I showed my grandpa this video, he said “sadly this is how it was perceived back then by some. I always loved this music, but others, they didn’t appreciate the amazing genius of it.” We both jammed out to this. He remembers watching American bandstand, but he loved all the music! This song is awesome! RIP! ❤❤❤❤
The girls chewing didn't not like it. They were product placement for chewing gum. It was the Execs that didn't like him and the crowd didn't give 2 shits because Frankie was Crazy talented
@jimbean7652 it's recorded history. The show was sponsored by a chewing gum company. The executives Hated that The show was Booking loads of Black acts. And they were getting really good viewers hip out of it. The reason most of the crowd is clapping here is they were told by executives and the police not to leave their seats. They clapped constantly to show support for Frankie and his performance, All the girls not clapping are chewing gum. Obvious product placement
This kid was a complete, musical genius. At 12 years old he had written, recorded on TV his song "Why do fools fall in love." You can not tell, me, this same Frankie Lymon, was recorded on TV in the 1948 at 12 years old, singing a song that you have probably heard today. Why do Fools Fall in Love This kid lived to 25, got a heroin overdose and died. Go on line, watch him on TV singing the song he wrote, at 12 years old. This kid has always been one of my favorites. Only to find out he died at 25?
no one knows for sure he died to an overdose some people said the needle wasnt in him but it was near him and i think they said a couple days before or week i dont really remmeber they said he was beat up so i dont know but they think his death was staged
FYI, "Why do fools fall in love" was recorded in 1956, when Frankie was 14 years old. He was born in '42, he certainly wasn't recording anything in '48 :) . He joined The Teenagers in '54 (they weren't named that yet) and recorded this with them 2 years later for Gee Records. His life was a mess from 15 until his death, his music honestly became more famous posthumously, with a big resurgence decades later. Pretty sure he didn't have a top 10 (barely any top 50) hit after 1957 when he left The Teenagers. Very sad that he was pulled into a life of drugs at 15 by an adult and couldn't get out :( .
Vickie Adams Frankie died even younger, I think he was 26 years old when he died Nat king cole died of lung cancer and Frankie died of a drug overdose though.
Such a handsome young man and so talented. So sad how he was treated. I still find it hard to believe that their is people who judge people because of the color of their skin.
@@ethanyule2713 I don't think you're aware of this man's history. Frankie Lymon lived during a time of heavy racism and segregation in America. Despite achieving nominal and financial success with his music, he was still looked down upon by people because he was black, and was not allowed because of racism to have the same status in people's eyes as white performers. Even in the music industry, performers were segregated. Rock and roll was not allowed on the radio for a long time because it was seen as "black music" (which it was; black people created it just like they made jazz, gospel, and the blues). When it was allowed, white groups would be the only ones allowed to perform the songs. It would take a quiet revolution to make any sort of real breakthrough. Motown in Detroit was in part responsible for that, which I know because it's where I'm from. Lymon was needless to say unappreciated in his time, as we see in the video here with the (white) teenagers looking sullen and at times angry to see a black man on stage performing for them. Meanwhile these same teenagers would be screaming their heads off for Paul Anka or the Beatles. And he unfortunately died young at 25, so he never got to live to see a future where his work was fully valued.
The audience absolutely freaks me out... imagine standing in front of them performing gosh... Frankie was simply fantastic non the less and so handsome.
this was not a performance. it was an artist near the end of his life, suffering physical effects of drug abuse, lip-syncing to a record he released several years earlier at the height of his success. It was part of his last ditch effort to restart his career. It had to be painful to be in the audience and see this "live".
@@steveom59 regardless of his personal deficiencies this was indeed a performance. All artists lip synced to tracks on these kinds of shows.. that was indeed the dynamics of these broadcasts. Furthermore, I won't judge him on his personal demons, I made my statement based on the performance and I thought it was great given the circumstances, he was an outstanding performance regardless of his personal life.
@@rob_3417 He's 100 correct but apparently these morons who didn't live this are attributing the audiences reaction to racism. It's stupid and ignorant
Black people were the most awesomeness singers back in that time I loved each and every one of them they brought joy to my family during the 50s and 60s and I enjoy that era so much. shame on those women that were shocked that he was black. His music lives on forever.❤❤❤
This audience does not reflect most of Dick Clark's audiences. And 2 years later , Italian and black brothers from New Jersey had a huge hit together , THE PEPPERMINT TWIST
The sad part is that you could see he had talent, stage presence and the makings of an even greater entertainer than he was. The drugs just held him back basically...
