Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Music

Frank Joseph "Frankie" Lymon September 30 1942 – February 27 1968 Was An African-American Rock And Roll/R&B 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. 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 Twenty-Five. read less