One thing I noticed about watching old interviews is that, no matter the person’s income, economic background or identity, everyone seemed so much more articulate and thoughtful when they spoke.
False,he been doing drugs since 11. and since he’s still with the teenagers in this footage I’m guessing this is 1957 when he was introduced to heroin at 15
@@jayyahmad9225 that movie was very bad and inaccurate. It wasn't a biopic, and it certainly wasn't a documentary. Larenz Tate looked, acted and sounded NOTHING like Frankie Lymon, and the movie barely even touched on his life.
@GSSoulTV maybe it's no one still living that knows his full life story from the time he was born n how his home life was or when he actually started singing
An even greater singing voice truly blessed by our Loving Dear Sweet HEAVENLY FATHER through Loving JESUS CHRIST. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇🙏🏾🙏🏾
To put it in proper context, Marlon Brando who was the biggest star in the 1950s just got a raise for his Broadway debut in “I Remember Mama.” from $65 to $75 weekly. Inflation was -0.37%, today it's 3.5%, go figure.
Astounding how young black men used to speak and engage. Even at such a young age he's professional and polite. How times have changed.. he had class and charm
No he is no talking about drugs. They didn't call drugs "candy" in the 60's and he would of never told anyone. Drugs was called "smack", "dust", "juice". All kids in that era loved candy. Mary Jane, Squirrel Nut, Almond Joy, Jawbreakers, Good & Plenty, Boston Baked Beans, Zero Bars, etc. He would of never discuss his drug problem with people, in fact no one knew he was on drugs until the signs started to show. Poor kid, so sad. RIP🙏🏻🙏🏻👼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👼
He was the most talented child star I have ever seen. Michael Jackson would be a close 2nd. We can only imagine what he would become with the right guidance
Some would beg to differ. Michael Jackson and Frankie Lymon were both stars in their own right. They were appropriate for their times; Michael Jackson was the Frankie Lymon of the 70s and Frankie Lymon was the Michael Jackson of the 50s.
@GS Soul After watching the movie "why do fools fall in love" I asked my grandma about him and she said she just remembered he was on drugs bad, but I don't think at this point he was there yet
@@GSSoulTVhe was a pimp before he recorded why do fools fall in love, he talked about how he referd customers to prostitutes while he worked as a grocery bagger. And they would pay him in cash ,sex, and drugs. You can read the ebony magazine articles.
@@TrellBlessedhe wasn't hooked yet ..his addiction didn't happen over night but over a course of time but it came quick at the same time as all hard drug addictions do but at this moment when he's doing this interview he still with the teenagers so yeah he actually meant candy
This interview reminds me of growing up in the 60s & 70s. No one taught me how to present myself. I learned from watching great men and great women in person, on TV, and on film. I miss many things about the days of old.
Yeah hey!!! There's no mention of heroin and that person was right who gave the comment that he didn't do heroin till 15 Frankie at 13 was smoking marijuana then I absolutely love Frankie lymons talent he had sad he and the teenagers got scammed on their salery and got dividend 😢 he truly was the PRE- Micheal Jackson 😂✌️✌️
It’s an absolute, straight-up tragedy that someone couldn’t have gotten a positive hold on Frankie’s personal life and career and helped him navigate life’s changes. Watching this in hindsight is all out sad….what a talent wasted! 😢😢
It's possible someone- or some people- tried, but if he wasn't willing to go into recovery, they couldn't have helped him. And that is the real tragedy.
Whatever "candy" he was referring to, it led to a sad ending for this talented young man. He was too young to handle his fame, and adults around him were too ignorant to care.
Somewhat similar to michael jackson & other young artists coming up in the industry. Kids being told what, when, where & how all they're life till the point where it destroys them mentally, physically & spiritually.
Likely he wasn't doing heroin yet; he hadn't degenerated to that point yet. He was smoking marijuana, though, by his own admission in an interview article in Ebony Magazine in 1967 he had been smoking marijuana since he was in junior high school, which means he would have been 13/14 years old, about the same age when this 1956 interview was held.