My babysitters brought this music to my house. They'd have the biggest parties when my parents were out. They didn't make us go to bed .. just let us dance and taught us all the latest ones
@Channelhmmm I mean scientist across all levels guess all the time lol and they have a pretty good pay grade. What I said was a logical statement factoring in how blacks were mistreated during that area. 1960s I can almost bet my last dollar a black man was lynched somewhere in the United States!
@Fackyou69 Fooku I know but it’s just so surreal to see how young white girls couldn’t even enjoy music coming from a Black artist. It’s like if you enjoy something you shouldn’t let your racist family from stopping you from enjoying music you enjoy.
@@sucramlove1677 Hello! Black music/singers were enjoyed, respected. MotownRecords/Detroit startd in '59 & enlightened teens (& closed minded whts)Favs-TheSupremes, GladysKnight&Pips, SmokeyR, Aretha, MarvinGaye, JohnnyWalker&Allstars, etc. Bandstand/DClark, EdSullivan- presented lots of new music. Opened ppl's minds. (unlike propaganda now) A '60s kid-Detroit, Chicago...Atlanta in'68 before MLK was shot 4/68. (noticed subtle racism in S, then)
The contrast from his performance to the audience, they look like they’re at a conference for cement making! What a voice, history has shown he will live beyond his death and racism.
What were they supposed to do? They are on t.v.. They couldn't show a great deal of enthusiasm because this was during segregation. Any seductive or extreme enthusiasm could have resulted in both parties being lunched.
You’re right they didn’t deserve him however he didn’t sing it live because it wouldn’t of sounded nearly as good. Frankie’s voice was completely changed at this point
Agreed that's just the society we still live in today, but i bet you they wont be looking like that when they here there grandchildren listening to Beyonce, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee stallion, Doja cat, Dababy, ect but real talk though the only way we could come together is that if we stop judging eachother
@KingOfPopStars stop acting ignorant and dumb you see the video and there faces they didn’t like him cause he was black which was obvious just stop this was the 1960s so it’s not shocking but you acting like you don’t see it is what’s sad
This is a very interesting video. The audiences excitement during the introduction vs the confused faces during the performance. Given that this was before music videos and during the radio era, they must not have know he was black. He still killed it!
I hadn’t thought about that before, it’s a good point! I was wondering why they were excited to hear the song and then just got very unexcited. We take knowing what singers look like for granted now.
I hadn't ever seen him before the video showing the racist girls reactions went around social media, but I don't remember ever nit knowing this song and had always assumed he was black.
People have to realize that during the 60"s and earlier, blacks and whites did not mix. So the audience is probably a little confused. Thanks to Robert Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement, relations have improved.
You guys are so stupid... research a bit. This show was popular for playing black artists, those people would not have been there by accident. They were nervous about looking proper on camera which was important in culture at the time. You guys are ridiculously out of touch with reality. This is why old people complain about schools failing our children, because you guys make up history instead of actually learning it. Disgusting
@@giannamokoka8212 cmon now....you have no idea if they were racist or not. They came to hear the man sing! They’re just teenagers who came to listen to music and they obviously liked frankies by that applause. Don’t turn everything into a race issue!
Frankie lymon. Every performance he gives is haunting. I swear the humming he does in this song. Ive heard it. I just dont know where. I hope god has this young gifted child.
Yea there was a reason for that. Just like there’s a reason for everything. The pressures of the music business or even just living as a colored man during that era, and having certain things expected of him to stay afloat.. yea not easy. These could’ve been some of the reasons he was using heroin, you never know what someone’s going through mentally, even when they have a big smile on their face. That’s just to mask the pain.
Cameras were new back then. Watch the crowd in all the other videos of him performing back then, not everyone was racist. Don't feed into the corporate media's bullshit.
@@nathanb.8114 Look you may be right, but if you want more people to turn to Jesus, make sure you are doing it through love and through him. If you project hostility and disgust you are not showing God's love. People need to know what Jesus's love looks like.
@@joaquina3968 I've seen a number of these videos with people of all colors and the audience always acts like this. It was a different time and people were expected to act more reserved. Look at how nice everyone dresses. Now people act like jackasses in the audience because parenting has taken a nose dive in the last 30 years.
NO one liked this version of this song. Lymon hated it to. The audience sure loved hits by sam cook, the coasters, drifters and others. This song sucked and everyone knew it.
@@Annuii.i You don't know what your talking about like most posters on here. Dick Clark did NOT pay anyone to appear on his show, They all performed pro bono and they even paid their passage, They appeared on the show to boost their record sales as appearing in the most popular teenage show in the country usually did that
Boy how disgusting you can feel the discrimination in that audience! They just didn’t realized they were in the presence of great talent! Rip🙏🕊️Frankie Lymon!
