Interview Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - www.legendaryteenagers.com

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  • @bluesugar58
    @bluesugar58 Před 9 lety +492

    He was so soft spoken but had such a big voice and came alive on stage, reminds me of Michael Jackson.

    • @laminage
      @laminage Před 9 lety +38

      bluesugar58 Michael Jackson was compared to him when he started out. The British Lady was so nice and polite to them. Don't you notice that with The Exception of American Bandstand, Whites never Interviewed Their Black Guests.

    • @jeremyalmquist27
      @jeremyalmquist27 Před 7 lety +5

      bluesugar58 soft spoken wouldn't be the right term. during his time in London there were several scandals. not to take away from him as a performer. he was the greatest.

    • @myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841
      @myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841 Před 6 lety +5

      bluesugar58 no where near Michael Jackson

    • @ramonhodges8058
      @ramonhodges8058 Před 4 lety +22

      Michael Jackson was influenced by him

    • @tonnymitch4016
      @tonnymitch4016 Před 4 lety +11

      Ramon Hodges Michael Jackson was inspired by James BROWN. I’ve never heard him cite Frankie Lymon as an influence

  • @tashawilliams8093
    @tashawilliams8093 Před 6 lety +223

    He sounded so intelligent and talked with eloquence.

  • @searching4quiet
    @searching4quiet Před 6 lety +247

    He was so mature for 14, but still a child when he said his weakness was candy lol.

    • @spunkhead
      @spunkhead Před 6 lety +27

      YouTreen I guess you don't know what he really meant by candy...haha..

    • @Kaua-ev9ne
      @Kaua-ev9ne Před 4 lety +20

      @L. G. at this age, he wasn't addicted

    • @thefeetstation8360
      @thefeetstation8360 Před 3 lety +4

      He was talking about Heroin

    • @troymons8611
      @troymons8611 Před 3 lety +11

      @@Kaua-ev9ne an older lady he met a a hotel(21 year old) introduced him to heroin at 13 or 14 n he was hook since.

    • @venusclark3066
      @venusclark3066 Před 3 lety +10

      This sad somebody turn that baby on to candy back then by the time he was 15 he was hooked with nothing in the end he didn’t get that money when he turned 21

  • @delreynolds1134
    @delreynolds1134 Před 7 lety +302

    They controlled him with drugs. Poor kid, he was exploited to death. He went from penny candy to heroin in 18 months. Poor Frankie I will always have pity for him

    • @lmfao3359
      @lmfao3359 Před 6 lety +15

      Fresno State Hooper Wtf?

    • @raanangeberer3113
      @raanangeberer3113 Před 5 lety +19

      While he took drugs, there's no evidence that "they" (his record company, his manager, etc) gave them to him.

    • @anneraso5621
      @anneraso5621 Před 5 lety +26

      Raanan Geberer I agree with you. Morris Levy distanced himself from Frankie due to the drug use. Also, his solo career was not taking off. He should not have been pulled out of The Teenagers.

    • @billiemason4466
      @billiemason4466 Před 5 lety +3

      Anne Raso right!

    • @andresuston7692
      @andresuston7692 Před 5 lety +2

      @@spunkhead 💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤

  • @kissmypink
    @kissmypink Před rokem +55

    These kids were selling millions of records and only got an allowance of $27 a week. They were being robbed by the label... and that trust fund that Frankie talked about, only $1700 was in it when they turn 21. Frankie's story is so sad because the people around him destroyed him

    • @beankobe8205
      @beankobe8205 Před rokem +10

      These people were so evil to us…a 14 year old child. But once they got him hooked on drugs they finished him off

    • @adrinathegreat3095
      @adrinathegreat3095 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Don't forget that's after traveling expenses food and clothing mid 1950s money.
      He could also afford a drug habit and prostituiton as well

    • @loveeveryone2768
      @loveeveryone2768 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@adrinathegreat3095well I think he was dealing with prostitutes since he was 9 or 10.

    • @honeydominicans-ok8jx
      @honeydominicans-ok8jx Před 18 hodinami

      $27.00 and a hamburger really??? And for the record there wasn't a TRUSTFUND! Poor baby!

