 1957. The last episode of Big Beat featured FRANKIE LYMAN who during his performance briefly danced with a white girl near him. This caused such an outrage among southern viewers that ABC canceled the entire show due to threats of violence from religious groups and representatives from the KKK of Evansville, Indiana. Jump to 1960. ABC execs were terrified of the same thing happening with the young Lyman again. In the end it didn't matter. Southern viewers still got outraged BY THE CLAPPING. There had been stern southern anger at the previous black performers but maybe bc Frankie was so young it felt more like a threat to young girls than the adult Berry or Coasters. Dick Clark's show would be canceled in 1960 despite being one of the 5 highest-rated shows in America alongside Ed Sullivan and the juggernaut of Jack Pfeffer pro-wrestling show from Chicago. Dick Clark would eventually get American Bandstand back on the air and Dick would make it a central feature of his work to feature and champion black performers any chance he got regardless of the risk to his professional career which is why he had an automatic lifetime invite to the BBQ.
That's why they cheer and clap both when he comes on and goes off strange right? C'mon. Humans aren't inherently racist. Racism is taught. These children lived in the north. Frankie Lymon was a celebrity at the time. Tweens and teens are by nature self conscious and awkward, not to mention cameras and cameras in this setting, without their parents around, would be a new experience.
Are you easily duped? You dont even know what sequence the video was filmed. They can cut in shots of girls watching anything or during a break. Keep in mind that this was TV infancy and production standards were no where near as polished as today's. Dont be such a simp.
No they don't hate him if they did they won't be there.....u are the one that hates the audience....not rubbing anything in your face but for the main fact u assume they hated him shows u are the one that hates
I showed my grandpa this video, he said “sadly this is how it was perceived back then by some. I always loved this music, but others, they didn’t appreciate the amazing genius of it.” We both jammed out to this. He remembers watching American bandstand, but he loved all the music! This song is awesome! RIP! ❤❤❤❤
The girls chewing didn't not like it. They were product placement for chewing gum. It was the Execs that didn't like him and the crowd didn't give 2 shits because Frankie was Crazy talented
@jimbean7652 it's recorded history. The show was sponsored by a chewing gum company. The executives Hated that The show was Booking loads of Black acts. And they were getting really good viewers hip out of it. The reason most of the crowd is clapping here is they were told by executives and the police not to leave their seats. They clapped constantly to show support for Frankie and his performance, All the girls not clapping are chewing gum. Obvious product placement
@@Jaysolate "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." It's literally the first thing the person said.
This is exactly why you shouldn’t believe everything on the internet and actually do ya research. They weren’t actually ignorant toward him bc he black. Frankie was already very famous so they already knew what he look like. They wanted to sing and dance but they just couldn’t sing along or dance “too much” because they didn’t want to be put in jail. So the police gave them gum so they won’t sing along and that’s why they look so nervous and kept looking around bc if they were caught dancing a bit too much or singing along, they get thrown in jail. Idk where the misinformation come from that they didn’t expect him to be black..but yk how mfs love to lie
@@Spiderman_20999_ bro.. I literally just explained it. It was the 50’s and there was a such thing called segregation back then. They didn’t want blacks and whites to come together, they wanted to separate them at all cost. So that’s why they would get thrown in jail which is crazy
@KingOfPopStars stop acting ignorant and dumb you see the video and there faces they didn’t like him cause he was black which was obvious just stop this was the 1960s so it’s not shocking but you acting like you don’t see it is what’s sad
@@joaquina3968 I've seen a number of these videos with people of all colors and the audience always acts like this. It was a different time and people were expected to act more reserved. Look at how nice everyone dresses. Now people act like jackasses in the audience because parenting has taken a nose dive in the last 30 years.
Vickie Adams Frankie died even younger, I think he was 26 years old when he died Nat king cole died of lung cancer and Frankie died of a drug overdose though.
Never seen so much gum chewing in all my life.
fsumpter 😂😂😂😂 makes you wonder
Found out why, the show was sponsored by Beechnut gum. The show was even known as "The Saturday Night Beechnut Show". So I guess they gave all the audience gum to show "how good it was" or something.
Lmfao
fsumpter--
When i was a kid in the 60s my friend's mom told us, "a lady never chews gum in public, looks trashy." LoL I followed her advice and it has served me well.
That’s that Wrigley’s Doublemint gum!
It’s the bee’s knees!
Anybody member this song from the movie called “Matilda?”
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That’s when I first heard it
The audience absolutely freaks me out... imagine standing in front of them performing gosh... Frankie was simply fantastic non the less and so handsome.
this was not a performance. it was an artist near the end of his life, suffering physical effects of drug abuse, lip-syncing to a record he released several years earlier at the height of his success. It was part of his last ditch effort to restart his career. It had to be painful to be in the audience and see this "live".
@@steveom59 regardless of his personal deficiencies this was indeed a performance. All artists lip synced to tracks on these kinds of shows.. that was indeed the dynamics of these broadcasts. Furthermore, I won't judge him on his personal demons, I made my statement based on the performance and I thought it was great given the circumstances, he was an outstanding performance regardless of his personal life.
@@steveom59 you're very upset, leaving the same comment everywhere. Go have a drink
steveom59 How's your wife Debby Downer doing these days?
@@rob_3417 He's 100 correct but apparently these morons who didn't live this are attributing the audiences reaction to racism. It's stupid and ignorant
Such a handsome young man and so talented. So sad how he was treated. I still find it hard to believe that their is people who judge people because of the color of their skin.
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im the first one ( it’s a joke istg )
it is so sad out from the talent you've shown but since you're black you'll be judge through your colors!
