Frankie Lymon · The Teenagers

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1▼12" Vinyl: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, December ’55 – February ’56 / Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, February – May, 1956
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1 1Why Do Fools Fall in Love
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 307)
recording of:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (in 1955-11)
additional writer:
George Goldner, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers) and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
writer:
Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Patricia Music, Warner Chappell, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
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1 2Please Be Mine
recording of:
Please Be Mine (in 1955-11)
composer:
George Goldner and Frankie Lymon
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1 3Love Is a Clown
recording of:
Love Is a Clown (on 1956-02-04)
writer:
Grace Goldner
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1 4Love Is a Clown (alternate take)
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1 5Am I Fooling Myself Again
recording of:
Am I Fooling Myself Again (on 1956-02-04)
writer:
George Goldner
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1 6I Want You to Be My Girl (alternate take)
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2 1I Want You to Be My Girl (alternate take)
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2 2I Want You to Be My Girl
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 28)
recording of:
I Want You to Be My Girl (on 1956-02-16)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and George Goldner
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2 3I’m Not a Know It All (alternate take)
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2 4I’m Not a Know It All
recording of:
I’m Not a Know It All (on 1956-02-16)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye
composer:
Fred Spielman (songwriter)
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2 5Who Can Explain? (alternate take)
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2 6Who Can Explain?
recording of:
Who Can Explain (on 1956-05-02)
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer) and Abner Silver
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2▼12" Vinyl: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, May – July, 1956 / Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, October ’56 – February ’57
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1 1The ABC’s of Love (alternate take)
recording of:
The ABC’s of Love (on 1956-05-15)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and George Goldner
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
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1 2I Promise to Remember (alternate take)
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1 3I Promise to Remember
cover recording of:
I Promise to Remember (on 1956-05-15)
lyricist:
Jimmy Castor
composer:
Jimmy Castor and Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
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1 4The ABC’s of Love
recording of:
The ABC’s of Love (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and George Goldner
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
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1 5Share (alternate take)
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1 6Share
recording of:
Share (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Irving Reid
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2 1I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent
recording of:
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent (in 1956-10)
writer:
George Goldner
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2 2Baby Baby
recording of:
Baby, Baby (in 1956-10)
writer:
Glen Moore (composer of "Lonesome Train") and Milton Subotsky
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2 3Paper Castles
recording of:
Paper Castles (in 1956-10)
writer:
Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter) and Ben Weisman
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2 4Teenage Love
recording of:
Teenage Love (in 1956-10)
writer:
A.J. Cooper (songwriter active in 50s-60s) and George Goldner
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2 5Together
recording of:
Together (on 1957-02-04)
writer:
Bob Halfin and Jerry Langley (songwriter with Jimmy Stewart)
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2 6You
recording of:
You
writer:
Andrew Paul Adams
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3▼12" Vinyl: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, 1957 / The Teenagers, 1957–1960
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1 1It Would Be So Nice
recording of:
It Would Be So Nice (on 1957-02-04)
writer:
Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (soul singer & songwriter)
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1 2Out in the Cold Again
cover recording of:
Out in the Cold Again (on 1957-02-13)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
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1 3Little White Lies
cover recording of:
Little White Lies (on 1957-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
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1 4Creation of Love
recording of:
Creation of Love (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and Stuart Wiener
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1 5Fortunate Fellow
recording of:
Fortunate Fellow (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Irving Reid
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1 6Love Put Me Out of My Head
recording of:
Love Put Me Out of My Head (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman
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1 7Goody Goody (alternate take)
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2 1Begin the Beguine
cover recording of:
Begin the Beguine (on 1957-05-23)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Jubilee
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2 2Flip Flop
recording of:
Flip-Flop (on 1957-11-12)
writer:
Bob Saffer
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2 3My Broken Heart
recording of:
My Broken Heart (on 1958-03-26)
writer:
Gene Schachter and Jimmy Drake
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2 4Good Lovin’
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2 5Mama Wanna Rock
recording of:
Mama Wanna Rock (on 1958-03-26)
writer:
Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
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2 6Crying
recording of:
Crying (Teenagers song, 1960) (on 1960-03-30)
writer:
Sherman Garnes, Artie Ripp and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
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2 7Can You Tell Me Why?
