I like quite a few doo-wop songs of the 1950s. The song was written by George Goldner and it was featured on their 1956 album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon. It peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. The song was featured in the movie Rock, Rock, Rock.
Their big hit was Why Do Fools Fall In Love released in 1956. The group only lasted until 1957 when the manager kept pushing Lymon over the group and he started a solo career. He never reached the heights he did with the Teenagers.
I like concentrating on the music but this story has a sad ending.
They did reunite for a brief time in 1965 but the times had changed. They didn’t have much success so Lymon went back to a solo career. At age 15, he tried heroin for the first time in the mid-fifties. In 1966, he was arrested for heroin possession and was drafted into the Army instead of going to jail. He got off of heroin while in the army but kept going awol…he was dishonorably discharged from the army in 1967 and signed with Roulette Records in 1968.
He celebrated signing by using heroin for the first time in two years. Lymon had a sad ending to his life as he only lived to be 25 and died of a heroin overdose in February 1968. Another music business casualty. He was Michael Jackson before Michael Jackson.
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent
I’m not a juvenile delinquentNo-no-no-no-no-no-no-noNo-no-no-no-no-no-no-noNo-no-no, I’m not a juvenile delinquentDo the things that’s rightAnd you’ll do nothing wrongLife will be so nice, you’ll be in paradiseI know, because I’m not a juvenile delinquent
But listen boys and girlsYou need not be blueAnd life is what you make of itIt all depends on youI know, because I’m not a juvenile delinquent
It’s easy to be good, it’s hard to be badStay out of trouble, and you be gladTake this tip from me, and you will seeHow happy you will beOh-oh, boys and girls, this is my storyAnd I add all of my gloryI know, because I’m not a juvenile delinquent
It’s easy to be good, it’s hard to be badStay out of trouble, and you be gladTake this tip from me, and you will seeHow happy you will beOh-oh, boys and girls, this is my storyAnd I add all of my gloryI know, because I’m not a juvenile delinquent
No-no-no, I’m not a juvenile
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