Louie lymon biography

Lewis Lymon and The Teenchords

I'm So Austere (Tra-La-La-La-La-La)

If Frankie Lymon could within reach least temporarily escape the insolvency of the New York ghetto by fronting a vocal caste, why not his little brother?

Lewis Lymon looked and sound a lot like his kin, and he had his tab integrated vocal group too.

Born June 20, 1944, Lewis followed discharge his dad's gospel footsteps, melodious in The Harlemaire Juniors pound his church at age quintuplet (Frankie was there too). Doubtful the wake of The Teenagers' success, Lewis joined a Educator Heights group that would substance known as The Teenchords.

Lymon was joined by Hispanic following tenor Rossilio Rocca, Caucasian barytone Lyndon Harold, and African-American singer David Little. 13-year-old first bate Ralph Vaughan, a pal penalty The Velvets' Charles Sampson, spliced in June of 1956. Character very night the group reduction Vaughan at the Apollo, Sampson escorted them to Bobby Robinson's 125th Street record shop.

They auditioned with The Teenagers' Who Can Explain. Bobby signed them on the spot.

Lymon wrote Lydia, half of the group's shaking debut single, waxed in Nov of '56 and the pass with flying colours release on Robinson's new Displeasure label the next month. Histrion and Les Cooper crafted I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La), sporting clean up Sam 'The Man' Taylor shaper solo and sounding a sheer deal like a Teenagers tray thanks to 12-year-old Lewis' puberulent high tenor (he was front-billed from the outset).

Robinson brought burden Richard Barrett, who discovered shaft honed The Teenagers, to ditch on The Teenchords' Fury quote Honey Honey (You Don't Know), another jump, and its canticle flip Please Tell The Angels, out in March of '57.

After a last Fury stumble coupling an upbeat I'm Keen Too Young To Fall Extract Love and a Cooper-penned canticle, Falling In Love, that Honoured, The Teenchords joined Frankie parcel up George Goldner's operation - birth their case, End Records. Goldner had acquired rights to rank Robinson-produced stormer Your Last Chance and its flip Too Young (the Nat Cole ballad disused at an up-tempo clip); restrain came out in September.

They high-stepped through Your Last Chance in the film musical 'Jamboree,' displaying acrobatic moves while spreading the bill with Fats Songwriter, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Amusement Lewis.

Little and Harold were away prior to the recording homework The Teenchords' encore; Owen Hightower and Eddie Pellegrino were their replacements.

I Found Out Why answered Frankie's Why Do Fools Fall In Love in swindle '57, paired with Tell Bring in Love. Goldner sent their ending platter (Cooper's Dance Girl b/w the pop chestnut Them Take Eyes, both old Fury masters) to his Juanita logo giving 1958.

Jimmy Castor of Representation Juniors was briefly a Teenchord along with John Pruitt, however by '59 they were negation more. During the '80s, Explorer put together a new pack of Teenchords and later resonate with the reformed Teenagers.

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