I think there was a lot of discrimination, but youth are always a little bit head of the game. If you watch any performance with a teenage crowd from this era, of any type of music, being put on screen was probably terrifying. While it's important to remember the history of our society, seeing it with the lens of today is not seeing things clearly. I see kids watching something new, exciting, and probably not supported by their parents. And embarrassed to be on tv, which was fairly new at the time. Everyone clapped, whistled and screamed after the performance. The song was a major hit.
@@abdielnava4776 that is an excellent point. You’re absolutely right, the fact that his voice was prerecorded to make it easier for the audience to hear (specially in a venue that was probably not fitted for a live performance) doesn’t negate that he was incredibly talented. Thank you.
It didn't happen only to him. I have watched other videos from other artists from that time such as Neil Sedaka and Paul Anka and many girls act at that same way, looking around without any smile.
Knowing what happened to Lymon makes this video so much harder to watch. He smiled and performed like a champ but I can’t even imagine the type of pain he was feeling. Knowing that everyone hates you for reasons outside your control, even though you are very talented and objectively an amazing singer and performer. This truly is one of the saddest videos on the internet.
Agreed…struggled with heroin in his teens. This was one of his first comeback tour/solo career performances where he’s lip syncing to a track of The Teenagers (and from when he was 12/13)
No they don't hate him if they did they won't be there.....u are the one that hates the audience....not rubbing anything in your face but for the main fact u assume they hated him shows u are the one that hates
Everyone wondering how 6 voices can come from one young man. Anyone who can do their own 3 part harmonies and background chorus deserves respect. RIP Frankie.
I’m pretty sure that’s a playback. He’s not mic’d. A performance like this, back then, would require a wired mic (and most likely a stand). It wasn’t very common for acts to perform live on these TV shows.
The people in the audience were huge fans of Frankie. There were two main reasons why they were mostly all chewing and not showing much facial happiness. The first is that the sponsor of the show was a bubble gum company that wanted to show the audience chewing gum in order to market to the viewers at home. The advertisement aired before and after Lymon's set. The second is that in order for the episode to be aired by stations in the south, the audience was told to refrain from cheering and showing any excitement for Lymon.
The applause was loud. Most likely told to not scream like banshees. Teen girls did that at all shows in early 60s. It pissed off producers and musicians alike
The reaction of the audience?! So sad. Frankie Lymon was just a kid, and had to deal with all of that hostility. Wow, so sad. I am so happy things have changed ❤❤
Big nuts on bro in front of thousands that hate u but luv your craft ! And then peep the background! Show u the timing they on but he still came and turnt that Venue up legend
That's why they cheer and clap both when he comes on and goes off strange right? C'mon. Humans aren't inherently racist. Racism is taught. These children lived in the north. Frankie Lymon was a celebrity at the time. Tweens and teens are by nature self conscious and awkward, not to mention cameras and cameras in this setting, without their parents around, would be a new experience.
Are you easily duped? You dont even know what sequence the video was filmed. They can cut in shots of girls watching anything or during a break. Keep in mind that this was TV infancy and production standards were no where near as polished as today's. Dont be such a simp.
@Kordei - no it's not a circle, it's indeed a generational problem, that's why racism still exist right now, and won't disappear right now, it will slowly decrease after each generation, we can stop it, not right now, but helping the next generations
I love this kid. I wish he was still alive. He’s such a great singer. Giving such great vibes even though he’s facing these people. There was a scene where he looked a bit concerned but he still ends up looking like he had fun.
This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. Those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs. This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960. BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement. In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials. ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on. More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15, but he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One. Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance.
@@KingOfPopStars in previous interviews with him and his family decades after the crowd didn’t realize he was a black man and were caught very off guard by it and many as seen in the video didn’t know how they should react as states were still very segregated In the south at the time as well
Found out why, the show was sponsored by Beechnut gum. The show was even known as "The Saturday Night Beechnut Show". So I guess they gave all the audience gum to show "how good it was" or something.
fsumpter-- When i was a kid in the 60s my friend's mom told us, "a lady never chews gum in public, looks trashy." LoL I followed her advice and it has served me well.
I think it's supposed to be the lawn area in front of Columbia University. The same place where the pro Palestinian protests were taking place. There's a statue there that looks a lot like the one portrayed in the painting
Eddie Lombera nah they noticed he was lip syncing and it looked funny and weird because it was obvious his mouth movement and audio were off and didn’t sync.
Im not saying they are all racists if not they wouldnt be there what im saying is dont be scared of the truth coming out .. you must want to stay stagnant too
“I mustn’t let father know I enjoyed the colored boy’s performance.”
