Frankie Lymon

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Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon performing "Goody, Goody" on Toast of the Town circa 1958.
Background information
Birth name	Franklin Joseph Lymon
Born	September 30, 1942(1942-09-30)
Origin	Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	February 27, 1968 (aged 25), Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s)	Rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1955-1968
Label(s)	Gee, Roulette
Associated acts	The Teenagers

Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an African-American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group called The Teenagers. The group included five boys, all in their early to mid teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African-American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.

The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest hit. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. Lymon eventually fell into heroin addiction, and died in 1968 at the age of 25.