Franklin Joseph Lymon, born September 30, 1942 in Harlem, New York, was an
American rock and roll and R&B singer-songwriter and composer who rose to fame
as the lead of the New York group the Teenagers. The band notably recorded "Why
Do Fools Fall in Love", which reached number 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles
chart and topped the R&B chart for five weeks in 1956. The single was followed
by a string of hits: "I Want You to Be My Girl" (1956), "I Promise to Remember"
(1956) , and "The ABCs of Love" (1956). In the same year, the group issued the
album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankli...