Although finally getting their due in the last few years of the 20th century, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers nonetheless have been the subjects of several best-of packages, even including multi-album and CD box sets on Bear Family and Murray Hill. This 16-track very-best-of comes almost ten years after Rhino's release of an excellent 20-track best-of, and like that single-disc collection, all the big hits are here: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," "ABC's of Love," "I Want You to Be My Girl,"   [ read more ]

CD $11.38

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This five-CD set contains more Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers than any casual fan has likely ever thought of listening to, much less owning. Only one of its five CDs is less than satisfying, yet only a portion of this collection contains music that is actually important to the history of rock & roll. The first disc contains everything that Lymon and the Teenagers recorded together for official release. By the second disc, we're already into the Teenagers' recordings without Lymon, as well as live   [ read more ]

CD $123.48

While not even approaching the all-inclusive five-disc box set Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers on Bear Family, For Collectors Only is the next best thing. This Collectables double disc features 47 tracks, including the original Gee recordings of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?," "I Want You to Be My Girl," and "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" with numerous B-sides, album cuts, and a smattering of Lymon's solo releases. While the collector will be pleased with the choice and abundance of    [ read more ]

CD $29.43

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Although finally getting their due in the last few years of the 20th century, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers nonetheless have been the subjects of several best-of packages, even including multi-album and CD box sets on Bear Family and Murray Hill. This 16-track very-best-of comes almost ten years after Rhino's release of an excellent 20-track best-of, and like that single-disc collection, all the big hits are here: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," "ABC's of Love," "I Want You to Be My Girl,"   [ read more ]

CD $11.38

Frankie Lymon's solo recordings, which he began making in 1957 while still recording and touring with the Teenagers, never really took off the way many expected. He had a lone hit, the rollicking "Goody Goody" in 1957, but otherwise not much else. Partially it may have been the material his producers chose at first, cutesy show tunes and standards like "Over the Rainbow" and "Glow Worm." More likely it was that his time was just over. Either way, his solo career was a flop. {@Collectabl   [ read more ]

CD $7.58