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I feel like they didn’t expect him to be black
Evan Saifman nah, they were to scared to enjoy the music cause of the time
they actually didn’t! they only heard him on the radio and a lot of people were p upset to learn he was black
Evan Saifman crazy how that was the first thing that popped in my head too.
Evan Saifman How? He only sounds black
Evan Saifman you “feel” too much. Get lost with your race baiting crap.
Long live Rock’n Roll!!!
I showed my grandpa this video, he said “sadly this is how it was perceived back then by some. I always loved this music, but others, they didn’t appreciate the amazing genius of it.” We both jammed out to this. He remembers watching American bandstand, but he loved all the music! This song is awesome! RIP! ❤❤❤❤
back then and still now sadly
The girls chewing didn't not like it. They were product placement for chewing gum. It was the Execs that didn't like him and the crowd didn't give 2 shits because Frankie was Crazy talented
@@Sgt.chickens big lies
@jimbean7652 it's recorded history. The show was sponsored by a chewing gum company. The executives Hated that The show was Booking loads of Black acts. And they were getting really good viewers hip out of it.
The reason most of the crowd is clapping here is they were told by executives and the police not to leave their seats. They clapped constantly to show support for Frankie and his performance,
All the girls not clapping are chewing gum. Obvious product placement
@@Sgt.chickenshe didnt invent the song and he wanst even singing. Its lip sync. Anyone can do it
This kid was a complete, musical genius. At 12 years old he had written, recorded on TV his song "Why do fools fall in love."
You can not tell, me, this same Frankie Lymon, was recorded on TV in the 1948 at 12 years old, singing a song that you have probably heard today.
Why do Fools Fall in Love
This kid lived to 25, got a heroin overdose and died.
Go on line, watch him on TV singing the song he wrote, at 12 years old.
This kid has always been one of my favorites. Only to find out he died at 25?
and ten years later the ninja dead..hooked on drugs like a typical ghetto ninja and dead as a mf
no one knows for sure he died to an overdose some people said the needle wasnt in him but it was near him and i think they said a couple days before or week i dont really remmeber they said he was beat up so i dont know but they think his death was staged
FYI, "Why do fools fall in love" was recorded in 1956, when Frankie was 14 years old. He was born in '42, he certainly wasn't recording anything in '48 :) . He joined The Teenagers in '54 (they weren't named that yet) and recorded this with them 2 years later for Gee Records. His life was a mess from 15 until his death, his music honestly became more famous posthumously, with a big resurgence decades later. Pretty sure he didn't have a top 10 (barely any top 50) hit after 1957 when he left The Teenagers. Very sad that he was pulled into a life of drugs at 15 by an adult and couldn't get out :( .
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@@BrianBlock Very informative my friend..
He's sooo brave for performing during that time
And he started so young. Such talent and courage!
I was saying the same thing do you not see there faces
Black performers endured a lot of hated on the road. That's probably why Nat King Cole died so young, stress will take you out!
Vickie Adams Frankie died even younger, I think he was 26 years old when he died
Nat king cole died of lung cancer and Frankie died of a drug overdose though.
@@meakley1 it's the same shit we dealing with in 2020.
I absolutely love the cameraman.
He wasn’t having non of the audience’s shit, put them on BLAST
@@jacobblaylock4942 bruh 🤣🤣🤣
The cameraman is the best part of this kind of shows, he decides what want to do. Or put in infraganti people being racist or put away those things.
@Fackyou69 Fooku calm down , you typing paragraphs for a comment that wasn’t even deep🤣
@Fackyou69 Fooku you mad ash aw 🤣
Such a handsome young man and so talented. So sad how he was treated. I still find it hard to believe that their is people who judge people because of the color of their skin.
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His voice is amazing. Some people were genuinely smiling especially towards the end & having fun. The others can suck it.
They were told not to smile or clap dummy. The studio was threatened by the KKK.
Don’t worry ladies, he wasn’t singing about you anyway. 🙃
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It’s not their fault they was afraid to smile incase they got attacked or hated on it’s just what it was like in them days
Fuck that was funny
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The world forgot everyone in the crowd, but we never forget the performer u live forever Frankie Lymon they never deserved u!!❤
I just adore his joy!!! The faces in the crowd slowly changed as they caught his contagious happiness!
God, this kid deserved better. This song is was and is still a major banger.
Cant hate on this 4sure...
Lol Banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥
What? Did this guy not get fame or money or am i missing something lol what in this video points to him deserving better?
@@ethanyule2713 I don't think you're aware of this man's history. Frankie Lymon lived during a time of heavy racism and segregation in America. Despite achieving nominal and financial success with his music, he was still looked down upon by people because he was black, and was not allowed because of racism to have the same status in people's eyes as white performers.
