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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (initially "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?") is a debut single by American rock and roll band Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, [2] No. 6 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, [3] and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July.
Written by Tina Andrews, Why Do Fools Fall in Love stars Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, and Larenz Tate, who portrays Lymon. Little Richard also appears in the film as himself. [2] "I Want You Back", one of the singles from the soundtrack, by Melanie Brown featuring Missy Elliott, peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
Why Do Fools Fall in Love was not a commercial success and met with mixed reviews; [32] the film grossed a total of $12,461,773 during its original theatrical run. [ 33 ] The song "Harlem Roulette" by the Mountain Goats , off its 2012 album Transcendental Youth , contains references to Frankie Lymon, to the song "Seabreeze", and to Roulette ...
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (song), a 1956 song by doo-wop group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers; Why Do Fools Fall in Love, a 1981 album by American singer Diana Ross; Why Do Fools Fall in Love, a 1998 film starring Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon and Larenz Tate "Jaane Kyon" (transl. Why Do People Love), a song from the 2001 Indian film ...
The same year Lymon joined the group, he helped Santiago and Merchant rewrite a song they had composed to create "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". The song got the Teenagers an audition with George Goldner's Gee Records, but Santiago was too sick to sing lead on the day of the audition. Lymon sang the lead on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" instead, and ...
The song was "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (which was originally reworked from a poem called "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay"). Since Santiago was not present, Goldner asked Frankie if he could sing the song. [1] Frankie accepted, and they recorded the song. Goldner then changed the group's name to "Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers" and released the record.
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In 1981, Diana Ross recorded a new version of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", which again became a hit and the royalties on the song passed over a million dollars. [7] In 1986 three women, each claiming to be Lymon's widow, filed a lawsuit in New York's Superior Court claiming the rights to the song. It was revealed that Goldner conned "the ...