It's Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers! Essential Recordings 1955-1961

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

Tracklist

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1Portable on My Shoulder
recording of:
Portable on My Shoulder (on 1957-12-20)
writer:
Vic Abrams
1:47
2Mama Don't Allow It
cover recording of:
Mama Don’t Allow It (on 1958-03-31)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Cow Cow Davenport (ragtime and blues pianist)
2:17
3My Broken Heart
recording of:
My Broken Heart (on 1958-03-26)
writer:
Gene Schachter and Jimmy Drake
2:28
4Mama Wanna Rock
recording of:
Mama Wanna Rock (on 1958-03-26)
writer:
Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
2:15
5Waitin' in School
cover recording of:
Waitin’ In School (in 1958-03)
lyricist and composer:
Dorsey Burnette and Johnny Burnette
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
42:05
6Wake Up Little Susie
cover recording of:
Wake Up Little Susie (in 1958-03)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
51:59
7Silhouettes
cover recording of:
Silhouettes (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
writer:
Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
publisher:
Regent Music Corp. (BMI)
42:48
8The Next Time You See Me
cover recording of:
Next Time You See Me (in 1958-03)
writer:
Earl Forest and William G. Harvey (1950s bandleader/composer)
publisher:
Universal Duchess Music Corp.
42:37
9Send for Me
cover recording of:
Send for Me (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
lyricist and composer:
Ollie Jones
42:30
10It Hurts to Be in Love
cover recording of:
It Hurts to Be in Love (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
lyricist and composer:
Julius Dixson and Rudolph Toombs
42:08
11Jailhouse Rock
cover recording of:
Jailhouse Rock (in 1958-03)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
ABG Elvis Songs, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Elvis Presley Music Susan Aberbach Trust, Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC, Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Silver Seahorse Music LLC and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc., ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3.52:14
12Diana
cover recording of:
Diana (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Anka (Canadian singer, songwriter and actor)
publisher:
Pamco Music Inc. (ended), Epa Publishing and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
3.52:24
13Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
cover recording of:
Buzz Buzz Buzz (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
writer:
John Gray (US r&b/rockabilly musician, songwriter, label owner) and Robert James Byrd, Sr
publisher:
Stone Agate Music and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
42:06
14Searchin'
cover recording of:
Searchin’ (from 1958-03-24 until 1958-03-25)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Tiger (publisher)
42:22
15Short Fat Fannie
cover recording of:
Short Fat Fannie (in 1958-03)
lyricist and composer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker) (in 1957)
3.52:30
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 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
52:41
17Melinda
recording of:
Melinda (on 1958-07-17)
writer:
Ben Huey and Rudolph Toombs
2:00
18The Only Way to Love
recording of:
The Only Way To Love (on 1958-07-17)
writer:
Paul Evans (50s US rock n roll singer/songwriter) and Jimmy Krondes (composer)
1:58
19No Matter What You've Done
recording of:
No Matter What You've Done (on 1958-07-17)
writer:
Coles
2:49
20Up Jumped a Rabbit
recording of:
Up Jumped the Rabbit (in 1959-01)
writer:
John Gluck, Jr.
2:24
21What a Little Moonlight Can Do
cover recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1959-03-27)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
2:20
22Before I Fall Asleep
recording of:
Before I Fall Asleep (on 1959-03-27)
writer:
Vic Abrams and Phil Medley
2:21
23Goody Good Girl
recording of:
Goody Good Girl (in 1959-04)
writer:
Carmen Taylor and Arthur Truscott (songwriter)
2:13
24I'm Not Too Young to Dream
recording of:
I'm Not Too Young To Dream (in 1959-04)
writer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Ted Murry
2:21
25Tonight's the Night
cover recording of:
Tonight’s the Night (on 1960-03-30)
writer:
Luther Dixon and Shirley Owens
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
2:45
26Crying
recording of:
Crying (Teenagers song, 1960) (on 1960-03-30)
writer:
Sherman Garnes, Artie Ripp and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
2:18
27A Little Bit Wiser Now
recording of:
A Little Wiser Now (on 1960-06-16)
writer:
Sherman Garnes, Freddie Houston, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers), Joe Negroni, Artie Ripp and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
2:58
28Can You Tell Me
recording of:
Can You Tell Me (on 1960-06-16)
writer:
Sherman Garnes, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers), Joe Negroni, Neil Stevens (Temptations lead singer), Artie Ripp and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
2:55
29Change Partners
cover recording of:
Change Partners (from “Carefree”) (in 1961-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1938)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
The 11th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:27
30So Young
recording of:
So Young (And So In Love) (in 1961-02)
writer:
Jack Barker (songwriter) and Alexander Belgin
2:02
31I Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
cover recording of:
Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (in 1961-08)
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
translated version of:
Quien puso el bomp? (Versión en español por Los Twist)
3:06