Juliaflo most channels have gone from traditional shows to reality shows even the history channel runs nothing but reality shows. unfortunately that's what the vast majority of television watchers want to see
Juliaflo idk why they don't have the true stories no more we should make a petition to show the true stories again but still show the kardashian we they r new and bot show the kardashians every single second
What was with these freaking monsters. The evil they do. Poor Frankie, he was just a child, a child you freaking monsters. What a tragic affair. What a talent Frankie Lymon had. What a disgrace these creeps. They own the entertainment industry and just about everything else. R.I.P. Frankie. We will never forget you..
That was history of show business as it was.Take a good look at some of the child stars of the '30s throu the '80s,they were a hot item until they hit adolescence then it was all downhill.Think of Matthew "Stymie" Beard who could have been called a '40s version of Frankie Lymon.He,like Lymon,was a heroin addict himself.He died around 1980 around the age of fifty.Take a look at Chuck Berry and his relationship with Alan Freed:Freed cut himself in on fifty per cent of Berry's tunes;Berry got 25% and some cat named Russ Fratto,whom no one seems to know much about,got the remaining 25%.Another example was trumpeter Charlie Shavers;he,as a trumpeter in bassist John Kirby's sextette,wrote the song "Undecided" in 1938.He ended up selling the rights for $100.That was the kind of a deal any manager would go for.Their thinking was that it was better to take the cash offereed rather than hold on to it for royalties that weren't realised because the song would probably die on the vine.Dizzy Gillespie was another example:he wrote a song called "interlude" in 1944 while playing for bass saxophonist Boyd Raeburn.He sold it to Raeburn for $50.00.The song,retitled "A Night In Tunisia" became a late big band era/be bop classic.There is an old story that was told that if you wanted to survive in the record business(or the music business for that matter)you didn't pay anyone.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers got ripped off by morris Levy because they never made any money for writing the song Why Do Fools Fall In Love but it appears on the credits as merchant and Santiago but Levy slaps his name on the song to collect songwriting royalties
+Jac Rabbit He was probably as good at schmoozing up women, making them laugh, and getting them off as he was at singing! There is some evidence that at as young as 10 yo he was pimping for neighborhood hookers. He was a very intelligent, street smart, outgoing, go-getter. Acc to Jimmy Merchant, when touring with the platters, and riding on the same bus, at 14, he was making out in the back of the bus with none other than the bright, beautiful Zola Taylor, who was supposedly age 26 at the time.
@@Prettyscorp80 apologies, I didn't see this. Washington Heights began at 155th Street. Once you crossed from the side where PS 28 was located heading toward 154th street, you go from Washington Heights to Harlem. At least that was how it was back in my day.
@@exozimiqz4058 growing up in that area from 1951 through the 70's, Harlem began at 155th Street, once you crossed the street at Minisink on your way to 154th. That was during the time that Mr. Lymon was still with us. Herman and I would chat sometime when we would see each other.
He was so young and didn't know about the business. He wrote that song and his name needed to be on there. So he could gain success from it. His manager who got him the record deal, should have looked out from him.
Say what frankie Lymon started using heroin when he was 14 or 15 years old that's too young for somebody to use drugs and then the music career the declines
God.. man.. ya'll ppl just dont know NOTHING bout the black American music experience.. Dont anybody know or have ppl or family in the business ??? Ya'll dont talk to old heads who's been around.. Everybody's really is " Independent American "
what is "ghost riding"? When you jump outta your car and ghost ride the whip? Or do you mean "Ghost writing?" The world don't have a place for bad grammar son
He wasn't innocent though. He had multiple wives... However the industry is disgusting. He was 14 and women were 25 having intimacy with him plus he was doing drugs at that age too! The industry took advantage of that & stole his money too. Just sad all the way AROUND
If I remember correctly,Morris Levy got murdered in what looked like a Mafia killing I might be wrong about this but I think he opened his front door and found himself facing the business end of a gun.I do know that he screwed a lot people out of royalties ,including Tommy James (.Among James songs were "I Thin k We're Alone Now),Levy would get Mafia goons to get violent with anybody who tried to get royalties.James didn't get any royalties until after Levy died.
