The best No 1 records: Why do Fools Fall in Love? –Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers | Richard Williams

1956: It was the first record that sounded as if it had been made by teenagers for teenagersFor many young listeners in the Britain of 1956, Why Do Fools Fall in Love? was the first record that sounded as if it had been made by teenagers for teenagers: it was a blast of doo-wop straight from the streets of Harlem, sung with irresistible energy by the juvenile delinquents who had written it. At 13 years old, Lymon was the Michael Jackson of his day, and his manager soon detached him from the grou...

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