Even in the music industry, performers were segregated. Rock and roll was not allowed on the radio for a long time because it was seen as "black music" (which it was; black people created it just like they made jazz, gospel, and the blues). When it was allowed, white groups would be the only ones allowed to perform the songs. It would take a quiet revolution to make any sort of real breakthrough. Motown in Detroit was in part responsible for that, which I know because it's where I'm from.
Lymon was needless to say unappreciated in his time, as we see in the video here with the (white) teenagers looking sullen and at times angry to see a black man on stage performing for them. Meanwhile these same teenagers would be screaming their heads off for Paul Anka or the Beatles.
And he unfortunately died young at 25, so he never got to live to see a future where his work was fully valued.
tbh the song is shit
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As is not good? Or as in the *Shit*
Cause I find hard to believe someone to hear this and not give it its respect.
The audience absolutely freaks me out... imagine standing in front of them performing gosh... Frankie was simply fantastic non the less and so handsome.
this was not a performance. it was an artist near the end of his life, suffering physical effects of drug abuse, lip-syncing to a record he released several years earlier at the height of his success. It was part of his last ditch effort to restart his career. It had to be painful to be in the audience and see this "live".
@@steveom59 regardless of his personal deficiencies this was indeed a performance. All artists lip synced to tracks on these kinds of shows.. that was indeed the dynamics of these broadcasts. Furthermore, I won't judge him on his personal demons, I made my statement based on the performance and I thought it was great given the circumstances, he was an outstanding performance regardless of his personal life.
@@steveom59 you're very upset, leaving the same comment everywhere. Go have a drink
steveom59 How's your wife Debby Downer doing these days?
@@rob_3417 He's 100 correct but apparently these morons who didn't live this are attributing the audiences reaction to racism. It's stupid and ignorant
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Black people were the most awesomeness singers back in that time I loved each and every one of them they brought joy to my family during the 50s and 60s and I enjoy that era so much. shame on those women that were shocked that he was black. His music lives on forever.❤❤❤
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@@stanmarsh4468 Bill Cosby doesn’t sing
This audience does not reflect most of Dick Clark's audiences.
And 2 years later , Italian and black brothers from New Jersey had a huge hit together , THE PEPPERMINT TWIST
Black folks live this life to this day. White folks smiling in our faces and talking about us behind our backs.
They looked so scared of having fun ,frankie was free in his heart and was a talent beyond measure 👏
I’m glad he was enjoying himself
They were scared of what their parents would say if they saw them on tv.
They aren't scared of having fun. The 1960's was a very racist time to be alive.
I thought it was more that they were on TV.
They probably would have gotten into trouble with their parents and everybody else if they had showed they enjoyed it. That was the 1950's.
He still went out and did his thing. Wasn't put off at all. What an entertainer. Your music lives on king.
The sad part is that you could see he had talent, stage presence and the makings of an even greater entertainer than he was. The drugs just held him back basically...
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I love Frankie and his music, makes me sad whhat happened to him
My babysitters brought this music to my house. They'd have the biggest parties when my parents were out. They didn't make us go to bed .. just let us dance and taught us all the latest ones
I can listen to this a thousand times....
The way he was still smiling and enjoying himself as much as he possibly could amidst some faces of judgement.... 😔🥺🤍
quirkins He’s used to the huge cameras of that era, while the audience isn’t.
This performance has serious close ups of the audience too.
Boy you are dumb
@@shaunlopez8942 why is he dumb?
Were you there in the audience? How do you know that they are judging him? Seems to me that you are the one judging?
thicc buttowski yup they were clapping.
Thank you Frankie. Rest in peace brother🙏
Such brave souls performing in those horrific racist lynch era times.
Channel Yay no lynchings that year but there was one the next. You know what he meant.
Everything is the same nowadays ..
That's sad
Isaac Newton how?
@Channel I bet there was a bunch no one heard about
@Channelhmmm I mean scientist across all levels guess all the time lol and they have a pretty good pay grade. What I said was a logical statement factoring in how blacks were mistreated during that area. 1960s I can almost bet my last dollar a black man was lynched somewhere in the United States!
The very first girl seemed to be enjoying herself then once she realized the camera was on her she looked all nervous and stopped lol.
That's because she was in the platters and Frankie ex wife
@Fackyou69 Fooku I know but it’s just so surreal to see how young white girls couldn’t even enjoy music coming from a Black artist. It’s like if you enjoy something you shouldn’t let your racist family from stopping you from enjoying music you enjoy.