Estava comentando sobre isso no Instagram,mas achei que era falso o julgamento,mas estou percebendo que realmente eles estavam incomodados com o rapaz cantado que triste o preconceito ...uma música tão linda um rapaz lindo e a voz nem se fala
Did you ever read Rock Star (1987) by The Late Jackie Collins. There was a character named Bobby Mondella who from 12-16 was a successful Country & Western Singer and when his voice changed he couldn't sing as well. He got dropped by his label, manager and friends and walked away with $5000.00 in 1963. he gave up the rights to his songs that were still played on Radio. What was so eerie was that he died in February 1968 Five Months before The Jackson Five debuted for Motown and in his Book Moonwalker folks compared Michael to him.
God, this kid deserved better. This song is was and is still a major banger.
Cant hate on this 4sure...
Lol Banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥
What? Did this guy not get fame or money or am i missing something lol what in this video points to him deserving better?
@@ethanyule2713 I don't think you're aware of this man's history. Frankie Lymon lived during a time of heavy racism and segregation in America. Despite achieving nominal and financial success with his music, he was still looked down upon by people because he was black, and was not allowed because of racism to have the same status in people's eyes as white performers.
Even in the music industry, performers were segregated. Rock and roll was not allowed on the radio for a long time because it was seen as "black music" (which it was; black people created it just like they made jazz, gospel, and the blues). When it was allowed, white groups would be the only ones allowed to perform the songs. It would take a quiet revolution to make any sort of real breakthrough. Motown in Detroit was in part responsible for that, which I know because it's where I'm from.
Lymon was needless to say unappreciated in his time, as we see in the video here with the (white) teenagers looking sullen and at times angry to see a black man on stage performing for them. Meanwhile these same teenagers would be screaming their heads off for Paul Anka or the Beatles.
And he unfortunately died young at 25, so he never got to live to see a future where his work was fully valued.
tbh the song is shit
@@napakamu9670
As is not good? Or as in the *Shit*
Cause I find hard to believe someone to hear this and not give it its respect.
I absolutely love the cameraman.
He wasn’t having non of the audience’s shit, put them on BLAST
@@jacobblaylock4942 bruh 🤣🤣🤣
The cameraman is the best part of this kind of shows, he decides what want to do. Or put in infraganti people being racist or put away those things.
@Fackyou69 Fooku calm down , you typing paragraphs for a comment that wasn’t even deep🤣
@Fackyou69 Fooku you mad ash aw 🤣
I just adore his joy!!! The faces in the crowd slowly changed as they caught his contagious happiness!
They looked so scared of having fun ,frankie was free in his heart and was a talent beyond measure 👏
I’m glad he was enjoying himself
They were scared of what their parents would say if they saw them on tv.
They aren't scared of having fun. The 1960's was a very racist time to be alive.
I thought it was more that they were on TV.
They probably would have gotten into trouble with their parents and everybody else if they had showed they enjoyed it. That was the 1950's.
Forget that stiff audience...😦🙁 Frankie had swag..😎🤗😍
Sandra Matthews
Sandra Matthews He was so cute and his voice was amazing
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Yeah they are more stiff than my morning wood ok I'm going now 👌
No kap
He still went out and did his thing. Wasn't put off at all. What an entertainer. Your music lives on king.
The sad part is that you could see he had talent, stage presence and the makings of an even greater entertainer than he was. The drugs just held him back basically...
Hello Amraya, how are you doing?
Thank you!
I love Frankie and his music, makes me sad whhat happened to him
My babysitters brought this music to my house. They'd have the biggest parties when my parents were out. They didn't make us go to bed .. just let us dance and taught us all the latest ones
How many fifteen year olds do you know with that kind of charisma and talent? Gone but never forgotten.
The way he was still smiling and enjoying himself as much as he possibly could amidst some faces of judgement.... 😔🥺🤍
quirkins He’s used to the huge cameras of that era, while the audience isn’t.
This performance has serious close ups of the audience too.
Boy you are dumb
@@shaunlopez8942 why is he dumb?
Were you there in the audience? How do you know that they are judging him? Seems to me that you are the one judging?
thicc buttowski yup they were clapping.
The very first girl seemed to be enjoying herself then once she realized the camera was on her she looked all nervous and stopped lol.
That's because she was in the platters and Frankie ex wife
@Fackyou69 Fooku I know but it’s just so surreal to see how young white girls couldn’t even enjoy music coming from a Black artist. It’s like if you enjoy something you shouldn’t let your racist family from stopping you from enjoying music you enjoy.
@@sucramlove1677 Hello! Black music/singers were enjoyed, respected. MotownRecords/Detroit startd in '59 & enlightened teens (& closed minded whts)Favs-TheSupremes, GladysKnight&Pips, SmokeyR, Aretha, MarvinGaye, JohnnyWalker&Allstars, etc. Bandstand/DClark, EdSullivan- presented lots of new music. Opened ppl's minds. (unlike propaganda now) A '60s kid-Detroit, Chicago...Atlanta in'68 before MLK was shot 4/68. (noticed subtle racism in S, then)
The boy at 2:25 didn't seem to mind
@Kordei - it’s cos they enjoyed the music but didn’t want to be judged by the fellow whites for enjoying a songs from a black guy it’s messed up
He definitely killed this performance the audience didn’t deserve him
You’re right they didn’t deserve him however he didn’t sing it live because it wouldn’t of sounded nearly as good. Frankie’s voice was completely changed at this point
yep sadly he died in age 25 :(
At all
Yep all of them was racist anyways
Agreed that's just the society we still live in today, but i bet you they wont be looking like that when they here there grandchildren listening to Beyonce, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee stallion, Doja cat, Dababy, ect but real talk though the only way we could come together is that if we stop judging eachother
This is a very interesting video. The audiences excitement during the introduction vs the confused faces during the performance. Given that this was before music videos and during the radio era, they must not have know he was black. He still killed it!
I hadn’t thought about that before, it’s a good point! I was wondering why they were excited to hear the song and then just got very unexcited. We take knowing what singers look like for granted now.
Some enjoyed it
I hadn't ever seen him before the video showing the racist girls reactions went around social media, but I don't remember ever nit knowing this song and had always assumed he was black.
People have to realize that during the 60"s and earlier, blacks and whites did not mix. So the audience is probably a little confused. Thanks to Robert Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement, relations have improved.
