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Frankie Lymon

1942 - 1968

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Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo-wop group the Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid-teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African-American members, Lymon, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes; and two Puerto Rican members, Joe Negroni and Herman Santiago. The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest hit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frankie Lymon is the 1,574th most popular singer (up from 1,595th in 2019), the 8,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,338th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Frankie Lymon ranks 1,574 out of 4,381. Before him are Maya Kristalinskaya, Lauri Ylönen, Hanne Krogh, Hemanta Mukherjee, Girija Devi, and Phil Mogg. After him are Jelena Rozga, Zemfira, CL, Habib Koité, Peter Yarrow, and Chris Roberts.

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Among people born in 1942, Frankie Lymon ranks 539. Before him are Rudolf Belin, Han Pil-hwa, Gideon Toury, Robert Christgau, Raymond Depardon, and Javier Fragoso. After him are Michael Giles, Sila María Calderón, Antonio Martino, Carol Cleveland, Carl Douglas, and Mirko Sandić. Among people deceased in 1968, Frankie Lymon ranks 227. Before him are Francis Frederick, Muthulakshmi Reddy, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Edward Moore, Tommy Noonan, and Emil Hirschfeld. After him are Käthe Kruse, Archie Mayo, Jorge Valderrama, Sándor Gombos, Rudolph Dirks, and Miguel Murillo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Lymon ranks 8,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert John Burke (1960), Chelsea Clinton (1980), Jiah Khan (1988), Kyle Eastwood (1968), Yvonne Rainer (1934), and Alison Lurie (1926). After him are Barbara Morgan (1951), Toni Frissell (1907), Edwin Graves (1897), Frederick Hovey (1868), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), and Perry McGillivray (1893).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Frankie Lymon ranks 422. Before him are Tom Lehrer (1928), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Richard Hell (1949), Marlena Shaw (1939), Betty Davis (1945), and Ben Harper (1969). After him are Peter Yarrow (1938), Havoc (1974), Leonard Warren (1911), Jonathan Davis (1971), Missy Elliott (1971), and Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967).

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