Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon (30 September 1942 – 27 Februari 1968) adalah penyanyi dan penulis lagu rock and roll Amerika Serikat dan anggota grup doo-wop The Teenagers. Dia juga seorang tokoh Amerika-Afrika. Berkarier di dunia musik sejak tahun 1955 dan sampai kematiannya pada tahun 1968 karena overdosis heroin di kamar mandi neneknya.
Frankie Lymon | |
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Frankie Lymon sebagai anggota The Teenagers pada 1950an. | |
| Informasi latar belakang | |
| Lahir | 30 September 1942 |
| Asal | Harlem, New York, Amerika Serikat |
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, pop, swing |
| Pekerjaan | Penyanyi / penulis lagu |
| Tahun aktif | 1955–1968 |
| Label | Gee, Roulette |
| Artis terkait | The Teenagers, Little Richard, The Platters, Alan Freed |
Diskografi sunting
Diskografi Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers sunting
Singel sunting
- 1956-01: [Gee 1002] "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" / "Please Be Mine" (sebagai "The Teenagers")
- 1956-04: [Gee 1012] "I Want You to Be My Girl" / "I'm Not a Know-It-All"
- 1956-07: [Gee 1018] "I Promise to Remember" / "Who Can Explain"
- 1956-10: [Gee 1022] "The ABC's of Love" / "Share"
- 1957-02: [Gee 1026] "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" / "Baby, Baby"
- 1957-04: [Gee 1032] "Paper Castles" / "Teenage Love"
- 1957-05: [Gee 1035] "Love Is a Clown / Am I Fooling Myself Again"
- 1957-06: [Gee 1036] "Out in the Cold Again" / "Miracle in the Rain" (sebagai "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon")
- 1957-07: [Gee 1039] "Goody Goody" / "Creation of Love"
- 1957-12: [Gee 1046] "Everything to Me" / "Flip Flop"
Album sunting
- 1956: [Gee 701] The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
Kompilasi sunting
- 1986: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: For Collectors Only (Murray Hill 148)
Diskografi solo Frankie Lymon sunting
Singel sunting
- 1957: [Roulette 4026] "My Girl" / "So Goes My Love"
- 1957: [Roulette 4035] "Little Girl" / "It's Christmas Once Again"
- 1958: [Roulette 4044] "Thumb Thumb" / "Footsteps"
- 1958: [Roulette 4068] "Portable on My Shoulder" / "Mama Don't Allow It" — 4/58
- 1958: [Roulette 4093] "Only Way to Love" / "Melinda"
- 1959: [Roulette 4128] "Up Jumped a Rabbit" / "No Matter What You've Done"
- 1959: [Roulette 4150] "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" / "Before I Fall Asleep"
- 1959: [Gee 1052] "Goody Good Girl" / "I'm Not Too Young to Dream"
- 1960: [Roulette 4257] "Little Bitty Pretty One" / "Creation of Love"
- 1960: [Roulette 4283] "Buzz Buzz Buzz" / "Waitin' in School"
- 1961: [Roulette 4310] "Jailhouse Rock" / "Silhouettes"
- 1961: [Roulette 4348] "Change Partners" / "So Young (And So in Love)"
- 1961: [Roulette 4391] "Young" / "I Put the Bomp" penyanyi cadangan The Delicates Denise Ferri dan Peggy Santiglia (pada Roulette Records)
- 1964: "To Each His Own" / "Teacher, Teacher" (20th Century Fox)
- 1964: "Somewhere" / "Sweet and Lovely" (Columbia)
- 1969: "I'm Sorry" / "Seabreeze" (Big Apple)
Album sunting
- 1956: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - 1981 Re-issue Roulette Y2-116-RO (Jepang) [Gee 701]
- 1957: Frankie Lymon at the London Palladium (Roulette)
- 1958: Rock & Roll with Frankie Lymon (Roulette)
Referensi sunting
- New York Times, 28 Februari 1968, p. 50
- "Frankie Lymon Dies in Apartment". The New York Times. 28 Februari 1968.
Frankie Lymon, the rock 'n' roll singer who popularized "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" was found dead yesterday in the apartment of his grandmother, apparently, of an overdose of narcotics, according to the police.
- "Waters Declared Wife Of Frankie Lymon and Heir To $750,000 Royalties". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 75 (9). 28 November 1988. ISSN 0021-5996.
Bacaan lebih lanjut sunting
- "Doo Wop: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers." 2023-03-21 di Wayback Machine. The Entertainers We Love.
- Grossman, Wendy (3 September 1998). "Widow of singer claims film phony." 2009-06-21 di Wayback Machine. Augusta Chronicle.
Pranala luar sunting
- (Inggris) Biografi Marv Goldberg tentang Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers 2005-02-10 di Wayback Machine.
- (Inggris) Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 2023-02-13 di Wayback Machine. pada historyofrock.com
- (Inggris) Artikel Tom Simon tentang The Teenagers 2023-04-06 di Wayback Machine.
- Frankie Lymon di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Frankie Lymon di Find a Grave