You guys are so stupid... research a bit. This show was popular for playing black artists, those people would not have been there by accident. They were nervous about looking proper on camera which was important in culture at the time. You guys are ridiculously out of touch with reality. This is why old people complain about schools failing our children, because you guys make up history instead of actually learning it. Disgusting
Here August 29th, 2024! I still love this song! I am 70 now but grew up with it!
Yes❤ I noticed a lot of Black performers had white only audiences but they loved our music and copied it!
I'm 64years now and still still listening 🎶 😳 😌 👌 😐 🙌 to the 1950s and 1960s songs 🎵 🎶 👌 😑 😐 😅 on TH-cam Videos 📹 🎶 😀 😄 👌 😉!
So sad he died at 25 because of a heroin overdose. He also co wrote “why do fools fall in love”. Major influencer on the Jackson 5 and Barry Gordy.
As much talent as Michael
@@ruthm.769 not everything is a conspiracy
Can’t compare the two. Jackson had a lifelong career while Lyton was on his way to being a has been in this video. Once his voice changed he had no chance at a career.....Ask anyone who was a lay on fan ( would have to be in their 70-80’s). I know a Lymon fanatic who bought all his records, followed his rise AND fall! Michael was able to transcend from child star and voice to adult star and voice. Lymon could not.
@Tim...Yeah. You could've added more. Frankie's legend deserves more reference in the history of pop music than he's getting. I guess we could say the same about Jackie Wilson. Both were hot, weren't they? On the contemporary scene, Whitney Huston left us just as she was getting started. Oh, let me shut up.
Co-wrote with Teenagers and none of them got paid a dime. Shame on you Diana Ross, etc.
Those girls are so afraid to enjoy the performance....how messed up.
They are worried about there peers seeing them be happy because of this black mans talent
I understand that but fear of the crowd doesnt trump love and truth .. If the world lived like this we would all be free
that's complete bs. I've never seen so many ignorant comments. Everyone commenting must be under 35 and very dumb.
Im not saying they are all racists if not they wouldnt be there what im saying is dont be scared of the truth coming out .. you must want to stay stagnant too
Time isnt a factor here same stuff has been going on and still is .. quit tryna scare away from the topic and get in to irrelevant details
If that was a Black audience, they'd be dancing ALL OVER THE PLACE!!
Sarah McGee they also wouldn’t have been allowed in
They allowed frankie
+Sarah McGee
The show was a seated audience. It was not intended to be some trash fake nightclub set up.
@@Zyphorius true unfortunately
Bruh moment
2024 Loving and appreciating Frankie Lymon. Hearing that Frankie Beverly transitioned, I reflected and recalled him, saying he was influenced by him he used his first name.
Thank you both for your talents and gifts.
MusicLegends❤
With that innocent face and all that stuff you would never think that he died of an overdose of heroin...he had three wifes too...amazing
If you listen to the lyrics you wouldnt be surprised he had 3 wives
Frankie was a player for damn sure...my god he had it going on!!!
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What’s more disturbing is the audience faces.
Doc Holliday p
He paid his due to the devil.
Most of our grand parents lived during this time and people really act like it was so long ago
@Kordei - no it's not a circle, it's indeed a generational problem, that's why racism still exist right now, and won't disappear right now, it will slowly decrease after each generation, we can stop it, not right now, but helping the next generations
People still do these days trust me it has gotten better since but racism isn’t completely gone yet
@Sam Lee lmaooo
@@rodo4246 wow I love your optimism but unfortunately the reality is that , when you lack empathy and being taught racism , you lack empathy for people who experience racism and deny it exists, anyways when you lack empathy for them, there’s no way it’s going to be fixed because you cannot fix something if you genuinely do not care about it
@@rodo4246 It's very much a circle. Maybe not for blacks specifically. America is back on Asians again for example. People will always try to ban together and blame people who are different for their problems. People need a "bad guy" for validation.
Talk about being fed to the lions. His courage and that smile were at 100 though!
Lmao fr only the kids liked it pretty much
I.T. Girl i need that confidence.
💯💯💯🤟🏾
Racist faces🤨
@@giannamokoka8212 cmon now....you have no idea if they were racist or not. They came to hear the man sing! They’re just teenagers who came to listen to music and they obviously liked frankies by that applause. Don’t turn everything into a race issue!
The world forgot everyone in the crowd, but we never forget the performer u live forever Frankie Lymon they never deserved u!!❤
EXACTLY!!!
I think your defensiveness is unfounded. I have no proof but 1960’s girls were famously emotive, unless the Liverpudlian foursome changed even more than we thought. What most of these comments are reacting to is surely a trick of the recording: they got the shots of bored faces before or after the actual concert, then spliced it together awkwardly.
@@mckernan603ok then, tell me why the tv program “the big beat” got cancelled only after 4 episodes? Maybe it was to do with the fact that Frankie Lymon was dancing with a white woman and sparked outrage from southern folk.
They wanted to enjoy his beautiful singing, but were too scared. Just sad. He kept smiling through it all too. A truly blessed man indeed ✊🏽
Zoë Dominique
They just didn’t like the song 👍🏻
Seemed like they just wanted NOT to.
Either scared or experienced white guilt
Zoë Dominique - A blessed man? He was already using heroin for two years when this was taped. The guy was dead at 25.
Yea there was a reason for that. Just like there’s a reason for everything. The pressures of the music business or even just living as a colored man during that era, and having certain things expected of him to stay afloat.. yea not easy. These could’ve been some of the reasons he was using heroin, you never know what someone’s going through mentally, even when they have a big smile on their face. That’s just to mask the pain.
They were simply too scared to enjoy the song, see how they are all looking around too see others reactions, SAD.
AJ Smith I noticed that too
They’re not scared nor sad they’re racist
That's what I saw, they were scared to like him, if the others didn't, so sad
It didn't happen only to him. I have watched other videos from other artists from that time such as Neil Sedaka and Paul Anka and many girls act at that same way, looking around without any smile.