recording of:
Can You Tell Me (on 1960-06-16)
writer:
Sherman Garnes, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers), Joe Negroni, Neil Stevens (Temptations lead singer), Artie Ripp and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
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4▼12" Vinyl: Frankie Lymon Solo, February – August, 1957 / Frankie Lymon Solo, September ’57 – March ’58
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1 1Miracle in the Rain
recording of:
Miracle in the Rain (on 1957-02-13)
writer:
Vic Abrams, Al J. Cooper (songwriter active in 50s-60s), George Goldner and Irving Reid
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1 2Glow Worm
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1 3Over the Rainbow
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1 4Goody Goody
cover recording of:
Goody Goody (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Malneck Music, The Johnny Mercer Foundation and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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1 5My Girl
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1 6Somebody Loves Me
cover recording of:
Somebody Loves Me (in 1957-08)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
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2 1Little Girl
cover recording of:
Little Girl (1931 song) (on 1957-09-05)
writer:
Francis Henry (in 1931) and Madeline Hyde (in 1931)
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2 2Thumb Thumb
recording of:
Thumb Thumb (on 1957-12-20)
writer:
Bobby Fonville, Ralph Hernandez and Stuart Wiener
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2 3Portable on My Shoulder
recording of:
Portable on My Shoulder (on 1957-12-20)
writer:
Vic Abrams
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2 4Buzz Buzz Buzz
cover recording of:
Buzz Buzz Buzz (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
writer:
John Gray (US r&b/rockabilly musician, songwriter, label owner) and Robert James Byrd, Sr
publisher:
Stone Agate Music and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
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2 5Little Bitty Pretty One
cover recording of:
Little Bitty Pretty One (in 1958-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Day
publisher:
Ivan Mogull Music Ltd., Painted Desert Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
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2 6Diana (alternate take)
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5▼12" Vinyl: Frankie Lymon Solo, March ’58 – January ’59 / Frankie Lymon Solo, 1959 – 1961
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1 1It Hurts to Be in Love
cover recording of:
It Hurts to Be in Love (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
lyricist and composer:
Julius Dixson and Rudolph Toombs
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1 2Next Time to See Me
cover recording of:
Next Time You See Me (in 1958-03)
writer:
Earl Forest and William G. Harvey (1950s bandleader/composer)
publisher:
Universal Duchess Music Corp.
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1 3Mama Don’t Allow It
cover recording of:
Mama Don’t Allow It (on 1958-03-31)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Cow Cow Davenport (ragtime and blues pianist)
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1 4Melinda
recording of:
Melinda (on 1958-07-17)
writer:
Ben Huey and Rudolph Toombs
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1 5Rockin’ Tambourine
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1 6Up Jumped a Rabbit
recording of:
Up Jumped the Rabbit (in 1959-01)
writer:
John Gluck, Jr.
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2 1The Joke
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2 2Goody Good Girl
recording of:
Goody Good Girl (in 1959-04)
writer:
Carmen Taylor (Alias: Elena Madera) and Arthur Truscott (songwriter)
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2 3The Magic Song
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2 4The Rainbow
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2 5Change Partners
cover recording of:
Change Partners (from “Carefree”) (in 1961-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1938)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
The 11th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1938 nominee)
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2 6I Put the Bomp
cover recording of:
Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (in 1961-08)
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
translated version of:
Quien puso el bomp? (Versión en español por Los Twist)
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6▼7" Vinyl
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AI’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent
recording of:
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent
writer:
George Goldner
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BTeenage Love
recording of:
Teenage Love
writer:
A.J. Cooper (songwriter active in 50s-60s) and George Goldner
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