It's Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers! Essential Recordings 1955-1961

~ Release by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Why Do Fools Fall in Love
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 307)
recording of:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (in 1955-11)
additional writer:
George Goldner, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers) and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
writer:
Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Patricia Music, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4.52:20
2Please Be Mine
recording of:
Please Be Mine (in 1955-11)
composer:
George Goldner and Frankie Lymon
3:07
3I Want You to Be My Girl
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 28)
recording of:
I Want You to Be My Girl (on 1956-02-16)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and George Goldner
33:02
4I'm Not a Know-It-All
recording of:
I’m Not a Know It All (on 1956-02-16)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye
composer:
Fred Spielman
2:53
5I Promise to Remember
cover recording of:
I Promise to Remember (on 1956-05-15)
lyricist:
Jimmy Castor
composer:
Jimmy Castor and Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
2:52
6Who Can Explain?
recording of:
Who Can Explain (on 1956-05-02)
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer) and Abner Silver
2:14
7The ABC's of Love
recording of:
The ABC’s of Love (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and George Goldner
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
1:57
8Share
recording of:
Share (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Irving Reid
2:37
9I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent
recording of:
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent (in 1956-10)
writer:
George Goldner
2:43
10Baby, Baby
recording of:
Baby, Baby (in 1956-10)
writer:
Glen Moore (composer of "Lonesome Train") and Milton Subotsky
2:06
11Teenage Love
recording of:
Teenage Love (in 1956-10)
writer:
A.J. Cooper (songwriter active in 50s-60s) and George Goldner
2:13
12Paper Castles
recording of:
Paper Castles (in 1956-10)
writer:
Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter) and Ben Weisman
2:04
13Love Is a Clown
recording of:
Love Is a Clown (on 1956-02-04)
writer:
Grace Goldner
2:51
14Am I Fooling Myself Again?
recording of:
Am I Fooling Myself Again (on 1956-02-04)
writer:
George Goldner
2:36
15Together
recording of:
Together (on 1957-02-04)
writer:
Bob Halfin and Jerry Langley (songwriter with Jimmy Stewart)
2:22
16You
recording of:
You
writer:
Andrew Paul Adams
2:06
17Out in the Cold Again
cover recording of:
Out in the Cold Again (on 1957-02-13)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:25
18Miracle in the Rain
recording of:
Miracle in the Rain (on 1957-02-13)
writer:
Vic Abrams, Al J. Cooper (songwriter active in 50s-60s), George Goldner and Irving Reid
2:11
19Little White Lies
cover recording of:
Little White Lies (on 1957-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
2:30
20It Would Be So Nice
recording of:
It Would Be So Nice (on 1957-02-04)
writer:
Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (soul singer & songwriter)
2:30
21Fortunate Fellow
recording of:
Fortunate Fellow (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Irving Reid
1:48
22Love Put Me Out of My Head
recording of:
Love Put Me Out of My Head (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman
2:05
23Begin the Beguine
cover recording of:
Begin the Beguine (on 1957-05-23)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jubilee
2:42
24Goody Goody
cover recording of:
Goody Goody (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Malneck Music, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
42:12
25Creation of Love
recording of:
Creation of Love (on 1957-06-19)
writer:
Richard Barrett (US soul producer/singer) and Stuart Wiener
2:28
26Flip Flop
recording of:
Flip-Flop (on 1957-11-12)
writer:
Bob Saffer
2:23
27Everything to Me
recording of:
Everything to Me (on 1957-11-12)
writer:
Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist)
2:34
28So Goes My Love
recording of:
So Goes My Love (in 1957-08)
writer:
Luigi Creatore, Elinor Diresta, Hugo Peretti and Bill Taylor (1950s-60s songwriter)
2:18
29My Girl
recording of:
My Girl (in 1957-08)
writer:
Bill Harrington (US vocalist, pianist, accordionist, songwriter) and Bob Saffer
1:54
30Little Girl
cover recording of:
Little Girl (1931 song) (on 1957-09-05)
writer:
Francis Henry (in 1931) and Madeline Hyde (in 1931)
2:00
31Thumb Thumb
recording of:
Thumb Thumb (on 1957-12-20)
writer:
Bobby Fonville, Ralph Hernandez and Stuart Wiener
2:17
32Footsteps
recording of:
Footsteps (on 1957-12-20)
writer:
Clarence Green (Texas blues guitarist) and Natalie Pierce
2:11
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