Oh..I did not know that he was black...l like the song...I hope no one sees me
Did they give out free gum the show ? Why is every woman chewing.
@@dove6069 ???
@@dove6069 true..
@@dove6069 you fight racism with racism. See thats why earth i trying to get rid of us because of these type of people who are more disgusting than apes and shit.
Black Xeroz your doing the same thing lmao
The show was sponsored by beech-nut gum.
Black people were the most awesomeness singers back in that time I loved each and every one of them they brought joy to my family during the 50s and 60s and I enjoy that era so much. shame on those women that were shocked that he was black. His music lives on forever.❤❤❤
Bill Cosbey 🤨
@@stanmarsh4468 Bill Cosby doesn’t sing
This audience does not reflect most of Dick Clark's audiences.
And 2 years later , Italian and black brothers from New Jersey had a huge hit together , THE PEPPERMINT TWIST
Black folks live this life to this day. White folks smiling in our faces and talking about us behind our backs.
Still are awesome singers
Shout out to that one lil boy enjoying himself
crow yeah..those were some horrible times
King Sora he was an adult at the time.
King Sora and the pretty blonde lady Infront of him smiling
He's probably an old man by now
They all were enjoying themselves they was raised by racist and couldn't show there inner happiness!
i couldn’t imagine being judged that hard by so many and he still smiling enjoying himself as he shoulddd
Really he was judged? How so
@@Random_Art822 u didn’t see the way the audience was look at him what?
I see that now they are probably thinking this is weird a concert full of white people and a black.kid on stage
@@Random_Art822 don't be naive
probably because he is the one getting the last laugh.
This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. Those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs. This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960. BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement.
In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials. ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on.
More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15, but he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One. Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance.
Yeah, I never thought they hated Frankie. They look mainly unsure how to react and do to enjoy the song without getting up and dancing
@@ThatGingerNateas drogas sempre drogas
Thank you for that information. I appreciate the facts and of course the beautiful music, despite the ladies faces 😊
Is this all a lie ? Like wow
Wow are you dynamite. Great comment .Thanks a ton . Great info
I'm not the only one listening to this song in 2024 right
Nope. I'm on a whole random Frankie Lymon marathon right now.
Nope
No you’re not I’m all about the oldies better than 2024 music
Nah
Não. Eu amo essas músicas 🫶🏼🇧🇷
Six decades later it still sounds awesome. A great talent.
He’s obviously lip syncing
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838and?
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838doesnt mean he didnt sing just as good. It was pre recorded so the audience could hear. Think before you type
@@abdielnava4776 that is an excellent point. You’re absolutely right, the fact that his voice was prerecorded to make it easier for the audience to hear (specially in a venue that was probably not fitted for a live performance) doesn’t negate that he was incredibly talented. Thank you.
you don’t think he sung this wow the hate you people feel about us is heartwarming glad we’re in your mind
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838
Love frankie! The dummies in the audience had no clue they were witnessing a legend! Wish i could've seen him live!
I think they were scared to show true feelings...
Don't forget this is a different era....not that todays standards leave anything to be desired.
It's wild seeing little haters try to hold in their amazement. Lil ugly girls'
YEAH DEY RASIST TOO!!
You mean racist
I feel like they didn’t expect him to be black
Evan Saifman nah, they were to scared to enjoy the music cause of the time
they actually didn’t! they only heard him on the radio and a lot of people were p upset to learn he was black
Evan Saifman crazy how that was the first thing that popped in my head too.
Evan Saifman How? He only sounds black
Evan Saifman you “feel” too much. Get lost with your race baiting crap.
Long live Rock’n Roll!!!
0:42 Actual goosebumps when I first heard this. Such a talented singer genuinely.
Wow..Hes performing with devil behind him and demons in front of him.
@@nathanb.8114 yeah but this is a pretty bad way to evangelize..
@@nathanb.8114 Look you may be right, but if you want more people to turn to Jesus, make sure you are doing it through love and through him. If you project hostility and disgust you are not showing God's love. People need to know what Jesus's love looks like.
These comments got me laughing left and right!
And still nailed it
And then heroin knocked on his door.
RIP Frankie. Thanks for the music❤🕊
Yes, rest in peace. 🤍💗
Died so young.. God bless his soul
@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 the best ones die young
F
@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 cause of his heroin addiction.
These chicks was looking around at there girls wondering if they had permission to enjoy Frankie!!!! LoL
I was thinking the same thing!
exactly
I think they were just uncomfortable being on camera. None of them could make eye contact with it. It was a more innocent age unlike the attention seeking narcissists of today.
Agree. They look shy and unsure of themselves. Girls back then didn't want to be singled out or you were labeled a show-off.
unless of course your Elvis.
I can listen to this a thousand times....
This audience makes the the most uncomfrtable thing I've seen in awhile.
Nobody noticed the Moloch statue, pillars of free masonry, occult symbolism my people.. Shit runs deep
The look on some of the audience members is puzzling.......🤔
Omg the people in the audience look so damn EVIL.
They look nice to me...
Young girls LOOK so rasiatic.
And the Satanic Statue behing
That's because they're Lucifer's descendants honey!
all Klanners
Must be the year gum came out LMAO everybody chewing lmaoo
Haha
I rember it well, we used to stick rats to poles and feed it to our children what fun times
lol not all are chewing, but a one is singing ..
💀💀🤣🤣😂😂
They're chewing like cows in the field 😂
Thank you for your hard work and perseverance Frankie Lymon
Knowing what happened to Lymon makes this video so much harder to watch. He smiled and performed like a champ but I can’t even imagine the type of pain he was feeling. Knowing that everyone hates you for reasons outside your control, even though you are very talented and objectively an amazing singer and performer. This truly is one of the saddest videos on the internet.
Would you mind explaining what happened to him in further detail ?
@@kilz3522 he died of a heroin overdose
@@domsolano oh
@@kilz3522 the music industry chewed him up and spit him out....