@@sucramlove1677 Hello! Black music/singers were enjoyed, respected. MotownRecords/Detroit startd in '59 & enlightened teens (& closed minded whts)Favs-TheSupremes, GladysKnight&Pips, SmokeyR, Aretha, MarvinGaye, JohnnyWalker&Allstars, etc. Bandstand/DClark, EdSullivan- presented lots of new music. Opened ppl's minds. (unlike propaganda now) A '60s kid-Detroit, Chicago...Atlanta in'68 before MLK was shot 4/68. (noticed subtle racism in S, then)
The boy at 2:25 didn't seem to mind
@Kordei - it’s cos they enjoyed the music but didn’t want to be judged by the fellow whites for enjoying a songs from a black guy it’s messed up
The contrast from his performance to the audience, they look like they’re at a conference for cement making! What a voice, history has shown he will live beyond his death and racism.
What were they supposed to do? They are on t.v.. They couldn't show a great deal of enthusiasm because this was during segregation. Any seductive or extreme enthusiasm could have resulted in both parties being lunched.
Wow! Such a presence. Truly talented. ❤️❤️
He definitely killed this performance the audience didn’t deserve him
You’re right they didn’t deserve him however he didn’t sing it live because it wouldn’t of sounded nearly as good. Frankie’s voice was completely changed at this point
yep sadly he died in age 25 :(
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Yep all of them was racist anyways
Agreed that's just the society we still live in today, but i bet you they wont be looking like that when they here there grandchildren listening to Beyonce, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee stallion, Doja cat, Dababy, ect but real talk though the only way we could come together is that if we stop judging eachother
Imagine hearing an absolute banger and being more bothered by who's singing it
Who is bothered by it? Why are all these comments about the women in the audience?
@KingOfPopStars stop acting ignorant and dumb you see the video and there faces they didn’t like him cause he was black which was obvious just stop this was the 1960s so it’s not shocking but you acting like you don’t see it is what’s sad
@@KingOfPopStars because he was black
@@kaaay0313 your not racist or anything...
@@kaaay0313 does it fuck with your narrative that a black singer was famous in the 1960's and that white people liked him???
Con la linda música de la gente de color bailamos los clásicos los años 70. 80. 90...que hasta ahora siguen alegrando la vida ...los inmortales...
I love this type of music memories of Dad n mom....their jams! Much respect to Mr. Lyman a talented soul!❤
This is a very interesting video. The audiences excitement during the introduction vs the confused faces during the performance. Given that this was before music videos and during the radio era, they must not have know he was black. He still killed it!
I hadn’t thought about that before, it’s a good point! I was wondering why they were excited to hear the song and then just got very unexcited. We take knowing what singers look like for granted now.
Some enjoyed it
I hadn't ever seen him before the video showing the racist girls reactions went around social media, but I don't remember ever nit knowing this song and had always assumed he was black.
People have to realize that during the 60"s and earlier, blacks and whites did not mix. So the audience is probably a little confused. Thanks to Robert Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement, relations have improved.
You guys are so stupid... research a bit. This show was popular for playing black artists, those people would not have been there by accident. They were nervous about looking proper on camera which was important in culture at the time. You guys are ridiculously out of touch with reality. This is why old people complain about schools failing our children, because you guys make up history instead of actually learning it. Disgusting
Shout out to that one lil boy enjoying himself
crow yeah..those were some horrible times
King Sora he was an adult at the time.
King Sora and the pretty blonde lady Infront of him smiling
He's probably an old man by now
They all were enjoying themselves they was raised by racist and couldn't show there inner happiness!
The bohpmet. Sitting in the chair behind him!🫣
Is that what that is?! I thought it was lady justice or something like that
So we gonna act like bohpomet not sitting behind him?
You see that?
The dumb sheep don't notice or know.
Alma mater. It's a statue. Look it up unless you're scared it's gonna eat your soul or something.
😃❤Bravíssimo !❤👍 Happy Xmas and Happy New Year ( 2024 ) ! ❤👏👏👏
i couldn’t imagine being judged that hard by so many and he still smiling enjoying himself as he shoulddd
Really he was judged? How so
@@Random_Art822 u didn’t see the way the audience was look at him what?
I see that now they are probably thinking this is weird a concert full of white people and a black.kid on stage
@@Random_Art822 don't be naive
probably because he is the one getting the last laugh.
Talk about being fed to the lions. His courage and that smile were at 100 though!
Lmao fr only the kids liked it pretty much
I.T. Girl i need that confidence.
💯💯💯🤟🏾
Racist faces🤨
@@giannamokoka8212 cmon now....you have no idea if they were racist or not. They came to hear the man sing! They’re just teenagers who came to listen to music and they obviously liked frankies by that applause. Don’t turn everything into a race issue!
