Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? The Singles & Albums Collection 1956-61 (CD)

Frankie Lymon was just 14 years old when he burst onto the scene as leader of an R&B doowop group in the wake of the first flush of rock 'n' roll in the charts during the mid-50s, and the precociously talented teenager, already writing his own songs, made a huge impact on both sides of the Atlantic with his landmark debut hit with The Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?". His chart career was telescoped into a few short years, his hits drying up in 1960, and his career declining until his untimely demise in 1968 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. This 61-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his singles with The Teenagers and as a solo artist on the Gee and Roulette labels during what was the primary era of his career, along with selected titles from the album "At the London Palladium" and the titles not otherwise released as singles from the album "Rock 'n' Roll" for Roulette. It features all his ten US pop and R&B hits, and his UK chart entries from these years, including the Top 10 hits "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", "Who Can Explain", "I Promise To Remember", "The ABC's Of Love", "Baby Baby" and "Out In The Cold Again". His music represented a fascinating strand of pop/R&B which was a significant part of the musical zeitgeist of the era, and this collection is a substantial showcase for his highly distinctive style and talent.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
2. Please Be Mine
3. I Want You to Be My Girl
4. I'm Not a Know-It-All
5. I Promise to Remember
6. Who Can Explain
7. The ABC's of Love
8. Share
9. I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent
10. Baby Baby
11. Teenage Love
12. Paper Castles
13. Am I Fooling Myself Again
14. Love Is a Clown
15. Miracle in the Rain
16. Out in the Cold Again
17. Goody Goody
18. Creation of Love
19. Flip Flop
20. Everything to Me
21. I'm Not Too Young to Dream
22. Goody Good Girl
23. So Goes My Love
24. My Girl
25. It's Christmas Once Again
26. Little Girl
27. Footsteps
28. Thumb Thumb
29. Mama Don't Allow It
30. Portable on My Shoulder
31. Melinda

Disc: 2

1. The Only Way to Love
2. No Matter What You've Done
3. Up Jumped a Rabbit
4. Before I Fall Asleep
5. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
6. Little Bitty Pretty One
7. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
8. Waitin' in School
9. Jailhouse Rock
10. Silhouettes
11. Change Partners
12. So Young
13. I Put the Bomp
14. Young
15. Let's Fall in Love
16. So Goes My Love
17. Somebody Loves Me
18. Fools Rush in
19. You Were Only Fooling
20. My Baby Just Cares for Me
21. My Girl
22. Too Young
23. Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)
24. Goody Goody
25. Wake Up Little Susie
26. Next Time You See Me
27. Send for Me
28. It Hurts to Be in Love
29. Diana
30. Searchin'
31. Short Fat Fannie