Just like it's done to so many others ☹️
Agreed…struggled with heroin in his teens. This was one of his first comeback tour/solo career performances where he’s lip syncing to a track of The Teenagers (and from when he was 12/13)
The white people looking around like “guys do we like this”?lol
tierria thompson The camera made them nervous. Which is really common for this era.
fr 😭
@@andrewcart8117 I think it was both the camera and the fact that he was black. White parents didn't want their children listening to what they called race music which was the name of music made by black people that got re -branded to rock and roll. So it was like they were getting filmed doing something they weren't suppose to do.
@@marcopolo2028 exactly. Doesn't mean they were racist. They just didn't want to get punished for embarrassing their parents who might have had issues. Times were very different then and things were changing just like they are now, hopefully for the better!
@@claredyson9936 Thats what makes the most sense to me. But what im just trying to say is thats why they were uncomfortable. Most likely they were racist. In America at that time it was almost socially unacceptable to not be. Racism was also legal and in some cases it was illegal to not be (redlining, jim crow, ect.). At that time black people lived like jews in nazi germany. I don't even think Frankie was being paid properly mostly because he was black something that happened to many black artist at that time. Pretty sure he died broke. Many racist enjoy entertainment from black artist, athletes, ect.
Too scared to enjoy the song because America was so damned prejudiced at the time. So sad.
You’re so stupid.
You know what gets me about late 50s early 60s bandstand when these marginally talented white teen idols perform on the show the crowd goes fuckin bananas yet when a dynamic performer like frankie lymon is on the show they don't even give him the fuckin respect he deserves
GlinxJayz nowadays US still have a lot prejudices
They’re too scared to enjoy the song because of the fricken devil statue behind him.
Was prejudiced? America voted in the most outspoken bigot!
Legit Angel forever!! 2024 and he still relevant. The people in the crowd are gone and forgotten for eternity, not even their families remember them.
He still managed to keep smiling even with that sour audience. I love that about him
He was still getting paid and performing on stage what does he had to be upset for just because a few(lot of) people have stiff sticks in their ass
Autum you sure are prety
@@Annuii.i You don't know what your talking about like most posters on here. Dick Clark did NOT pay anyone to appear on his show, They all performed pro bono and they even paid their passage, They appeared on the show to boost their record sales as appearing in the most popular teenage show in the country usually did that
junky Smile
@Luis Martinez they were clapping and you heard mostly females cheer at the end
All them sour white faces 🤣😂😂🤣🤣 frankie you legend
lol
Right 😂
Jacob Damato 😂😂 I swear, the rhythm of them white folks
Jacob Damato omg i thought i was the only one notice that... all of them was!!
Y'all racist ugly asses. If they was complaining about black people you'd lose your shit
I do like that no matter the audience response he kept a smile on his face. That right there gives me inspiration
It wasnt that they were being cold to Frankie. Know your history before you assume. They had all come there to see him, after all.
@@mlaforce321 no one assuming
The applause was loud. Most likely told to not scream like banshees. Teen girls did that at all shows in early 60s. It pissed off producers and musicians alike
Some of them were smiling and vibing. I feel everyone was too scared
They were still clapping, I don't think he was watching much to their faces, he had no camera close up
anyone curious why they are all looking around so much, its been said that at these shows there were often police officers who would arrest anyone who got too enthusiastic (dancing). A lot of these women actually enjoyed his stage presence and these songs but unfortunately werent allow to show it most times.
Hope that helped! RIP Frankie❤
The film clip for "Little Bitty Pretty One" has been edited to portray certain reactions, including disinterest or surprise, to create a particular narrative or commentary. These reactions are usually taken from various movies or TV shows and spliced together to fit the editor's intended message or theme.
Such edits can be powerful in highlighting social issues or making a statement, but it's important to recognize that the reactions are not originally related to the song or its singer. Instead, they are chosen and edited to convey a specific perspective or to evoke a particular response from the audience.
@@Psybohow are you so sure? do you have the original clip, if so, could you post it?
Such brave souls performing in those horrific racist lynch era times.
Channel Yay no lynchings that year but there was one the next. You know what he meant.
Everything is the same nowadays ..
That's sad
Isaac Newton how?
@Channel I bet there was a bunch no one heard about
@Channelhmmm I mean scientist across all levels guess all the time lol and they have a pretty good pay grade. What I said was a logical statement factoring in how blacks were mistreated during that area. 1960s I can almost bet my last dollar a black man was lynched somewhere in the United States!
“I mustn’t let father know I enjoyed the colored boy’s performance.”
😂😂😂😂
Lol
😂😂😂
ahahah bahahaha you're a mad man!! :D
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Song was written by Leon René my Grandfather. Who was also a brotha from the South. He made it out & created songs like this in a world full of judgment & hate. Leon brought songs to Artists like This Man and Bobby Day. Music is bigger than Music. It’s Life
Yooo that's awesome. Also, aren't u the dude from x factor?
Essa imagem sinistra no fundo parece um diabo assustadora
@@janetepalmeira3445 ninguém entende português aqui. E concordo com você.
Its not that, people back then just knew how to behave. You guys have some serious issues.
@@patrykmaksimczyk1697 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾THANK U!😁😁😁😁
I wonder what the statue is he’s performing in front of looks like the evil one. I’m sure he wasn’t paying attention to that back then.
Grew up with this song since Matilda ! I still love it 🥰
Inihhhhh
I don't see any hatred. geesh
@@lyricberlin what?
Riiiigghhhttt and I watched Matilda consistently! I knew I heard this somewhere before the movie came out 😍
This one, isn’t that one.
Bobby Darin sings that one.
They knew daddy was watching and they best not smile at a black boy!
I'm glad someone other than myself picked up on this! Truth be told, they were "Lusting" after him honey, just couldn't let it be known. Ain't no shame in the "White Girls" game today!
He'd beat them senseless. So sad and so deranged! Racism is a sickness!
Lmao! Nothing but the truth!