  • @meganrider7477
    @meganrider7477 Před 8 lety +181

    I thought it was so cute how he waved and smiled in the beginning 😥😍😍 it's such a shame that a beautiful boy like him had to die a horrible way he must have been really sad to have to use drugs to escape 😩 I do wish that I could go back in time and save him rip baby 🙌 hope your in heaven singing with the angel's

    • @BriantNixon
      @BriantNixon Před 8 lety +3

      +Megan Rider You are so beautiful

    • @meganrider7477
      @meganrider7477 Před 8 lety +3

      7nixin7 thank u 💟 you too

    • @bev7544
      @bev7544 Před 8 lety +2

      That is so nice, god bless.

    • @littlewhitepetals8790
      @littlewhitepetals8790 Před 6 lety +3

      Right in there Megan, I feel exactly what you're saying!

    • @shadowmixx
      @shadowmixx Před 6 lety +4

      I second that emotion Megan. I kinda wish I could have saved little dude myself. Peace

  • @Zlervo
    @Zlervo Před 4 lety +53

    He was so articulate and well spoken

    • @caralporter5989
      @caralporter5989 Před 2 lety +2

      Definitely agree

    • @mindboggler797
      @mindboggler797 Před rokem +7

      Is that surprising? Why shouldn't he be? He's an intelligent young man like so many other young black, intelligent articulate young men.

    • @beankobe8205
      @beankobe8205 Před rokem +4

      @@mindboggler797 thank you

  • @gerardhaubert8210
    @gerardhaubert8210 Před 7 lety +177

    People are so shocked at $27/wk...candy bars, gum etc were .05 cents, that's 20 candy bars for $1, . $27 was about min wage for 40 hrs. Apartment rent was $50/mo. $1 would buy the entire display box of baseball trading cards...with the 24 pieces of bubble gum. Different economy

    • @ericponce8740
      @ericponce8740 Před 3 lety +20

      The group should had gotten a percentage of tour receipts and record sales. The Teenagers had shitty management.

    • @HarmonySkinCareEssentials
      @HarmonySkinCareEssentials Před 3 lety +11

      Yes 27 per week for allowance back then... Was alot

    • @ericponce8740
      @ericponce8740 Před 3 lety +15

      @@HarmonySkinCareEssentials Yes it was. But, the group was ripped off big time. They should have received a percentage of tour money and royalties of record sales.

    • @HarmonySkinCareEssentials
      @HarmonySkinCareEssentials Před 3 lety +5

      @@ericponce8740 very much so agreed but everyone knows how shaky and shady the music industry is people get used and abused in the industry alot.

    • @JNante
      @JNante Před 3 lety +7

      That $27 weekly in 1958 would be the equivalent to about $240-$250 weekly in 2021.

  • @OfficialHarplynn
    @OfficialHarplynn Před 10 lety +58

    Aww he sounded so proper , lol the way he said candy was cute (:

  • @cababy1296
    @cababy1296 Před 4 lety +67

    You can tell that group founder sandiago was jealous as hell🤣

    • @kimwoods1
      @kimwoods1 Před 4 lety +44

      It would be natural for him to feel some type of way about it. More importantly, the record company pulled them a part & destroyed Frankie in the process.

    • @ceeceetracey9839
      @ceeceetracey9839 Před 5 měsíci

      He really was. I'd like to hear a single of him singing lead so I can see if he had a voice nearly as good as Frankie's.

  • @anniegosmovies
    @anniegosmovies Před 10 lety +45

    They were in Britain at the time fans were going crazy over them there. Just to REMIND you there were NO BEATLES running around there at the time they were little kids listening to Frankie's music just like any other kid all over the world wanting to be him and the teenagers they weren't even thought of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers was the first to start the TEEN GRUOP CRAZE no matter what anyone says that point is never stressed enough in American music history. It's always THE BEATLES BEATLES BEATLES that's FALSE let's be truthful here!

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety +2

      And 8 yr old comment that’s spot on! Thank you!

  • @jaisabai4155
    @jaisabai4155 Před 2 lety +13

    "Candy and motorbikes".
    Young Frankie has his priorities right.
    RIP

  • @theresaforbes9160
    @theresaforbes9160 Před 7 lety +30

    I see Mr Lymon still have a lot of fans. I'm one of them.

  • @mahogani1000
    @mahogani1000 Před 7 lety +96

    OMG look how smart he was... then he said his money was TOLD that it was put into a trust fund? totally lied to

    • @malikwoods8842
      @malikwoods8842 Před 5 lety +1

      He spent he’s money on drugs

    • @Mr102185
      @Mr102185 Před 4 lety +25

      @@malikwoods8842 He didn't get nearly what he deserved bro. Morris Levy made $4 million off of Frankie Lymon. Wow 😳 And he never saw that much money when he was alive. They played all them boys. What a fucking shame.