Methamphetamines. U already know. N air was code 4 crackrock and water was code 4 u guessed it, phencyclidine. Anything 2 make a black CHILD an adult criminal. 😔
Frankie was introduced to those harmful substances at around 12 years old by an older woman. This was very common at that time in New York. That older woman was a PROSTITUTE.
Was a child hear the voice of an angel, and they used in abused him, and was left with nothing in the end. I hate hearing how beautiful his voice he is in knowing that his talents meant nothing because they stole everything.
That would be $305 in today’s money. Times that by 4. Since he got paid weekly. That’s $1’220 a month. For a 13 year which he was. That’s more than enough. Also. Things back then cost less today. Gas was only $0.33 cents. A full McDonald’s meal was less than $2. Milk was $0.25. Minimum wage was around $3.75. So. It was good money back then. And as he said. He was buying burgers. Which was around $.30. Or less in some places.
Yeah that's very possible Micheal Jackson had mentioned that Frankie was a influence on his singing style Frankie lymons was the PRE-Micheal Jackson 😂✌️✌️
Sugar is actually Just as addictive as hard drugs! He could have been honest and literally spending his money on food, before fame frankie and his family struggled.
He was 14 in this interview. And plenty of kids get into serious adult activities at this age or even before. Frankie is a legend but also a cautionary tale
This man went to the military too ..he should have never went back to new york. No reason a person this talented this young dies at 25, but that man he signed a record deal with had all this planned if you ask me.
@@GSSoulTV Amen...but he missed the spotlight... Same story as today... I think that's what really make all this stuff sad is that all this stuff is still going on to this day
They robbed that kid/man so bad back then I remember he had sold out his record but when he performed for the first time people booed him because they didn’t know he was a black man 😞 by the time it was ok for African Americans to get praised and reputation it was too late Frankie had already died and he was so young poor guy may his soul be at peace and singing with the angels in heaven
One thing about bro... Short as hell and looking like a kid.. but he had dem girls girls girls 😂.. bruh had 3 women claiming to be his wife after he died.
Dufus- he meant candy. Such a innocent sweet kid, so you believe a young boy of that era would be grown enough to use a code word for that & conduct himself like that while saying it? Omg 🤦♀️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♀️
@GSSoulTV I would hope that at one time in society, like in this era, esp in America, that all children, had some form of childhood innocence. But If you're right, that's just really sad.
@@Paradise-cq1gx 1950s Harlem was a very very rough place. Gangs, violence, drugs and crime ran rampant. Very young people were getting turned onto heroin, drinking and other drugs. Read books like 'Manchild In the Promised Land' and 'Run Baby Run', which described what the 50s was like for kids in the inner city.
@@GSSoulTV may you live in a house with 100 rooms, 100 beds in each, and a fever that drives you sleepless and mad from bed to bed for the rest of your life
I'm sure that he actually meant candy...not drugs.
YES 👍🏽! I agree ☝️
Exactly
he died of a overdose tho
@daking912 how much candy did he take??
@@Ivar97 alot of drugs, mainly heroin i think
He was only like 12 or 13 here.. he was really talking about actual candy!
He was 14
@@GSSoulTV He was still most likely talking about candy
He was actually hooked on heroine by age 15. The adults around him took advantage of him and did not protect him.
@@krysroc Facts....he was on drugs like a year later after he got his deal
@@krysroceven still, in this interview, he's talking about candy, not drugs....SMH
One thing I noticed about watching old interviews is that, no matter the person’s income, economic background or identity, everyone seemed so much more articulate and thoughtful when they spoke.
You don’t say?
Yes thats how we were race back then and i try to race my children the same way
You sound shocked that black people can actually be articulate.
Most celebrities and entertainers had media training.
I love old interviews, too! The people seemed like their on an ethereal level. It’s almost an art form in itself.
Just tarnishing this boys name
😂😂 ikr lol
How he was really on heroin ?
@@Heyy.Miicki not funny but just way u said it
@@mekasims1981 nah not you I'm talking the lady who said his name is being tarnished ?