I swear I told my fiancé that!! I said daddy gonna blister that ass that’s why they were moving their head! Amazing talent though, hate racism still exists. Dumbest thing ever
Urass
Still breaks my heart to know he only lived a extremely short life and such lovely voice
IKR..RIP Frankie Lymon 🙏🏿😕
I didn't know this! What a tragedy.
Yup. Injest heroin and that can lead to a short life.
His choice. His decision. No one forced it on him.
@@kingforaday8725oh? Rude much
@@rollitupmars How is it rude?
You see how all the women are looking at each other to see if they are feeling it and want to start vibin to it but each of there faces says don’t smile. Don’t clap, just observe. Knowing dang well if one or 2 of them started dancing the rest would follow💯 crazy how so many will CHOOSE to follow others rather than their own soul
2:26 kid was definitely enjoying it
His voice is so great!
The audience members acted like they had sticks up their butts.
Adria Dobson I’ve been reading about music during this time in my history class and there were restrictions about dancing during shows :/ you could tell some wanted to dance. How could you not want to
@@Wesleyk1ng-t2u please don't hide and deny your racist past...
Hashir Wani lol What?
@@Wesleyk1ng-t2u there were no restrictions, they were just afraid to enjoy because then their dad would give them a beating at home.
Hashir Wani Hashir Wani true in some cases, yes. But it was also true that because of these parents you speak of there were restrictions at certain shows. It’s your original comment toward me that made zero sense.
That statue behind him is unsettling.
What is it? A lady with horns?
Hes always been there in plain sight, here he is ushering in the new pop music culture.. the devil himself
Satanic symbolism...not even trying to be discreet.
@@m.ahio3659 wait is it? Can someone explain. I don't know much about religion.
@@DB-115 if I told you it would virtually be unbelievable ,
Them white girls minds we’re blown asf when they realized they had been dancing and singing to a black mans song in their room.
Lol right
He was already famous for many years.
They look like i want my money back.
SHAWN owen fuck u
It's that he was too young yo
Mannnnn they in the audience hating like hell. Yes its a black guy on stage that can sing
Everyone wondering how 6 voices can come from one young man. Anyone who can do their own 3 part harmonies and background chorus deserves respect. RIP Frankie.
Que? Pense que habian mínimo 4 personas cantando jaja
Por que ya venía con la pista pre grabada obviamente
Playback aún así lo amo no merecía esas miradas 😒
I’m pretty sure that’s a playback. He’s not mic’d. A performance like this, back then, would require a wired mic (and most likely a stand).
It wasn’t very common for acts to perform live on these TV shows.
How did he do it?
This kid was a complete, musical genius. At 12 years old he had written, recorded on TV his song "Why do fools fall in love."
You can not tell, me, this same Frankie Lymon, was recorded on TV in the 1948 at 12 years old, singing a song that you have probably heard today.
Why do Fools Fall in Love
This kid lived to 25, got a heroin overdose and died.
Go on line, watch him on TV singing the song he wrote, at 12 years old.
This kid has always been one of my favorites. Only to find out he died at 25?
and ten years later the ninja dead..hooked on drugs like a typical ghetto ninja and dead as a mf
no one knows for sure he died to an overdose some people said the needle wasnt in him but it was near him and i think they said a couple days before or week i dont really remmeber they said he was beat up so i dont know but they think his death was staged
FYI, "Why do fools fall in love" was recorded in 1956, when Frankie was 14 years old. He was born in '42, he certainly wasn't recording anything in '48 :) . He joined The Teenagers in '54 (they weren't named that yet) and recorded this with them 2 years later for Gee Records. His life was a mess from 15 until his death, his music honestly became more famous posthumously, with a big resurgence decades later. Pretty sure he didn't have a top 10 (barely any top 50) hit after 1957 when he left The Teenagers. Very sad that he was pulled into a life of drugs at 15 by an adult and couldn't get out :( .
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@@BrianBlock Very informative my friend..
The expression of these women shows the racism of that time
EUA is the most racist country in the whole world. And Always will be.
*and today
Cameras were new back then. Watch the crowd in all the other videos of him performing back then, not everyone was racist. Don't feed into the corporate media's bullshit.
@Pointless Productions Okay, man, the cop guy didn't kill Jorge Floyd with his knees. He was just resting...
th-cam.com/video/e72tG80LmsU/w-d-xo.html same expressions in this video, i think they're not racist
What's that horned thing on the throne behind him??
some wierd symbolism going on in the background
baphomet right there blatantly in their face
turns out its actually lady liberty from "the library of columbia university" which still has a sort of resemblance to the baphomet
Yep
Thats totally Baphomet. Check the hand positions and obvious horns.
Don Dadda dude for real!!!
And this some of y’all memaws 😭
NOT MINE!! I was raised around music and I know how to clap And YELL!!!!!
@@jeancartrer6871 respect
What's wrong with them?
@@KingOfPopStars in previous interviews with him and his family decades after the crowd didn’t realize he was a black man and were caught very off guard by it and many as seen in the video didn’t know how they should react as states were still very segregated In the south at the time as well
😂😂😂😂😂😂
There are a lot of baby Karens in that audience... 😬
They wanted to see the manager after the performance.
They're probably old/ dead Karen's now
mary mae thank god now they cant vote for trump
Buncha Susans Now!
Lol
triste sabe que nesse dia muitos nao sabiam quem cantava essa muisica era uma pessoa negra .. e nesse tempo o preconceito era forte de mas ... mas esse rapaz tinha um otimo talento
When you didn’t realise the beat you’ve been swinging to was sung by a black man 😂😂😂 their faces are priceless
Look at 2:24.
She was feeling it. 😂😂😂
should have realized it was from a black man, as they had no rhythem especially back then
A lot of black folks had the same experience the first time they learned Color Me Badd was 3 White dudes & a brother
I and many black people had the same reaction when they actually seen Tina Marie, and Robin Thick.
