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Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Little Bitty Pretty One
Before Michael Jackson, before Justin Bieber, there was Frankie Lymon. Well, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers to be exact. Frankie is the original rock and roll prodigy, a 13 year old backup singer from Harlem who by a stroke of fate stepped in to sing lead for his vocal group the Teenagers when original lead…
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They Might Be Giants, The Four Lads, Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
I had no idea that They Might Be Giants didn’t write this song! It turns out that the Four Lads, in 1953, came up with this incredibly catchy and insane song. It was a top ten hit and a certified gold record. Imagine that! I learned all this from hearing a tape of Bob Dylan’s…