@@Heyy.Miicki I know 💯
He didn’t say it was drugs… Yall get on my nerves
🤣
Lol
😂😂😂💀
*metaphor
They really do. 🤣
He wasn't doing heroin when this interview was broadcast.
He was pimping hoes tho 😂
Unfortunately, he they say he was using drugs and pimping older girls when he was 10.
False,he been doing drugs since 11. and since he’s still with the teenagers in this footage I’m guessing this is 1957 when he was introduced to heroin at 15
11? no way
@@AkrelixNazz
Nah i can see that shit all in his eyes. He was definitely getting high already
He needs a proper biopic & documentary his story is so sad and tragic never had a chance to truly be a child
I agree
He does. It’s called “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” the actor Larenz Tate portray him.
@@jayyahmad9225 that movie was very bad and inaccurate. It wasn't a biopic, and it certainly wasn't a documentary. Larenz Tate looked, acted and sounded NOTHING like Frankie Lymon, and the movie barely even touched on his life.
@GSSoulTV maybe it's no one still living that knows his full life story from the time he was born n how his home life was or when he actually started singing
@@jefferysmith3371 there are. His childhood friend and fellow Teenagers group mate Jimmy Merchant is still living. I've spoken to him.
Great speaking voice, Rest in Peace Frankie
The very best
An even greater singing voice truly blessed by our Loving Dear Sweet HEAVENLY FATHER through Loving JESUS CHRIST. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇🙏🏾🙏🏾
Remind me of The King of Pop Mr. MJ, very soft spoken 😊❤
$27 can't even buy a hamburger now 😂
Fr fr 😭
Hamburger 🍔 is like 7 or 8 dollars 💵
$27 was around $260 in ‘55
Back then he could buy 100 hamburgers
To put it in proper context, Marlon Brando who was the biggest star in the 1950s just got a raise for his Broadway debut in “I Remember Mama.” from $65 to $75 weekly. Inflation was -0.37%, today it's 3.5%, go figure.
No he really meant candy . That’s why his tooth was like that .
You may be right
I’m not sure man he died really young from a heroin overdose
@@GSSoulTVyou are gross af OF COURSE that’s what he meant, clown
@@GSSoulTVyeah I’m thinking he was talking about actual candy not heroin
@@GSSoulTVso annoying with your click bait title when you're unsure yourself.
He was very well spoken
I was thinking the same thing
Definitely
How?? He’s just speaking plain English, and I’d hope he could do at least that at his age.
@@YellowRoseOvTx he was very charismatic, had great diction and vocal inflection. He didn't speak guttural or with a vocal fry. Etc
Astounding how young black men used to speak and engage. Even at such a young age he's professional and polite. How times have changed.. he had class and charm
I think that's true for people in general
There are plenty black boys today who still do
You just made that up from an alternate reality.
He sounds so cute 😍 Rest with Love Frankie ❤️ no judgments,better people should've looked out for you
🙏🏿
That song made millions. He maybe saw 20k of it in his lifetime
I wouldn't be surprised if it was less than 20K.
FRANKIE AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF "THE TEENAGERS" WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF!!!
Morris Levy was something else. A Rev 2:9er
@@tmat2024
SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WHAT????
That part😒
No he is no talking about drugs. They didn't call drugs "candy" in the 60's and he would of never told anyone. Drugs was called "smack", "dust", "juice". All kids in that era loved candy. Mary Jane, Squirrel Nut, Almond Joy, Jawbreakers, Good & Plenty, Boston Baked Beans, Zero Bars, etc. He would of never discuss his drug problem with people, in fact no one knew he was on drugs until the signs started to show. Poor kid, so sad. RIP🙏🏻🙏🏻👼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👼
You may be right
This was the 50s.
@@GSSoulTVwhy would you decide the common folk
This was the 50’s
Rip❤
He was indeed on drugs at that age but he was still a kid....im sure he legitimately meant actual candy
His slip is not showing
Why in the world would they caption this this way?
R.I.P. Frankie
Candy and motorbikes are all a kid should be worrying about at that age.