They knew already
What in the Devil worship of a background is that stage set up👀😩
Yea ok dude
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Omg I immediately noticed the same thing lol
YAHUAH’S child & YAHUSHA’S follower Shalom Mishpachah! I said the same thing
I said they got him... 🧐
Adayah Rojas 🥺
So I'm guessing gum must've really hit it big around this time and era, looks as if it was trending.
I read on another old video that some of these shows were sponsored by gum companies, so they handed it out and advertised like crazy.
Dick Clark’s weekly prime time show was sponsored by Beach-nut Gum Described as being “Flavor-IFIC” - the studio audience chewed gum and wore “IFIC” badges. Credit Dick Clark for his progressive inclusion of all races in his musical presentations.
@@rowbygoren1830 Lol, what an interesting era.
th-cam.com/video/IKvlk_TjI44/w-d-xo.html Here’s the opening Beechnut Gum theme when it sponsored the Dick Clark Saturday night show.
I mean almost all of them had gum 😂😂😂😂😂
Most of the audience members were looking at who was singing the song(a coloured boy, as they would have referred to him), and they ended up not enjoying the song, but I'm glad Frankie did, and that's all that matters. Go Frankie, go Frankie, go Frankie, go Frankie💃🏻
Look at all those Karen’s pretending like they weren’t into Frankie 😂😂❤️
They prolly had no idea he was black and felt bamboozled lolol
Lmaoo
😭
Karen might not like it, but this Mexican does. Frankie was great.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What's really creepy about this video is the background on stage. Shades of evil everywhere you look.
Its a college campus, how is there "evil everywhere you look"?
Those Shades of evil blend in with the crowd
The background set up. Very masonic maybe..therefore creepy.
@@IDONTLIKETHATSHIT they're morons lol, I'm a very paranoid person too, but the people in the comments are just being ridiculous.
@@kyoumaVII They really are. I can't believe how people are committed to seeing "evil" in this video when the background is Columbia University in New York.
They didnt want there boyfriends and fathers to see them cheer a black man.....this was sad....I wasn't expecting this.....
I grew up in that time and Grey Wolf is exactly right. Black people were apart from us back then, They were...ok...but... you wouldn't want to be caught associating with them. Hanging out with them and Interracial dating was absolutely taboo.
I'm glad I grew up and realized that people are people. My wife of 8 years is a very dark black woman. I'm 56, born in 1962.
Its a music video yet the race card is being played y am i not suprised...anyways loving the music watchin from jamaica
GRAY WOLF. Totally agree. This was before civil rights and to tell you the truth...i think that there are a lot of folks that still think that way. This brings back alot of bad memories.
Love the music though!😀😀😀
It was about a black man it was the song , and the way he was dancing
Allot of those women only heard the song on the radio and you can see it in there faces they wasn't expected to see a black guy singing that song
Bring back class & music like this again!
Breaks my heart , but he was ahead of his time , we love this performance RIP young legend ! In heaven everyone is clapping to this legendary performance
Clappin COMPLETELY off-beat May I add.
Sure they are!
All the syncing is off
Why is a statue of the devil in the baccground tho?? 🙁
I noticed that smh
Alma matter statue
Baal
Westend KC Early Illuminati/Satanist symbolism
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This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. It wasn't exactly cops but those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs.
Here's why.
This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960.
BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement.
It was TECHNICALLY** the second nationally televised "music show" the first was Dick Clark's first TV show American Bandstand which failed in its first 13-week run in 1957 but would be reborn years later as a pop culture force.
The "first music dance show" technically was called the Big Beat but was canceled after 4 episodes --> we'll come back to this.
Beechnut featured almost every major music hit of the late 50s except Elvis. But it had all been White performers except for Richie Valens. By 1959 the show was a runaway hit.
In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials.
ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on.
More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15.
BUT he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One
Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance.
WHY DID ABC execs demand the audience not dance?
***Remember BIG BEAT: The show ran for 4 episodes in 2 months before American Bandstand would debut in 1957.
The last episode of Big Beat featured FRANKIE LYMAN who during his performance briefly danced with a white girl near him.
This caused such an outrage among southern viewers that ABC canceled the entire show due to threats of violence from religious groups and representatives from the KKK of Evansville, Indiana.
Jump to 1960. ABC execs were terrified of the same thing happening with the young Lyman again.
In the end it didn't matter. Southern viewers still got outraged BY THE CLAPPING.
There had been stern southern anger at the previous black performers but maybe bc Frankie was so young it felt more like a threat to young girls than the adult Berry or Coasters.
Dick Clark's show would be canceled in 1960 despite being one of the 5 highest-rated shows in America alongside Ed Sullivan and the juggernaut of Jack Pfeffer pro-wrestling show from Chicago.
Dick Clark would eventually get American Bandstand back on the air and Dick would make it a central feature of his work to feature and champion black performers any chance he got regardless of the risk to his professional career which is why he had an automatic lifetime invite to the BBQ.
Thank you for the explanation! That's wild, but definitely makes sense.
Thanks for the background, this really helps to explain the expressions on their faces and what was really going on.
I’m sure they didn’t need to tell these girls to stay in their seats. They sure didn’t look impressed
Thanks for telling that story i didnt know
Wow, so-so many examples of why we are owed reparations. Many-many even after slavery.
Era un grande 😮👋🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 tremendo artista...aún sigue viva su memoria, está canción está en varias películas
The expressions on their faces said everything! The eyes don’t lie!
That's why they cheer and clap both when he comes on and goes off strange right? C'mon.
Humans aren't inherently racist. Racism is taught. These children lived in the north. Frankie Lymon was a celebrity at the time. Tweens and teens are by nature self conscious and awkward, not to mention cameras and cameras in this setting, without their parents around, would be a new experience.
Are you easily duped? You dont even know what sequence the video was filmed. They can cut in shots of girls watching anything or during a break.
Keep in mind that this was TV infancy and production standards were no where near as polished as today's.
Dont be such a simp.
