CD Details
- Released: April 28, 2009
- Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Frankie Lymon was the first black teen pop star. After tremendous success with the Teenagers, he would do some of his best performances on a string of solo recordings. This 20 track collection of his includes "Little Girl", "Over The Rainbow", "Buzz Buzz Buzz" and "Little Bitty Pretty One".
Tracks:
- 1.Over The Rainbow
- 2.My Girl
- 3.Somebody Loves Me
- 4.Little Girl
- 5.Thumb Thumb
- 6.Portable On My Shoulder
- 7.Buzz Buzz Buzz
- 8.Little Bitty Pretty One
- 9.Diana
- 10.It Hurts To Be In Love
- 11.Next Time You See Me
- 12.Mama Don't Allow It
- 13.Melinda
- 14.Rockin' Tambourine
- 15.Up Jumped A Rabbit
- 16.Magic Song
- 17.Rainbow
- 18.Put The Bomp
- 19.Silent Night
- 20.Christmas Time Once Again
Product Description:
First off, this is a best-of collection of Frankie Lymon's solo material, which means it doesn't have songs like "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" and "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent," which were cut when Lymon was still the lead singer of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (and Lymon was exactly that, a teenager, at the time). What's here is pleasant enough, and it isn't all that much different than the material Lymon cut with the Teenagers. Lymon's vocals are multi-tracked on these sides to create some interesting harmonies, but the fact remains that the above two songs, absent here, are his most memorable and ultimately essential recordings.