Amen
He was 14 in this interview, he didn't start using heroin until he was 15. So he was talking about actual CANDY. Smh.
Candy is an addiction
Hamburger, candy, motorbikes
Not heroin 😂
He was the most talented child star I have ever seen. Michael Jackson would be a close 2nd. We can only imagine what he would become with the right guidance
I tought I was the only one with that opinion
mj was better to me not sorry
Some would beg to differ. Michael Jackson and Frankie Lymon were both stars in their own right. They were appropriate for their times; Michael Jackson was the Frankie Lymon of the 70s and Frankie Lymon was the Michael Jackson of the 50s.
well, they both damn sure talked with the same tone of voice.
Naw Mike ain't no close second are u delirious
That's a major reach bro
Possibly, but I don't think so
@GS Soul After watching the movie "why do fools fall in love" I asked my grandma about him and she said she just remembered he was on drugs bad, but I don't think at this point he was there yet
@@GSSoulTVhe was a pimp before he recorded why do fools fall in love, he talked about how he referd customers to prostitutes while he worked as a grocery bagger. And they would pay him in cash ,sex, and drugs. You can read the ebony magazine articles.
@@TrellBlessedhe wasn't hooked yet ..his addiction didn't happen over night but over a course of time but it came quick at the same time as all hard drug addictions do but at this moment when he's doing this interview he still with the teenagers so yeah he actually meant candy
@@GSSoulTVhuge reach u douchebag
This interview reminds me of growing up in the 60s & 70s. No one taught me how to present myself. I learned from watching great men and great women in person, on TV, and on film. I miss many things about the days of old.
Thank you.
@@GSSoulTV you are most welcome.
he ain’t start shooting till he was 15
Who gave or sold heroin to a 15 year old? They act like this generation is bad, but it started with previous generations.
Yeah hey!!! There's no mention of heroin and that person was right who gave the comment that he didn't do heroin till 15 Frankie at 13 was smoking marijuana then I absolutely love Frankie lymons talent he had sad he and the teenagers got scammed on their salery and got dividend 😢 he truly was the PRE- Micheal Jackson 😂✌️✌️
Actually BOTH were good not just ONE
He had such a soft voice when speaking but a louder voice when signing
He ain’t mean drugs or sweets that man was talkn bout whores 😂 no I’m kidding I’m sure it was a sweet
😂😂😂😂
It’s an absolute, straight-up tragedy that someone couldn’t have gotten a positive hold on Frankie’s personal life and career and helped him navigate life’s changes. Watching this in hindsight is all out sad….what a talent wasted! 😢😢
It's possible someone- or some people- tried, but if he wasn't willing to go into recovery, they couldn't have helped him. And that is the real tragedy.
@@bac6253 - True. The affected person has to want the treatment for THEMSELVES, not for anyone else.
Frankie was talking about actual candy, sweets not drugs although he started using drugs at the young age of 11. So sad but true.
Whatever "candy" he was referring to, it led to a sad ending for this talented young man. He was too young to handle his fame, and adults around him were too ignorant to care.
Somewhat similar to michael jackson & other young artists coming up in the industry. Kids being told what, when, where & how all they're life till the point where it destroys them mentally, physically & spiritually.
He was talking about candy, not drugs. He was just a child.
The GOAT before MJ himself. Put sum RESPEK…
Respect!
He was so well spoken and sounded so articulate
Smh there was only $1700 in their trust when they reached 21
They were all well and truly robbed! That’s what happens when you sign record deals with the underworld I guess! 😢
Just despicable😢
FOH Young boy was just loving actual candy
Likely he wasn't doing heroin yet; he hadn't degenerated to that point yet. He was smoking marijuana, though, by his own admission in an interview article in Ebony Magazine in 1967 he had been smoking marijuana since he was in junior high school, which means he would have been 13/14 years old, about the same age when this 1956 interview was held.
I would have to hope that this young he wasn't doing that. I think he meant just candy 🍬 he don't look like a junkie in this
I love his voice
Why disrespect him with this caption ❓
No disrespect 🤷🏾♂️
Because he needs to lie for engagement
@@TheInsaneBEAST1 where's the lie?? And what engagement??