@@hwoods01 that’s not how you use simp my guy
@@MsBhappy Yes! Esp in 1960 when so much was new. The teens here arent racist.
Omg is was so cringy
He smiles while audience filled with hatred. Real legend.
They enjoyed it they just couldn’t be seen enjoying this mans performance because not being a racist back then was like being a racist today
All the way to the bank lol
No they don't hate him if they did they won't be there.....u are the one that hates the audience....not rubbing anything in your face but for the main fact u assume they hated him shows u are the one that hates
@@thegracetofollow4194 I’m sorry, Grace. You can see the racism on their faces. They’re looking at him as if he’s a Martian! Can you not see it?
Yeah, the audience was so filled with hatred that they clapped along... Sick bastards.
This man is a legend, a real human. All he does is what he loves even if he’s not really liked by everyone else.
I AGREE!!
@F u c o dude. U do realize that the Boomers are not all dead. They were born between 1946-1965So more are Alive than are dead.
Impresionante cantante no lo habia escuchado pero es increible su voz
We all knew they wanted to get up and dance hard to that music ...
His voice is amazing. Some people were genuinely smiling especially towards the end & having fun. The others can suck it.
They were told not to smile or clap dummy. The studio was threatened by the KKK.
I showed my grandpa this video, he said “sadly this is how it was perceived back then by some. I always loved this music, but others, they didn’t appreciate the amazing genius of it.” We both jammed out to this. He remembers watching American bandstand, but he loved all the music! This song is awesome! RIP! ❤❤❤❤
back then and still now sadly
The girls chewing didn't not like it. They were product placement for chewing gum. It was the Execs that didn't like him and the crowd didn't give 2 shits because Frankie was Crazy talented
@@Sgt.chickens big lies
@jimbean7652 it's recorded history. The show was sponsored by a chewing gum company. The executives Hated that The show was Booking loads of Black acts. And they were getting really good viewers hip out of it.
The reason most of the crowd is clapping here is they were told by executives and the police not to leave their seats. They clapped constantly to show support for Frankie and his performance,
All the girls not clapping are chewing gum. Obvious product placement
@@Sgt.chickenshe didnt invent the song and he wanst even singing. Its lip sync. Anyone can do it
Dios te ama mucho y te hará prosperar en todo lo que hagas
They was racist but they knew that shit was Jammin they was scarred to enjoy it lmfao omg how times have changed
@@repulso4081 u saying they weren't racist??, really? In the 30s and 40's? Okay bruh
@@Jaysolate "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." "They was racist...." It's literally the first thing the person said.
Why is everything about the color of your skin with your people?
@@motnosniv because thats what they are taught by the democratic party.
@PASHUN Music it's been 50 years. Get over it already.
ALL THE WOMEN IN THE CROWD ARE ANXIOUS BECAUSE THEY FIND HIM ATTRACTIVE.
bro ain’t he 15? I read that somewhere that’s kinda sus
Nah they mad he black 😖
lmao i would be too tho
@@pumpkinbrain8952 15 and made that banger? pure talent right there, should’ve gotten more appreciation
@@pumpkinbrain8952 He was born in 1942 so either 17 or 18 in this
This is classic
Too bad the racist faces make this cringe
@@TheKing60210 they did LOL they made it seem like if they were forced to go see it
They look nervous to be filmed on national tv.. they knew bruh was black..
The crowd shots weren’t taken during the performance, possibly not even the same day. Racism goes both ways. Check yourselves.
Frankie still did his thang...those girls were ugly as hell anyways
This is exactly why you shouldn’t believe everything on the internet and actually do ya research. They weren’t actually ignorant toward him bc he black. Frankie was already very famous so they already knew what he look like. They wanted to sing and dance but they just couldn’t sing along or dance “too much” because they didn’t want to be put in jail. So the police gave them gum so they won’t sing along and that’s why they look so nervous and kept looking around bc if they were caught dancing a bit too much or singing along, they get thrown in jail. Idk where the misinformation come from that they didn’t expect him to be black..but yk how mfs love to lie
Why would they get arrested for singing or dancing?
@@Spiderman_20999_ bro.. I literally just explained it. It was the 50’s and there was a such thing called segregation back then. They didn’t want blacks and whites to come together, they wanted to separate them at all cost. So that’s why they would get thrown in jail which is crazy
Imagine hearing an absolute banger and being more bothered by who's singing it
Who is bothered by it? Why are all these comments about the women in the audience?
@KingOfPopStars stop acting ignorant and dumb you see the video and there faces they didn’t like him cause he was black which was obvious just stop this was the 1960s so it’s not shocking but you acting like you don’t see it is what’s sad
@@KingOfPopStars because he was black
@@kaaay0313 your not racist or anything...
@@kaaay0313 does it fuck with your narrative that a black singer was famous in the 1960's and that white people liked him???
They didn’t expect him to be black, Imagine the pain he felt but he kept dancing, Rest in peace king
You idiot. They knew he was black, Frankie Lymon was one of the biggest stars of that era. People loved him.
bruh, they saw his picture on the album covers and posters... why is everybody so convinced that ALL white people are racist?
@@ThatFilmisGnarly it’s just because of the way they all look. Nobody looks like they’re having a good time.
@@lifewithzinnah White people created racism?! WTF? How can you be this stupid??
@@joaquina3968 I've seen a number of these videos with people of all colors and the audience always acts like this. It was a different time and people were expected to act more reserved. Look at how nice everyone dresses. Now people act like jackasses in the audience because parenting has taken a nose dive in the last 30 years.
He's sooo brave for performing during that time
And he started so young. Such talent and courage!
I was saying the same thing do you not see there faces
Black performers endured a lot of hated on the road. That's probably why Nat King Cole died so young, stress will take you out!
Vickie Adams Frankie died even younger, I think he was 26 years old when he died
Nat king cole died of lung cancer and Frankie died of a drug overdose though.
@@meakley1 it's the same shit we dealing with in 2020.
What a class act. RIP. I hope someone brings back this style.