Generally most people do drugs to cover some type of pain, his heavily uses of drugs just might have for him to try and cover up his lost of his friends the Teenagers when he went solo. The craving affects took over because of the constantly thoughts of what ever that was making him hurt, rather the loss of the Teenagers or some other type of trauma, then addiction sat in, you can bet your bottom dollar on that.
It's sad to see the cruel comments of someone that die a tragic death while being so talented. It's a sad thing when fame is your demise at such an early age. I pray God's mercy for him.
Unfortunately, this was how the music business operated. If they discovered your "soft spot", be it narcotics, alcohol, or women. Then why would they give you royalties? Even Dick Clark had artist sign over royalties to showcase them on his show, in some cases.
Runup Hoe Well they get bored and maybe it's a lot of bad influences in the industry. You have to think these people have it all and the only thing left is to get high or drunk 😏 I know I wouldn't do it but everybody not that strong 😌
yeah you're absolutely right. There was a definite correlation between heroin use and JAzz back then too, you almost had to do smack to be a Jazz man back then
Not really.Satchmo did weed until he died.Duke Ellington never got into I was a musician,and I certainly never got into it.There were few musicians I knew of who were into weed;most drank.
That man was a kid in a adult world seems like his last wife was the closest thing he had to recovery and could’ve been here to tell his testimony as a old man today he would be 81 it’s sad may he continue to rest in peace
I wish Frankie had kept the teenagers on moris levi was his pocket taking death spiral tradgedy we all were devastated for years so many people loved him moris took this straight kid and destroyed him
That guy really finds the 18 months thing "amazing"? It's just coincidence that a few incidents line up somehow. These barely were coincidences, it's just some dude putting emphasis on a point in random artist's timelines. There is no connection between those guys!Sure, a few rockstar giants died at age 27 ("Forever 27 Club") but then a lot of them didn't die at 27. Maybe it's the fact that most of those guys died from drug use. Accidents and coincidences do happen, but if you look into things a little then you can easily plot a pattern (which in reality it's just bullshit.)
Are fucking serious... Jerry Lee Lewis's career went completely left (as it should) when news got out that he married his underage cousin. Do some research.
This is the E! I will always remember-----now it is nothing but Kardashians.
Yes!
I will be so happy when their 15 minutes is over....so sick of them and their dumb silicone asses
Juliaflo most channels have gone from traditional shows to reality shows even the history channel runs nothing but reality shows. unfortunately that's what the vast majority of television watchers want to see
I totally agree. We need these back....not the Kardashians.
Juliaflo idk why they don't have the true stories no more we should make a petition to show the true stories again but still show the kardashian we they r new and bot show the kardashians every single second
What was with these freaking monsters. The evil they do. Poor Frankie, he was just a child, a child you freaking monsters. What a tragic affair. What a talent Frankie Lymon had. What a disgrace these creeps. They own the entertainment industry and just about everything else. R.I.P. Frankie. We will never forget you..
That was history of show business as it was.Take a good look at some of the child stars of the '30s throu the '80s,they were a hot item until they hit adolescence then it was all downhill.Think of Matthew "Stymie" Beard who could have been called a '40s version of Frankie Lymon.He,like Lymon,was a heroin addict himself.He died around 1980 around the age of fifty.Take a look at Chuck Berry and his relationship with Alan Freed:Freed cut himself in on fifty per cent of Berry's tunes;Berry got 25% and some cat named Russ Fratto,whom no one seems to know much about,got the remaining 25%.Another example was trumpeter Charlie Shavers;he,as a trumpeter in bassist John Kirby's sextette,wrote the song "Undecided" in 1938.He ended up selling the rights for $100.That was the kind of a deal any manager would go for.Their thinking was that it was better to take the cash offereed rather than hold on to it for royalties that weren't realised because the song would probably die on the vine.Dizzy Gillespie was another example:he wrote a song called "interlude" in 1944 while playing for bass saxophonist Boyd Raeburn.He sold it to Raeburn for $50.00.The song,retitled "A Night In Tunisia" became a late big band era/be bop classic.There is an old story that was told that if you wanted to survive in the record business(or the music business for that matter)you didn't pay anyone.