Such a sweet angelic voice
So if candy meant heroin, then what is hamburger?!?!?
Methamphetamines. U already know. N air was code 4 crackrock and water was code 4 u guessed it, phencyclidine. Anything 2 make a black CHILD an adult criminal. 😔
The music business chewed him up and spit him out ! One of the greatest to do it!!! RIP
What a dumb , misleading title
Aww Frankie you will be missed 😢
Forevermore
Man that devil pimping for decades. That part
😢
That part😒
I like his speaking voice. It’s soothing!!😁
It really was
He wasn't on heroin until he was 15. Do yo research
real talk he was 13 in this interview,this person just want views
Frankie was introduced to those harmful substances at around 12 years old by an older woman.
This was very common at that time in New York.
That older woman was a PROSTITUTE.
He was snorting it since age 10 how about you do your research.
I'm shocked about Frankie Lynon was on heroin at 15 years ago who introduced to drugs, did someone encourage him or was He interested??
The record label he was signed to was connected to the underworld so no doubt it was them, they then had ‘free’ music to enter into the charts!
That's the same thing that happened to Tony Thompson at 15, but he was on coke
An older woman did twice his age.
An older woman introduced him to skin popping so sad
He was a kid! He meant candy, not drugs. People seem to forget that he was a child!
I don’t believe he meant heroin but can we talk about his nice it is to hear clear enunciation?
Love it
He actually meant candy y’all need to stop lying
He was so young & talented! RIP Frankie
Was a child hear the voice of an angel, and they used in abused him, and was left with nothing in the end. I hate hearing how beautiful his voice he is in knowing that his talents meant nothing because they stole everything.
Agreed
Sad that the money he thought went into a trust actually went into the pockets of managers, promoters, and record labels.
Seriously! 🤬
Just like today...
$27 a week is insane
Not really. In 1956 $27 was a lot of money, especially for a kid. $27 in 1956 would be like about $200 or more in today's money.
That would be $305 in today’s money. Times that by 4. Since he got paid weekly. That’s $1’220 a month. For a 13 year which he was. That’s more than enough. Also. Things back then cost less today. Gas was only $0.33 cents. A full McDonald’s meal was less than $2. Milk was $0.25. Minimum wage was around $3.75. So. It was good money back then. And as he said. He was buying burgers. Which was around $.30. Or less in some places.
@@tamara_diamonds422thx 🍯🙋🏽♀️
@@tamara_diamonds422 Don't I remember then! They were indeed!
Adjusted inflation, what would 27$ be today?
He had a soft sweet voice.❤❤
Indeed
Stop lying on the man he clearly was talking about actual candy
Why he sound like Michael Jackson tho?I think Michael copied Frankie’s voice.😅😅
Yeah that's very possible Micheal Jackson had mentioned that Frankie was a influence on his singing style Frankie lymons was the PRE-Micheal Jackson 😂✌️✌️
They both were kids 🤷🏾♂️
He was kind of like a young Michael but with no strong support system. Really sad.
@@jwhite7104right 🙄
MJ was born in 1958. MJ grew up listening to Frankie and the Teenagers. Musicians always try to emulate what they hear growing up.
Don’t defame him like this. He got into his addiction later on not right away.
And for the guy that said he died How do you know??????????? He could've been killed like Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin & Tupac Others
Sorry the guy said he overdosed how do he know he was worth more dead than alive
So sad…..so young and so talented♥️🙏♥️
He was truly gifted
Trust= somebody else's pocket
Sad but true
Sugar is actually Just as addictive as hard drugs! He could have been honest and literally spending his money on food, before fame frankie and his family struggled.
Agreed
He was 14 in this interview. And plenty of kids get into serious adult activities at this age or even before. Frankie is a legend but also a cautionary tale
Truth!
GOD BLESS FRANKIE LYMONI pray that the people that mistreated this chilD BURN IN HELL🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Morris Levy somewhere in the back...making sure he says the right things!
