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The Big Beat is an American music and dance television program broadcast on the ABC Network in 1957. [1] It was hosted by Alan Freed, and subsequently by Richard Hayes.The program debuted on May 4, 1957, four months before American Bandstand, making it the United States' "first nationally-televised rock 'n roll dance show".
Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 [5] [6] – February 27, 1968 [7]) 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 Dick Clark Show (also known as Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show) was an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Saturdays from February 15, 1958, through September 10, 1960, sponsored (except for the first two shows) by Beechnut Gum.
Frankie Lymon was a New York-based American boy soprano and doo-wop singer who played a prominent role as the lead singer of the earliest boy band group The Teenagers, which the group consisted especially of boys in their early to late teenage years.
The Teenagers were an American music group, most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. [2] The group, which made its most popular recordings with young Frankie Lymon as lead singer, is also noted for being rock's first all-teenaged act. [2]
The lead singer, Frankie Lymon, passed away from an overdose at the age of 26, and the movie 1998 movie Why Do Fools Fall in Love was based on his life. Keystone - Getty Images “La Bamba” by ...
Although the ratings for the show were strong, it was suddenly terminated. The Wall Street Journal summarized the end of the program as follows. "Four episodes into The Big Beat, Freed's prime-time TV music series on ABC, an uproar was caused when African-American artist Frankie Lymon was seen on TV
Frankie Lymon performed it live on television on several occasions, including twice in 1957 on The Ed Sullivan Show. [2] He also had a hit with his recording of the song in the United States, reaching #20 that year, as well as #24 in the UK. It was released as a recording with his group the Teenagers, but was, in fact, a solo recording.