EHDROCK lol we he WANTED to become famous.
Frankie died of drug overdose on herion something HE did
Goddess Hatmehit who got him on drugs in the first place
@@MrJJr-lw9zq Had to look her up. Hello me plz on the drug part
He was robbed out of royalties
Millions? What for? Didn’t they only have a few hits?
@@MrThedonhead One hit can make you rich if it's big enough, and their first was _huge._
So sad😢 no one was in his corner
Actually he sold them to buy drugs. So, it was null and void at that point
Why do Fools Fall in Love? = Greatest doo wop song of all time.
One of the greatest voices I've ever heard.
Bring this show back!
ASAP
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers got ripped off by morris Levy because they never made any money for writing the song Why Do Fools Fall In Love but it appears on the credits as merchant and Santiago but Levy slaps his name on the song to collect songwriting royalties
He treated him like a junkie because what he was. I've watching his biography movie, Why Do Fools In Love.
Goes to show you child stardom comes at a price
MsFanmail A very high price indeed
It depends
He was kid! NOT a tough guy
Frankie Lymon is A Legend
Why were grown women getting with him?
Right !
You know this why? "Back then" I was with someone 14 years older than me and it was a big thing
+Jac Rabbit He was probably as good at schmoozing up women, making them laugh, and getting them off as he was at singing! There is some evidence that at as young as 10 yo he was pimping for neighborhood hookers. He was a very intelligent, street smart, outgoing, go-getter. Acc to Jimmy Merchant, when touring with the platters, and riding on the same bus, at 14, he was making out in the back of the bus with none other than the bright, beautiful Zola Taylor, who was supposedly age 26 at the time.
+CStarz what are you talking about with that ape comment?
+Theodore Zuckerman Zola was 18 or 19 when Frankie was 14, but yeah, still creepy either way.
that kid could really sing
One of the sadder mysteries and scandals stories in my opinion
I know why Frankie Lymon's voice was changing because he was going through Puberty
Isaiah Winbrone yeah duh
Isaiah Winbrone After all, he was a Teenager
Frankie wasn't from Harlem - he was from Washington Heights. They got everything else right.
Well Frankie himself said he was from Harlem
It’s a section of harlem
@@Prettyscorp80 yes
@@Prettyscorp80 apologies, I didn't see this. Washington Heights began at 155th Street. Once you crossed from the side where PS 28 was located heading toward 154th street, you go from Washington Heights to Harlem. At least that was how it was back in my day.
@@exozimiqz4058 growing up in that area from 1951 through the 70's, Harlem began at 155th Street, once you crossed the street at Minisink on your way to 154th. That was during the time that Mr. Lymon was still with us. Herman and I would chat sometime when we would see each other.
Frankie Lymon ; paid the way for MJ
yes, he did pave the way for Michael Jackson, this was noticed right away back in the day.
Howie Krakk he was sacrificed for MJ
Nah
Howie Krakk Naw, Not really I would say James Brown and Jackie Wilson.
Howie Krakk ummmm
i remember recording this on VHS in high school...frankie was so talented people today probably couldnt do the runs Frankie did on the ABCs Of Love
They are pioneers the first teenage act in music
He was so young and didn't know about the business. He wrote that song and his name needed to be on there. So he could gain success from it. His manager who got him the record deal, should have looked out from him.
cbenji07 His manager was Black, he helped get him signed with the label
Lady J when you sell your soul to the devil you don’t get your way
Lady J u think they cared if he was a child or not??NO they just wanted money
They were probably looking out for him worried that he would spend it on drugs.