Frankie lymon. Every performance he gives is haunting. I swear the humming he does in this song. Ive heard it. I just dont know where. I hope god has this young gifted child.
Yup
May He Rest in Peace....what a Talent that was unappreciated....🙏🕊️💐
They wanted to enjoy his beautiful singing, but were too scared. Just sad. He kept smiling through it all too. A truly blessed man indeed ✊🏽
Zoë Dominique
They just didn’t like the song 👍🏻
Seemed like they just wanted NOT to.
Either scared or experienced white guilt
Zoë Dominique - A blessed man? He was already using heroin for two years when this was taped. The guy was dead at 25.
Yea there was a reason for that. Just like there’s a reason for everything. The pressures of the music business or even just living as a colored man during that era, and having certain things expected of him to stay afloat.. yea not easy. These could’ve been some of the reasons he was using heroin, you never know what someone’s going through mentally, even when they have a big smile on their face. That’s just to mask the pain.
Forget that stiff audience...😦🙁 Frankie had swag..😎🤗😍
Sandra Matthews
Sandra Matthews He was so cute and his voice was amazing
👍❤
Yeah they are more stiff than my morning wood ok I'm going now 👌
No kap
As an old white guy, this song is a delight and a masterpiece! Rest in peace Sir! ❤
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Absolutely awesome!!!
The expression of these women shows the racism of that time
EUA is the most racist country in the whole world. And Always will be.
*and today
Cameras were new back then. Watch the crowd in all the other videos of him performing back then, not everyone was racist. Don't feed into the corporate media's bullshit.
@Pointless Productions Okay, man, the cop guy didn't kill Jorge Floyd with his knees. He was just resting...
ua-cam.com/video/e72tG80LmsU/v-deo.html same expressions in this video, i think they're not racist
There are a lot of baby Karens in that audience... 😬
They wanted to see the manager after the performance.
They're probably old/ dead Karen's now
mary mae thank god now they cant vote for trump
Buncha Susans Now!
Lol
Era un grande 😮👋🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 tremendo artista...aún sigue viva su memoria, está canción está en varias películas
Thank u channel guy for existing.
Wow..Hes performing with devil behind him and demons in front of him.
@@nathanb.8114 yeah but this is a pretty bad way to evangelize..
@@nathanb.8114 Look you may be right, but if you want more people to turn to Jesus, make sure you are doing it through love and through him. If you project hostility and disgust you are not showing God's love. People need to know what Jesus's love looks like.
These comments got me laughing left and right!
And still nailed it
And then heroin knocked on his door.
With that innocent face and all that stuff you would never think that he died of an overdose of heroin...he had three wifes too...amazing
If you listen to the lyrics you wouldnt be surprised he had 3 wives
Frankie was a player for damn sure...my god he had it going on!!!
cualkiera2 3
What’s more disturbing is the audience faces.
Doc Holliday p
He paid his due to the devil.
Why the devil statue
I like how he can tell there’s judgment in the crowd so he just looks up and keeps singing
They didn’t expect him to be black, Imagine the pain he felt but he kept dancing, Rest in peace king
You idiot. They knew he was black, Frankie Lymon was one of the biggest stars of that era. People loved him.
bruh, they saw his picture on the album covers and posters... why is everybody so convinced that ALL white people are racist?
@@ThatFilmisGnarly it’s just because of the way they all look. Nobody looks like they’re having a good time.
@@lifewithzinnah White people created racism?! WTF? How can you be this stupid??
@@joaquina3968 I've seen a number of these videos with people of all colors and the audience always acts like this. It was a different time and people were expected to act more reserved. Look at how nice everyone dresses. Now people act like jackasses in the audience because parenting has taken a nose dive in the last 30 years.
Them white girls minds we’re blown asf when they realized they had been dancing and singing to a black mans song in their room.
Lol right
He was already famous for many years.
They look like i want my money back.
NO one liked this version of this song. Lymon hated it to. The audience sure loved hits by sam cook, the coasters, drifters and others. This song sucked and everyone knew it.
SHAWN owen fuck u
1:16 there’s still hope 😊
Shes cute
Many of these women still walk among us 😭
Must be the year gum came out LMAO everybody chewing lmaoo
Haha
I rember it well, we used to stick rats to poles and feed it to our children what fun times
lol not all are chewing, but a one is singing ..
