The Very Best of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

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

Tracklist

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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 (number: 307)
recording of:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (in 1955-11)
additional writer:
George Goldner, Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago
writer:
Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Patricia Music, Warner Chappell, 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 (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 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:21
2Please Be Mine
recording of:
Please Be Mine (in 1955-11)
composer:
George Goldner and Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers3:10
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 and George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:59
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
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:53
5I Promise to Remember
cover recording of:
I Promise to Remember (on 1956-05-15)
lyricist:
Jimmy Castor
composer:
Jimmy Castor and Jimmy Smith
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:54
6Who Can Explain?
recording of:
Who Can Explain (on 1956-05-02)
writer:
Roy Alfred and Abner Silver
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:16
7The ABC's of Love
recording of:
The ABC’s of Love (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Richard Barrett and George Goldner
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers1:58
8Share
recording of:
Share (on 1956-08-23)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Irving Reid
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:40
9I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent
recording of:
I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent (in 1956-10)
writer:
George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:46
10Baby, Baby
recording of:
Baby, Baby (in 1956-10)
writer:
Glen Moore and Milton Subotsky
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:08
11Am I Fooling Myself Again
recording of:
Am I Fooling Myself Again (on 1956-02-04)
writer:
George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:40
12Teenage Love
recording of:
Teenage Love (in 1956-10)
writer:
A.J. Cooper and George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:14
13Paper Castles
recording of:
Paper Castles (in 1956-10)
writer:
Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:06
14Out in the Cold Again
cover recording of:
Out in the Cold Again (on 1957-02-13)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd.
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:18
15Goody Goody
cover recording of:
Goody Goody (on 1957-06-19)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Malneck Music, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, WB Music Corp., 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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Frankie Lymon2:13
16Little Bitty Pretty One
cover recording of:
Little Bitty Pretty One (in 1958-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Day
publisher:
Ivan Mogull Music Ltd., Painted Desert Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 and 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
Frankie Lymon2:41

Credits

Release

art direction:Hugh Brown
liner notes:Bob Hyde
miscellaneous support:James Austin (task: project supervision)
remastering:Dan Hersch
Bill Inglot
compiler:Bob Hyde
design:Nancy L. Hopkins
remastered at:Digiprep in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/13357976 [info]
ASIN:US: B00000C41J [info]