  • @vintaobsess4030
    @vintaobsess4030 Před 10 lety +52

    He is so sweet! My tears are coming. I'm so sad that he died so early! I miss you, Frankie!

    • @JustMatty80
      @JustMatty80 Před 10 lety +11

      He's sweet, but what the interviewer is doing is very rude. How can you do a group interview and only ask 1 member of the group questions?

    • @vintaobsess4030
      @vintaobsess4030 Před 10 lety +3

      Well, this is stupid! :/

  • @justajohnsmith
    @justajohnsmith Před 2 lety +26

    one of the greatest talents in music history. such a shame how it ended. RIP Frankie

  • @PradaGiii
    @PradaGiii Před 4 lety +23

    It saddens me everytime I think about how he passed man. Sooooo talented. 😿💔I’m so sorry the pressure of ignorant people took a tole on you😔

    • @kamronlocklear5737
      @kamronlocklear5737 Před 9 měsíci

      He was a junkie who sold his rights to his songs for $1500 for his habit

  • @CenteRia09
    @CenteRia09 Před 3 lety +10

    He was the center of attention. And like all great groups there's always one. Sooner or later he was gonna go solo. He just got caught up in an industry that has no sympathy, women and of course drugs. But his legacy lives on and people still listen to his music today. Rest in peace Frankie Lymon 🕊❤

  • @dejstoney
    @dejstoney Před 2 lety +7

    Hard to BELIEVE someone this soft spoken and sweet was getting busy with women twice his age and doing hard drugs! He was taken advantage of and it killed him!

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před 2 lety +1

      Well that’s what he liked to do and I don’t know why he liked doing that but I think he just wanted to grow up so fast and I know he had a job at the age of 10 so I think with that he wanted to show everyone that he could handle all the adult things even though he was still a child he couldn’t trade it for anything else in the world.

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety +1

      @@theo3s611 Maybe he thought he would kick the habit by the time he grew up but I blame the adults around him. They had no business involving a child in adult affairs. Ppl know how impressionable and naive kids are and don’t care.

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      @@dejstoney yeah same

  • @kimilaadubois9416
    @kimilaadubois9416 Před 9 lety +27

    He was such a handsome boy

  • @TruBeauty15
    @TruBeauty15 Před 8 lety +28

    He's soooooo cute 😩😩😩😩

  • @welshnproud59
    @welshnproud59 Před 8 lety +14

    genius thank God we can still share his music I love him 💖

  • @briaunamari
    @briaunamari Před 3 lety +8

    Wow he talked so well at just 14

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem +1

      They taught him to have a mid Atlantic accent

  • @tedcantu1
    @tedcantu1 Před rokem +4

    RIP Frankie thank you for the music !

  • @johnnyace1954
    @johnnyace1954 Před 2 lety +4

    Frankie was addicted to Heroine in 1958 he was 15 turning 16. This was after he broke up with the Teenagers. An older lady introduced him to it. So sad.Frankie was so talented and so young. His mother died young too

    • @jayman3915
      @jayman3915 Před 2 lety +2

      Heroine was a hip drug back then and many of the artist and the so called kool
      People did it.

  • @queenettajones5510
    @queenettajones5510 Před 4 lety +13

    He is so handsome. He sounds like Michael Jackson when he was a child ♥️♥️♥️😊😊😊

  • @jtthomascitysportcenter6832

    Was watching why do fools fall in love & decided to watch Frankie Lymon interviews also
    Smh I’m never doing anything more then weed and my migraine meds

    • @GD-dm6cw
      @GD-dm6cw Před 4 lety +14

      JT Thomas CitySportCenter I feel like they should make a more accurate movie about Frankie. Actually having a teenager acting as him since he was 15 when he started heroin and was messing with women twice his age. They need to show the real shit. Not no fabricated story of his wives.

  • @123dreababyful
    @123dreababyful Před 5 lety +6

    So so sad such a humble soft relaxing voice and drugs got em... RIP MAN

  • @Dakatari
    @Dakatari Před 3 lety +6

    What a talented singer Frankie Lymon. Rest In Peace

  • @jalenmcpherson3203
    @jalenmcpherson3203 Před 5 lety +4

    Great interview video y'all never be forgotten your legacy will live on forever 👑🎤🎶🔥

  • @MarieMyThoughts
    @MarieMyThoughts Před 10 lety +15

    crying real tears :(

  • @chriscarlton665
    @chriscarlton665 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow, he was such a charming young man. Too bad he was another talented artist gone too soon. It appears they set him up with drugs, etc. He only lived to be 25 or 26 years old. So very sad. Gone, but NEVER forgotten... Frankie Lymon and Salute to the Teenagers. Thank you for posting this.