@@MrThedonhead They used him and you know that, they used a lot of Black talent.
Say what frankie Lymon started using heroin when he was 14 or 15 years old that's too young for somebody to use drugs and then the music career the declines
God.. man.. ya'll ppl just dont know NOTHING bout the black American music experience.. Dont anybody know or have ppl or family in the business ??? Ya'll dont talk to old heads who's been around.. Everybody's really is " Independent American "
This is sad - The way they were taken advantage of - the way these women molested him...sad.
Roxanne Roxanne true but women still do this
😢
I love the 1998 movie remake! Such a painful waste for a performer who had the music world at his feet. #frankielivedtoofastanddiedyoung.
frankie lymen is one of the best of the worlds generation but the world don't have a place for who is not in the ghost riding' business
what is "ghost riding"? When you jump outta your car and ghost ride the whip?
Or do you mean "Ghost writing?"
The world don't have a place for bad grammar son
Oh evil people did stuff to Frankie Lymon.
Truth
Frankie influenced a lot of artist; most notably "Frankie Beverly and Maze"...that's not his birth name but was attributed to Frankie Lymon!
The song Why Do Fools Fall In Love is currently in the names of Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy
I like your style thank you very much entertaining and historical great great job...
This is good, but I sure wish that someone would upload the Sam Cooke story.
Just search Sam Cook documentary! It's on CZcams
Mysteries and Scandals? I can never find the Sam Cooke episode, but I'm about to search again.
I love you Frankie Lymon
I miss the old E! The new one has crappy reality TV shows with zero class.. sad.
He wasn't innocent though. He had multiple wives... However the industry is disgusting. He was 14 and women were 25 having intimacy with him plus he was doing drugs at that age too! The industry took advantage of that & stole his money too. Just sad all the way AROUND
women came to him because he was rich lol. Nobody will refuse especially at 14 with no role model.
Frankie lymon is a good singer
If I remember correctly,Morris Levy got murdered in what looked like a Mafia killing I might be wrong about this but I think he opened his front door and found himself facing the business end of a gun.I do know that he screwed a lot people out of royalties ,including Tommy James (.Among James songs were "I Thin k We're Alone Now),Levy would get Mafia goons to get violent with anybody who tried to get royalties.James didn't get any royalties until after Levy died.
13 having sex with grown women? WTF
Where was Frankie parents???
Same thing I said lol
Frankie dad left him when Frankie was young. And his mom was Dying of cancer in the hospital!.
Katrina Ewing same thing i was going to say
Katrina Ewing
That's what i wanna know lol
Dominique Jennings
Ikr
Generally most people do drugs to cover some type of pain, his heavily uses of drugs just might have for him to try and cover up his lost of his friends the Teenagers when he went solo. The craving affects took over because of the constantly thoughts of what ever that was making him hurt, rather the loss of the Teenagers or some other type of trauma, then addiction sat in, you can bet your bottom dollar on that.
On top of not having parents..smh
It's sad to see the cruel comments of someone that die a tragic death while being so talented. It's a sad thing when fame is your demise at such an early age. I pray God's mercy for him.
What about an autopsy on frankie lymon
None
@@beb5407 WOW😮
@@isaiahwinbrone Go to our channel and click on any Frankie Lymon video then click the link in the description or the pinned comment.
Unfortunately, this was how the music business operated. If they discovered your "soft spot", be it narcotics, alcohol, or women. Then why would they give you royalties? Even Dick Clark had artist sign over royalties to showcase them on his show, in some cases.
I miss this show so much!
did he just say frankie could handle being with 25+ year old women as a tween....
Lol how could he damn bro really grew up fast
I'm pretty sure mj was inspired by Frankie 😉
D mariie it’s true Berry Gordy said he wanted Jackson 5 to be the new Frankie lymon & Teenagers
Jackie wilson
He was sacraficed to be replaced by little Michael Jackson
@@beb5407 can you not-
Women being with him while he was 13,14, 15 is STATUTORY RAPE! JUST SICK & SAD!