His hard short lived life 😢😢RIP bby ur so loved ❤❤
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
He was young here so it probably was just sweets. Later on for sure, drugs
HE SAID ,"TRUST", The money goes into a Trust!! Not Drugs , that came Later,..
And that trust was being corrupted my the managers
No he was doing drugs , smoking weed and pimping at 10...
No No, cumon @@nenep1872 , Honestly he said, "TRUST"! This Guy was Great, and had the potential to be even Greater!!
7 banger!?!?! Shouout to my peoples giving me something to watch the next 2 days I love y’all man 💯🙏🏿
Candy makes you dandy 😂😂😂
So adorable. R.I.P Frankie ❤🙏🏼🕊️
Hi so nice to see him .
Frankie had a magical voice before puberty set in
He was so soft-spoken yet his singing voice was enormous.
And his voice after puberty was just as good 😊
.. his voice was amazing even after puberty. One of the greatest voices in history
Great voice period even after ❤
This man went to the military too ..he should have never went back to new york. No reason a person this talented this young dies at 25, but that man he signed a record deal with had all this planned if you ask me.
Agreed. He should've stayed down South in Georgia.
@@GSSoulTV Amen...but he missed the spotlight... Same story as today... I think that's what really make all this stuff sad is that all this stuff is still going on to this day
Watching this makes my blood boil Rest in peace sir 🌹
Rest Up OG Frankie.
👼🏾
Him and young Micheal Jackson had the same speaking voice
Poor Frankie 😢😢😢😢
Pray for his Soul
@@GSSoulTV yes sir!!! 🙏🙏🙏
So well spoken
Title is very disrespectful.
No disrespect
He got a allowance and the record company kept the rest - which in other words they were robbed
Yep
Candy doesn’t mean herion…. Candy is cocaine.
They robbed that kid/man so bad back then I remember he had sold out his record but when he performed for the first time people booed him because they didn’t know he was a black man 😞 by the time it was ok for African Americans to get praised and reputation it was too late Frankie had already died and he was so young poor guy may his soul be at peace and singing with the angels in heaven
it's crazy how he looks the same when he got older.
One thing about bro... Short as hell and looking like a kid.. but he had dem girls girls girls 😂.. bruh had 3 women claiming to be his wife after he died.
He is literally talking about candy he didn’t become addicted to drugs until the age of 15 then died at 25 from an OD 🙄
He started with weed, when he was around 9/10.
Dufus- he meant candy. Such a innocent sweet kid, so you believe a young boy of that era would be grown enough to use a code word for that & conduct himself like that while saying it? Omg 🤦♀️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♀️
Yes. Have you ever read about Harlem in the 1950s??
@GSSoulTV I would hope that at one time in society, like in this era, esp in America, that all children, had some form of childhood innocence. But If you're right, that's just really sad.
@@Paradise-cq1gx 1950s Harlem was a very very rough place. Gangs, violence, drugs and crime ran rampant. Very young people were getting turned onto heroin, drinking and other drugs. Read books like 'Manchild In the Promised Land' and 'Run Baby Run', which described what the 50s was like for kids in the inner city.
$27 a week is wild
Insane
And they wonder why he got hooked. Way to much money for a kid.
I mean this disrespectfully: delete this bro
God bless you
@@GSSoulTV may you live in a house with
100 rooms, 100 beds in each, and a fever that drives you sleepless and mad from bed to bed for the rest of your life
@@charliegoldman God bless you
During an interview, Frankie Lymon stated that at age 15, a woman twice his age introduced him to heroin. -Ebony Magazine, 1967.
💯
Heroin is sometimes called ice or candy
Yep
Frankie was addicted to heoin at 15. I'm sure he means candy as in sweets here, though.
He meant women ( candy )
"Trust" that trust was broken and corrupt that's sad.
Seriously
🙏🏾🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍SO YOUNGER SO TALENTED SO SAD 😞
This cat was a grown man and looked like a child
$7-$8 for a sandwich without the combo. A combo is at least $12
He sounds identical to Michael 😳😳😳😵💫🤯
$27 a week