  • @falanajerido6939
    @falanajerido6939 Před 8 lety +56

    He talk like michael jackson when michael was younger

  • @roccalumera1294
    @roccalumera1294 Před 4 lety +6

    I remember sitting at the dinner table listening in the background to TV news
    about the Viet Nam war and then hearing about Frankie Lymon dead at 27 of a drug overdose.
    So Sad.

  • @shewhoiskay1
    @shewhoiskay1 Před 7 lety +6

    RIP FRANKIE♡

  • @8BEC
    @8BEC Před 6 lety +111

    I swear MJ is his reincarnation finishing out what he didn't get to.

    • @treondousjackson73
      @treondousjackson73 Před 5 lety +15

      Soo true 💯 if frankie had lived on and beat his addiction, i think he would have left that crooked label roulette records, rejoined with the teenagers and got with barry gordy and the teenagers would've came out with all those jackson 5 albums then from then on frankie would have been the actual king of pop like he should have. Meaning michael and his family would not have become famous and they could've still been living a normal life like they always wanted.

    • @treondousjackson73
      @treondousjackson73 Před 5 lety +7

      But then again frankie wanted to live a normal life too so i dont think that would be fair either.

    • @westbeachcustoms7341
      @westbeachcustoms7341 Před 4 lety +7

      I doubt all that

    • @tonnymitch4016
      @tonnymitch4016 Před 4 lety +15

      Treondous Jackson I doubt it. Michael’s talent surpasses Frankie’s by a long shot

    • @alirezamodares3463
      @alirezamodares3463 Před 4 lety +2

      @@treondousjackson73 shit man that's deep :/

  • @martz0r
    @martz0r Před 4 dny

    Honestly breaks my heart how life played out for this boy. I'm sorry you didn't have better influences Frankie you were a beautiful soul.

  • @laminage
    @laminage Před 6 lety +7

    They were the Prototype for every Boy Band Black/White US/UK

  • @peachcandii2739
    @peachcandii2739 Před 5 lety +3

    my daughter is only 11 and she loves frankie lymon and she has been researching him all night yesterday after she watched the movie why do fools fall in love frankie had a amazing voice sadly he died from a over dose

  • @gerardhaubert8210
    @gerardhaubert8210 Před 8 lety +4

    Once Frankie abandoned that "Street Corner, NY" sound, he lost a lot of his fan base. When I started collecting, his records weren't popular among collectors. Times Square Records pushed records by his brothers (Lewis Lymon and the Teenchords) and Willie who sang with the Tellers. At that point, Frankie had become an entertainer and his management was trying to sell him to a different audience. Thanks for the post, never saw this interview before

    • @veetheartist
      @veetheartist Před 4 lety +2

      The sad part is he didn't like the new music he was making, he hinted a it in another interview

  • @alixexxrose6735
    @alixexxrose6735 Před 3 lety +2

    His smile is comfroting❤️

  • @cooljds5771
    @cooljds5771 Před 7 lety +11

    he is so cute

  • @theo3s611
    @theo3s611 Před 2 lety

    This was May 1st 1957, and now it’s May 1st 2022, time flies by so fast!!

  • @myronsmith2114
    @myronsmith2114 Před 6 lety +19

    He was better spoken than MJ was at the same age

    • @jklax
      @jklax Před 5 lety +3

      Wasn't as talented and savvy as Michael was later on but yeah.

    • @colinsludds9249
      @colinsludds9249 Před 4 lety +4

      @@jklax he was definitely more talented has a singer..

    • @zezesaleem5168
      @zezesaleem5168 Před 4 lety +1

      @@colinsludds9249 mj more talent 😏

    • @colinsludds9249
      @colinsludds9249 Před 4 lety

      @@zezesaleem5168 Messing with kids maybe. But singing wise NO

    • @zezesaleem5168
      @zezesaleem5168 Před 4 lety

      @@colinsludds9249 stop talk about someone you dont know him 😏

  • @alenamylove4510
    @alenamylove4510 Před 8 lety +2

    he was so talented

  • @527charli
    @527charli Před 9 lety +1

    Awesome! I had this interview but it cut off at him laughing about buying candy.

