Lymon, Frankie

LC control no.	n 84072216
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lymon, Frankie *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lymon, Frank
See also	Corporate body: Teenagers (Musical group) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Biography/History note	Frankie Lymon (1942-1967) was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1942-09-30
Death date	1967-02-27
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Place of death	Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupation	Rhythm and blues musicians Singers Soldiers
Found in	I promise to remember [VR] 1983 (Frankie Lymon) All music guide WWW site, Oct. 6, 2004 (Frankie Lymon; b. Sept. 30, 1942, Harlem, NY, d. Feb. 28, 1968, Harlem; doo-wop vocalist) Why do fools fall in love?, c1956: t.p. (Frank Lymon) African American National Biography, accessed March, 3, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lymon, Frankie; Frank Joseph Lymon; rhythm and blues musician/singer, popular singer, soldier; born 30 September 1942 in New York, New York, United States; at 12 formed group, Harlemaires Jr.; Ermines or Premiers; recorded a single Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1955), which topped rhythm & blues chart, becoming number six on pop chart, selling two million records; recorded three more singles (1956); changed into Teenagers; toured United Kingdom (1957), Panama, Europe, made movie, had television appearances, performed for Great Britain's Princess Margaret in private audience; made solo recordings in London; recorded new single Goody, Goody (1957), reached number twenty on R&B charts; entered drug rehabilitation program; became the first international black teenage singing star inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1993) and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame (2000); died 27 February 1967 in Harlem, New York, United States)