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• Ray T. from MississippiBenn Zeppa and the Four Jacks should get some credit for singing the song in 1957. Tops records.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1981 {November 29th} a covered version of "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"* by Diana Ross peaked at #2 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, for its first two weeks at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "The Old Songs" by Barry Manilow and for its third week at #2, "Yesterdays Songs" by Neil Diamond was in the top spot...
  "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
  Between 1970 and 2006 the Detroit, Michigan native had thirty records on the Easy Listening chart, thirteen made the Top 10 with four reaching #1; "Touch Me in The Morning" for one week in July of 1973, "Last Time I Saw Him" for three weeks in February of 1974, "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" for one week in November of 1975, and "Endless Love {with Lionel Richie} for three weeks in August of 1981...
  Five of her thirty charted records were duets; one each with Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Julio Iglesias, and Rod Stewart...
  Diana Ross, born Diane Ross, celebrates her 78th birthday this coming March 26th, 2022...
  * "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" was her first of two of her records to peak at #2, her other #2 record was "All of You" {with Julio Iglesias} for two weeks in September of 1984...
  And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of Easy Listening Top 10 on November 29th, 1981:
  At #3. "Yesterday's Songs" by Neil Diamond
  #4. "Here I Am" by Air Supply
  #5. "Oh No" by The Commodores
  #6. "Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner
  #7. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" by Barbra Streisand
  #8. "I Want You I Need You" by Chris Christian
  #9. "Castles In the Air" by Don McLean
  #10. "Turn Your Love Around" by George Benson
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1957 {August 8th} Frankie Lymon performed "Goody Goody" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
  At the time the song was at #46 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, ten days later on August 18th it would peak at #20 on Billboard's Best Selling in Stores chart, and it spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
  It reached #24 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart...
  As a solo act he had one other Top 100 record, "Little Bitty Pretty One", it peaked at #59 in 1960...
  With the Teenagers he charted four times, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" {#6 in 1956}, "I Want You To Be My Girl" {#13 in 1956}, "I Promise to Remember" [#57 in 1957}, and "The ABC's of Love" {#77 in 1956}...
  Sadly, Franklin Joseph Lymon passed away at the young age of 25 on February 27th, 1968...
  May he R.I.P.
  
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 16th 1956, the 'Giant Rock 'n Roll Revue' show began two days of live performances at the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland, Ohio {Home of the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame}...
  One of the acts were the Diamonds, and at the time they had two covered versions on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
  At #26 was "Church Bells May Ring", original version by the Willows, and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", originally done by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers*...
  * And it just happened that Lymon & the Teenagers were also on the same bill, at the time their "I Want You to Be My Girl" was at #24 on the Top 100.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 5th 1956, the Alan Freed rock 'n roll movie 'Rock, Rock, Rock' opened in theaters across the U.S.A.
  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers were featured in the film; they performed "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent"...
  The song was released on Gee Records, the B-side was "Baby, Baby", but it did not make any of the national record charts...
  Frankie Lymon passed away on February 27th, 1968 at the young age of 25...
  May he R.I.P.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 4th 1956, Gloria Mann's covered version of "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #59 and spent 5 weeks on the Top 100...
  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' original version peaked at #1 (for 5 weeks) March 11th, 1956 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and #6 on the Top 100 chart...
  Four other covered versions have made the Top 100; Gale Storm (#9 in 1956) The Diamonds (#12 also in 1956), The Happenings (#41 in 1967), and Diana Ross (#7 in 1981).
• Gorchen from Philadephia, BotswanaThis song was pandering the white audiences, man! What was going on was some opressive musicians rising up, tooting their horns, tooting toots, ya dig?
  
  By singing music that only white people can dance to, they secured a larger finicial market. It was f--king brilliant man. Until he died.
• Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, CaI remember playing the 78 pressing of this tune at my cousin's house,on the wierd looking "Gee" label...it was strange sounding,
  with very little echo, but had an immediate sound
  I was fascinated by it.Nice groove and sax solo, a true classic of doo wop 50's...hail to you Mr. Goldner and Mr. Barrett, where ever both of you are now!
• Joel from Halifax, NsGolden Oldie for sure, eh
• Angel from Pittsburgh, PaActually, Frankie Lymon was a part of the group called The Premiers; which at the time they also caled themselves The Ermines. The guys that were in the Teenagers w/ him...were also apart of these group(s). After the song, "why do fools fall in love" was released, they became the teenagers.
• Xtine from Los Angeles, CaI sang Why Do Fools Fall in Love Karaoke Posted it on youtube and it was removed for CopyRight infringements. Woulld someone care to explain his damage for this awful crime I am committed
• June from Maui, HiI like to sing the song, especially Karaoke. I'm looking for the lyrics for another song "Goodie Goodie" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. If anyone knows where I can get a Karoke cd for "Goodie Goodie"? I'd really appreciate it.
  
• Jeff from Miller Place, Nyits ok
• Mairi from Cantsay, CanadaOk, this is kind of embarrassing, but for the longest time I thought that Frankie Lymon was a girl with a boy's name! Am I the only one?
• Frederic from Grenoble, FranceJust discovered the site, great job, got all the information I needed.
  BIG CHEERS, keep up the good work!
• Leroy from New York, NyThe movie why do fools fall in love is a great hit I recomend it to all the Frankie Lymon lovers out there GOD BLESS YOU FRANKIE love leroy
• Leroy from New York, Nyin the first paraghaph it is said that frankie lymon was a backup singer for the Premiers, it is not the premiers he was really part of the group, it was Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
  
  thank you for reading my comment

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