  • @littlewhitepetals8790
    @littlewhitepetals8790 Před 6 lety +8

    His voice was soft and a little high. It sounded as if he might unconsciously be using a little bit of a British accent, there was an echo of one as he answered the woman's questions.

    • @Cocochantelle
      @Cocochantelle Před 3 lety +1

      Mid Atlantic accent. Taught to stars back then to sound more proper. It was the accent of upperclass people.

  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter Před 3 lety +2

    Heart breaking story.

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      Yes very heartbreaking 💔

  • @antoniomexiagalveston2595

    Yes ,he reminds Michael ( Jackson ) And i m sure has the same or more Talent !! He was one of the BESTs
    in R&R Music... TRUE .From LIMA PERÚ.

  • @theo3s611
    @theo3s611 Před 2 lety +2

    Same, I wish they had the full interview, and I’ve been trying to find new videos of Frankie Lymon but I just can’t seem to find any, and it’s just crazy to think that this boy smoked marijuana, had sex with girls twice his age, drank alcohol and did drugs. He grew up too fast and had no guidance early on in his life, it’s so sad that he died from heroin and would never make a comeback if he would have just listened to the people who were trying to help him and went on with his life he would’ve still been alive. But he ignored all of it and now he’s in the grave it’s just sad how this man went from being a famous teenage singer to a heroin addict I hope that he is singing with the angles in heaven and is resting in peace.

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety +1

      Don’t believe the lie. He was killed. And don’t worry, more information will come out about his life. It just hasn’t yet. I believe his immediate family and band members knew he was killed too but couldn’t say anything or they would end up the same way as him.

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dejstoney I know he was killed but i just want to dig deeper into his life but you know I have to let him Rest In Peace so yeah your right.

  • @terencesommer5413
    @terencesommer5413 Před 10 lety +2

    I love elegant sounding people.

  • @ribeawatson8447
    @ribeawatson8447 Před 7 lety +12

    a legend today kids will never know real music rip legend Frankie

  • @lovec1418
    @lovec1418 Před 4 lety +3

    He's such a cutie an speakers very proper as well said that he died to soon

  • @cesarcastaneda9864
    @cesarcastaneda9864 Před 4 lety +1

    nice times if it was and is and still is the best oldies dances and music and also 2019👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⭐⭐⭐⭐🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🏅🏆🏆🎼🎵🎙️🎙️🎙️🎶🎶🎶🎷🎺

  • @davidhenry7761
    @davidhenry7761 Před 8 lety +11

    HAD A YONG LIFE 1942-1968

  • @joshuat2060
    @joshuat2060 Před 2 lety +1

    I have alot of respect for that brother in some ways he reminds me of mj infact he opened up the door for the Jackson 5 givin that the teenagers were the first big youth group ever !.he was sucessfull during a turbellent era for blacks in America . Mr lymon is denatly legendary .

  • @michaelrodriguez6984
    @michaelrodriguez6984 Před 4 lety +1

    Kid was one of the young GOATS in this music thing. A shame he died young and career started to fade after the group broke up.

  • @xxxdpgdee3797
    @xxxdpgdee3797 Před 9 lety +2

    rip frankie

  • @jones2277
    @jones2277 Před 9 lety +5

    what a cutie.

  • @oliverandersonjr668
    @oliverandersonjr668 Před 3 lety +1

    My dad new him .He went to the same school as him.Dad said mostly everyone belonged to some group around there .my dad as well

  • @yolanda8604
    @yolanda8604 Před 5 lety +1

    And wow...as I watch this video, my dad was a little boy back in those days, so weird

  • @jefersonrodrigues7117

    Pai do Rock Billi
    Samba Rock no Brasil ❤❤❤❤
    R.I.P

  • @angel-xw1sj
    @angel-xw1sj Před 10 lety +1

    Awweh so cute

    • @jklax
      @jklax Před 5 lety

      Just like you!

  • @fncz
    @fncz Před 9 lety

    WOW!!!!

