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The Teenagers placed two other singles in the lower half of the pop chart. With the release of "I Want You To Be My Girl", the group's second single, the Teenagers became Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. However, the album that mostly compiled the singles released in 1956 came out under the older name: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon.
The song got the Teenagers an audition with George Goldner's Gee Records, but Santiago was too sick to sing lead on the day of the audition. Lymon sang the lead on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" instead, and the group was signed to Gee as The Teenagers, with Lymon as lead singer. [4] "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" was the Teenagers' first and biggest ...
Herman Santiago (born February 18, 1941) is a Puerto Rican [1] rock and roll pioneer and songwriter who was previously a member of the vocal group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. He (disputedly) co-wrote the group's iconic hit " Why Do Fools Fall in Love ".
In 1957, Frankie Lymon, upon the urging of Goldner, left "the Teenagers" and went solo. Eventually, the group broke up. Santiago tried to reunite "the Teenagers" in the 1970s and 1980s, in ill–fated comeback attempts. On February 27, 1968, Lymon was found dead on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom from a heroin overdose.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The Teenagers (including Sherman Garnes, Merchant, Joe Negroni, and Herman Santiago) recorded their harmony on August 4, 1956, without Frankie Lymon. Two months later, Lymon was brought into overdub as a lead singer. [7] In addition to the Teenagers' versions and Lymon's overdub, Merchant primarily constructed the harmony background. [8]
The fourth teenager involved in a crash with a stolen car late last month has died from his injuries. Tarez Lee Matthew Williams, 18, was hospitalized in critical condition until May 31, when he ...
Thomas Lockhart joined the group as well. Merchant retired in 2005, but teamed up again with Herman Santiago in 2008. They were known as Frankie Lymon's Teenagers or The Legendary Teenagers. In 1997, Merchant joined The Royal All Stars (Doo Wop All Stars).