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<img src="http://i.imgur.com/BzLkQpC.gif"> <iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://youtube.com/embed/VyEvQ-xsn-s" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe> Find sources: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22The+Teenagers%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">"The Teenagers"</a> – <a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22The+Teenagers%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">news</a> · <a href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22The+Teenagers%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">newspapers</a> · <a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22The+Teenagers%22+-wikipedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">books</a> · <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+Teenagers%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">scholar</a> · <a href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22The+Teenagers%22&acc=on&wc=on" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">JSTOR</a> (August 2018) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Learn how and when to remove this template message</a>)The Teenagers<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frankie_Lymon_and_the_Teenagers.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Frankie_Lymon_and_the_Teenagers.jpg/220px-Frankie_Lymon_and_the_Teenagers.jpg" alt="The original five Teenagers; from left to right: Jimmy Merchant, Herman Santiago, Frankie Lymon, Joe Negroni and Sherman Garnes." height="254" width="220"></a>The original five Teenagers; from left to right: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Merchant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmy Merchant</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Santiago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Herman Santiago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lymon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frankie Lymon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Negroni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Joe Negroni</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Garnes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sherman Garnes</a>.<ul><li>Background informationAlso known asThe Coup De Villes, The Earth Angels, The Ermines, The Premiers, Frankie Lymon & the TeenagersOrigin<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Harlem, New York City, New York</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United States</a>Genres<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Doo-wop</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rock and roll</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_%26_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rhythm & blues</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-R&Bref-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a></li></ul>Years active1954–presentLabels<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulette_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Roulette</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">End</a>Members<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Santiago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Herman Santiago</a>Bobby JayTerrance Farward<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Merchant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmy Merchant</a>Terry KingPast members<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lymon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frankie Lymon</a> †<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Castor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmy Castor</a> † The Teenagers are an American music group, most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Alan Freed</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Live-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> The group, which made its most popular recordings with young <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lymon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frankie Lymon</a> as lead singer, is also noted for being rock's first all-teenaged act.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Live-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.<h2>History</h2>The Teenagers had their origins in the Earth Angels, a group founded at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Heights,_Manhattan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Washington Heights</a> section of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Manhattan</a> by second tenor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Merchant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmy Merchant</a> and bass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Garnes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sherman Garnes</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Doo-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Eventually, Garnes and Merchant had added lead singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Santiago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Herman Santiago</a> and baritone <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Negroni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Joe Negroni</a> to their lineup and evolved into The Coupe De Villes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Doo-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> In 1954, 12-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lymon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frankie Lymon</a> joined the Coupe De Villes, who changed their name to first the Ermines and later the Premiers.The same year Lymon joined the group, he helped Santiago and Merchant rewrite a song they had composed to create "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Why Do Fools Fall In Love</a>". The song got the Teenagers an audition with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Goldner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">George Goldner</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gee Records</a>, 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 group was signed to Gee as The Teenagers, with Lymon as lead singer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a>"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" was the Teenagers' first and biggest hit. The group, known for both their harmony and choreography, also had hits with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_a_Juvenile_Delinquent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ABC%27s_of_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The ABC's of Love</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Live-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>By 1957, the group was being billed as "Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers". This caused in-fighting, and by September, Goldner had pulled Lymon out of the group to record solo. Lymon had little success as a solo artist. He became a heroin addict at the age of 15 and his sales dropped quickly in the early 1960s. In 1966, he stopped using heroin after being forced to go to the army, but on February 27, 1968, he decided to celebrate his good fortune by taking heroin (he was planning to launch a comeback) and died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25 on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom. He had been clean since entering the army two years earlier. The Teenagers continued recording, bringing in a new lead.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> Billy Lobrano, as the group's first white member, made them more racially mixed, now with two black, one white, and two Hispanic members. The group had little success with Lobrano, and he left. Sherman Garnes died of a heart attack in 1977,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Doo-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> while Joe Negroni died a year later due to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemorrhage" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">cerebral hemorrhage</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers#cite_note-Doo-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Their replacements were Bobby Jay and Frankie's brother Lewis Lymon, respectively.