  • @tonymartin451
    @tonymartin451 Před 8 lety +6

    the mj of that time yeah he started that whole craze everybody got rich $$$$$ except him the industry does that till this day

  • @Mflyboy5
    @Mflyboy5 Před 12 lety

    hell yeah

  • @prettytiff2562
    @prettytiff2562 Před 3 lety +4

    This was all an act!! By 12 years old Frankie was working a full time job and was known as a little man in the hood. By 14 he was using heroin and sleeping with prostitutes. While he was on tour he’d have older women he was hooking up with and told the press they were his mother!! Lol

    • @wtesoro
      @wtesoro  Před 3 lety +1

      Pretty Tiff be knowin' thangs

    • @dopemandreams
      @dopemandreams Před 3 lety

      Damn fr?

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      @@wtesoro he was actually 15 when he did heroin, a women introduced it to him

  • @HeavenBound1
    @HeavenBound1 Před 4 lety +3

    My mom told me that in the 50s, with $5.00, you would buy milk, bread, a whole chicken and come back with change. It was a different time and lower cost of living! So $27 / week was a lot of mula!

  • @thethugangel63
    @thethugangel63 Před 9 lety +13

    wis he had more tv apperences

  • @rainajackson223
    @rainajackson223 Před 4 lety +10

    They were ripping him off!!! He said $27 a week 🙄

    • @AMWTSCAM82
      @AMWTSCAM82 Před 4 lety

      Imagine signing a record deal as a group in the 50s. They was not making a lot of money back then. they was making 2 cents per record.

    • @robertoaguilera80
      @robertoaguilera80 Před 3 lety

      @@AMWTSCAM82 not really Elvis the so call of rock n roll was making dollars and Pedro infente was also making bank, Frankie was getting ripped off

    • @JNante
      @JNante Před 3 lety +1

      That was close to $250 a week in the 50's. Cost of living was very different. Of course it doesn't compare to what the vultures made off them but coming from poverty they probably lived good off that allowance.

  • @DEKMAN99
    @DEKMAN99 Před 6 lety +7

    Lesson learn , if you sing only background in a singing group and the interviewer only asking the 12 year old lead singer questions. The clock is ticking , enjoy while you can.

    • @JNante
      @JNante Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @fosterch11
    @fosterch11 Před 5 lety +9

    "candy" - i wonder what those guys around him did to this kid

    • @deniawiseone95
      @deniawiseone95 Před 4 lety +1

      Remember he was just a kid...He liked candy as any other 13 or 14 year old. RIP Frankie.

    • @trecceneil5019
      @trecceneil5019 Před 3 lety +2

      Right from candy to heroine

  • @inhocsignovinces1081
    @inhocsignovinces1081 Před rokem +4

    He was introduced to heroin at age 15 by a woman twice his age.

    • @beankobe8205
      @beankobe8205 Před rokem

      Maybe a woman sent from the record label smh these people are so evil to us

  • @MsSharat123
    @MsSharat123 Před 3 lety +3

    $27.00 a week, Levy robbed the heck out of them.

  • @vainglorious101
    @vainglorious101 Před 6 lety +5

    Who else went to an inflation calculator to see the equivalent of $27/wk in today’s money

  • @daphnerodriguez9980
    @daphnerodriguez9980 Před 3 lety

    REST 🌟🌈 FRANK ❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,

  • @davidmirandajr
    @davidmirandajr Před rokem

    Frank👌

  • @kevwilliams9702
    @kevwilliams9702 Před 3 lety +3

    Reminds me of a young MJ

  • @liberyone5185
    @liberyone5185 Před 5 lety +6

    IF he lived he would have been BIGGER than Michael Jackson.

  • @kayj2093
    @kayj2093 Před 2 lety +2

    They were paid $27.00 per week in allowance! They were worth and making MILLIONS from touring and promotions. If that's not advantageous right there then I don't know what else is :( Those record labels were ruthless and conniving back then and still is. Artists needs to fully understand their rights and their worth. R.I.P Frankie. His innocence was stolen from him.

  • @thatonepersonoutinthecomme5074

    "Rock n roll is too strong at the moment" -Oh honey, if you could see it now.

    • @jklax
      @jklax Před 5 lety +3

      It's because there were actual protests against Rock music back then.. Many places banning it.

  • @ahmad.tillery.1987
    @ahmad.tillery.1987 Před 8 měsíci +1

    He was 18 or going on 18 years old in this interview in 1960. He looks 12 tho.