It seems so redundant. That almost every boy group had drugs and alcohol in it...
Runup Hoe Well they get bored and maybe it's a lot of bad influences in the industry. You have to think these people have it all and the only thing left is to get high or drunk 😏 I know I wouldn't do it but everybody not that strong 😌
@@dmariie2596 you got that right
This dude has some broad shoulders
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its more amazing if they are still putting out hits now
budzie budzie I wish they’d bring this show back.
Jackie Wilson was treated much the same. "the monsters also controlled the artists with drugs, as far back as the jazz age..........Tragic,
yeah you're absolutely right. There was a definite correlation between heroin use and JAzz back then too, you almost had to do smack to be a Jazz man back then
Not really.Satchmo did weed until he died.Duke Ellington never got into I was a musician,and I certainly never got into it.There were few musicians I knew of who were into weed;most drank.
That man was a kid in a adult world seems like his last wife was the closest thing he had to recovery and could’ve been here to tell his testimony as a old man today he would be 81 it’s sad may he continue to rest in peace
There is one about Maria Montez, The Queen of Technicolor at Maria Montez - Mysteries & Scandals
Wow !😳 6+6+6 18months. yes sir blessings from the six god it appears 😈
I wish Frankie had kept the teenagers on moris levi was his pocket taking death spiral tradgedy we all were devastated for years so many people loved him moris took this straight kid and destroyed him
If Little Anthony and the Duponts/Chesters/Imperials got the same push Little Anthony wouldnt be so underrated and overlooked in retrospect.
what yr was this show?
That guy really finds the 18 months thing "amazing"? It's just coincidence that a few incidents line up somehow. These barely were coincidences, it's just some dude putting emphasis on a point in random artist's timelines. There is no connection between those guys!Sure, a few rockstar giants died at age 27 ("Forever 27 Club") but then a lot of them didn't die at 27. Maybe it's the fact that most of those guys died from drug use. Accidents and coincidences do happen, but if you look into things a little then you can easily plot a pattern (which in reality it's just bullshit.)
brilliant guy
Incredible talent amazing
Where was his parents?
I am shocked he died at 26 years old beyond floored
25!
No disrespect but I don't think frankie lymon was attractive
At all
@@Wilson198724 well you aren't so hot yourself
i felt that way when i first saw em too... it's the poise and voice
But everyone was ok with Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny cash dating young girls but when a young guy dates a older girl it becomes a problem.
Are fucking serious... Jerry Lee Lewis's career went completely left (as it should) when news got out that he married his underage cousin. Do some research.
You forget young "Black" guy.
That's women for you always throwing themself at celebrity men
Never change
Just got worst over time
can u upload sexy thang / candlelight and you Please?
Harlem is 110th to 155th from 5th to St Nick .
whats the name of the song at 3:10 ?
a
Why do fools fall in love? Lol
She sounds like vivica fox
how did he get hook on drug at such a young age smh
Marshan Thomas good question
His label sent that women to encourage his first try
They kilt Frankie Lymon?
Go to our channel and click on any Frankie Lymon video then click the link in the description or pinned comment.
what's the song in the background @1:42
what song is palying @ 2:45
To the Westside hywy.....
Where the heck is part2?
What happened to E SMH
He was so young wth
anyone know the song played at 2:30?
Ronnie knew goodness well he was black cause she was black
Did he have a family chaperone?
Frankie’s Dad left him at a young age & his mom was always sick from cancer
18 is three 6's, 666
Why did he always look like he was 12? Did he have that growth disease like Gary Coleman? He looks so much like Gary Coleman.
He literally was 12-13.
Frankie is a bad man he ruined his life and women life.
You sound stupid lol
Naw women ruin his he should of gone straight in narrow in leave those grouped alone he will still been here…
Seems like he was a POS
Just like your mama
but he couldn't sing to me✌
I like your style thank you very much entertaining and historical great great job...