Why Do Fools Fall In Love

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Written by: Lymon, Morris Levy
Produced by: George Goldner
Released: Jan. '56 on Gee
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 6

Frankie Lymon was one of rock & roll's first teen prodigies -- and one of its earliest tragedies. Lymon wrote and sang this hit as a thirteen-year-old Harlem kid. But the writing credit -- and money -- went to his label boss, Levy, an associate of the Genovese family. Lymon died a penniless heroin addict in 1968 at the age of twenty-five.

Appears on: The Best of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Rhino)

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