  • @clarissaturcios2346
    @clarissaturcios2346 Před rokem +1

    Speaks way better at 14 then today's trap/mumble rappers who are grown

  • @JukeboxBalowski
    @JukeboxBalowski Před 2 lety +2

    Such an insane contradiction how singers such as Frankie Lymon were viewed by so many as superstars and rock & roll royalty, while in some parts of our country they had to stay at separate hotels from white people, and had to go to different food establishments, and in some cases were literally attacked and thrown out of places by groups of people.

    • @beankobe8205
      @beankobe8205 Před rokem +1

      It’s horrible giving him 27 dollars a week while his music is making millions that’s so fucked up

  • @victorgallagher6312
    @victorgallagher6312 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Candy = SMACK He was a true talent. The first teen idol. He was AMAZING. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @queenmaxinew2707
    @queenmaxinew2707 Před 10 měsíci +1

    SOOOOO VERY SAD HOW WOMEN AND MEN USED THIS CHILD😢❤

  • @crystalmorris215
    @crystalmorris215 Před 4 lety +2

    I can't make out exactly what she's saying at 1:15. It sounds like "Is calypso going to knock out rock?" Or something like that. Did anyone else catch it?

    • @jessiedoggie1
      @jessiedoggie1 Před 4 lety +2

      That's exactly what she said.

    • @rickyj2079
      @rickyj2079 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, but he was being sarcastic but the report didn’t catch the joke. Lol

    • @veetheartist
      @veetheartist Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah she was asking if Calypso will take over rock and roll

  • @princess-nia
    @princess-nia Před 2 lety +2

    Im honestly shock to find out that Zola was 18 and Frankie was 14 when they were messing around

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem +1

      When he was a kid at the age of 10 Frankie was well-known in his Harlem area to be a pimp

    • @AvonnaVentura
      @AvonnaVentura Před 6 měsíci

      Zola Ms ChILD Predator Taylor

  • @Hilirion
    @Hilirion Před 2 lety +1

    The Hollywood tragedy, everybody depending on the little man for their survival.

  • @kingsports1113
    @kingsports1113 Před 3 lety

    27 dollars away lmao 😂😭🤣😭😂

  • @m_udwhitman2649
    @m_udwhitman2649 Před 4 lety +2

    I know Frankie was trying to be a gentleman but I can see him touching his finger on the reporter's hand

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem +1

      Well I don’t see him touching the reporters hand

  • @shamarmiller1281
    @shamarmiller1281 Před 3 lety +3

    No Micheal without Frankie

    • @nakitawilliams4259
      @nakitawilliams4259 Před 8 měsíci +1

      That’s crazy that’s like saying without esquirta it wouldn’t be no little Richard….when your destined for something it will happen no matter what and Mj was just destined too

  • @ALRAMON84
    @ALRAMON84 Před 3 lety +1

    So what happened to the Trust Money??

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety +2

      They were only left with a little over $1k by the time they were adults. Wasn’t enough compared to millions they made. They were scammed long story short.

  • @kingsports1113
    @kingsports1113 Před 3 lety +2

    They was hating on Frankie

  • @kkim1177
    @kkim1177 Před 5 lety +3

    They ain't asking the teenagers shit lololol

  • @henrylozano8262
    @henrylozano8262 Před 3 lety

    He meant candy as in mmmm sum druggz

  • @theo3s611
    @theo3s611 Před 2 lety +1

    After the interview it was said that they messed up the hotel and the press was shocked to know that Frankie Lymon liked propagative jazz music

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety +2

      WELL Jazz WAS the most popular type of music before the rock n roll craze in the 50’s. What else would he have listened to? 🤔

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před 2 lety

      @@dejstoney well that’s true he could’ve listened to rock n roll music?

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      @@dejstoney I’m so dumb, he sang rock n roll songs!! 😂😂😂😂 my bad

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      @@dejstoney I thought he would’ve listened to rock n roll because it was popular back then

    • @theo3s611
      @theo3s611 Před rokem

      @@dejstoney in the 50s they were popular

  • @honeydominicans-ok8jx
    @honeydominicans-ok8jx Před 18 hodinami

    They ripped this poor baby off! Gave him $27.00 a hamburger and told him that heroine was his CANDY!

  • @adriannesherriff6586
    @adriannesherriff6586 Před 11 lety +9

    I totally agree with slurpee27! It is almost a crime to speak well nowadays. The younger generation and low-life rap stars have truly bastardized english to the point that I almost need an interpreter to understand them although they're speaking on 1st grade level.

  • @davidmirandajr
    @davidmirandajr Před rokem

    His talk sounds genuine mj seems like a put on or front but what do I know