💀💀🤣🤣😂😂
They're chewing like cows in the field 😂
He still managed to keep smiling even with that sour audience. I love that about him
He was still getting paid and performing on stage what does he had to be upset for just because a few(lot of) people have stiff sticks in their ass
Autum you sure are prety
@@Annuii.i You don't know what your talking about like most posters on here. Dick Clark did NOT pay anyone to appear on his show, They all performed pro bono and they even paid their passage, They appeared on the show to boost their record sales as appearing in the most popular teenage show in the country usually did that
junky Smile
@Luis Martinez they were clapping and you heard mostly females cheer at the end
Imagine seeing a 14 year old sing better than my entire school
Boy how disgusting you can feel the discrimination in that audience! They just didn’t realized they were in the presence of great talent! Rip🙏🕊️Frankie Lymon!
I see a lot of smiles and clapping. What discrimination?
I think there was a lot of discrimination, but youth are always a little bit head of the game. If you watch any performance with a teenage crowd from this era, of any type of music, being put on screen was probably terrifying. While it's important to remember the history of our society, seeing it with the lens of today is not seeing things clearly. I see kids watching something new, exciting, and probably not supported by their parents. And embarrassed to be on tv, which was fairly new at the time. Everyone clapped, whistled and screamed after the performance. The song was a major hit.
Six decades later it still sounds awesome. A great talent.
He’s obviously lip syncing
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838and?
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838doesnt mean he didnt sing just as good. It was pre recorded so the audience could hear. Think before you type
@@abdielnava4776 that is an excellent point. You’re absolutely right, the fact that his voice was prerecorded to make it easier for the audience to hear (specially in a venue that was probably not fitted for a live performance) doesn’t negate that he was incredibly talented. Thank you.
you don’t think he sung this wow the hate you people feel about us is heartwarming glad we’re in your mind
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838
They were simply too scared to enjoy the song, see how they are all looking around too see others reactions, SAD.
AJ Smith I noticed that too
They’re not scared nor sad they’re racist
That's what I saw, they were scared to like him, if the others didn't, so sad
It didn't happen only to him. I have watched other videos from other artists from that time such as Neil Sedaka and Paul Anka and many girls act at that same way, looking around without any smile.
Look at he, all beatiful. When i look at black artists i feel proud.
Amazingly talented! ❤❤
RIP Frankie. Thanks for the music❤🕊
Yes, rest in peace. 🤍💗
Died so young.. God bless his soul
@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 the best ones die young
F
@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 cause of his heroin addiction.
Knowing what happened to Lymon makes this video so much harder to watch. He smiled and performed like a champ but I can’t even imagine the type of pain he was feeling. Knowing that everyone hates you for reasons outside your control, even though you are very talented and objectively an amazing singer and performer. This truly is one of the saddest videos on the internet.
Would you mind explaining what happened to him in further detail ?
@@kilz3522 he died of a heroin overdose
@@domso1o oh
@@kilz3522 the music industry chewed him up and spit him out....
Just like it's done to so many others ☹️
Agreed…struggled with heroin in his teens. This was one of his first comeback tour/solo career performances where he’s lip syncing to a track of The Teenagers (and from when he was 12/13)
Impresionante cantante no lo habia escuchado pero es increible su voz
He smiles while audience filled with hatred. Real legend.
They enjoyed it they just couldn’t be seen enjoying this mans performance because not being a racist back then was like being a racist today
All the way to the bank lol
No they don't hate him if they did they won't be there.....u are the one that hates the audience....not rubbing anything in your face but for the main fact u assume they hated him shows u are the one that hates
@@thegracetofollow4194 I’m sorry, Grace. You can see the racism on their faces. They’re looking at him as if he’s a Martian! Can you not see it?
Yeah, the audience was so filled with hatred that they clapped along... Sick bastards.
His voice is so CLEAR
Hello Ashley, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Unfortunately most performances on TV in the 60s were mimed (lip-synced) due to poor audio quality in the equipment.
@@scottmiller3363 surprised most people don’t know like how in the movie it’s lip-synched then audio played over
luckily this video's from 1960, not 1930.
@@omarionstormer2618 oh I knew
Que valentía del amigo de mostrarse porque su voz es estupenda.
Las personas que brillan su luz llega a cualquier lugar.
The whoa whoa whoaaa before the ohhhh ohhhh my GOD🔥🔥❤️❤️. Long live my cousin Frankie
Everyone wondering how 6 voices can come from one young man. Anyone who can do their own 3 part harmonies and background chorus deserves respect. RIP Frankie.
Que? Pense que habian mínimo 4 personas cantando jaja
Por que ya venía con la pista pre grabada obviamente
Playback aún así lo amo no merecía esas miradas 😒
I’m pretty sure that’s a playback. He’s not mic’d. A performance like this, back then, would require a wired mic (and most likely a stand).
It wasn’t very common for acts to perform live on these TV shows.
How did he do it?
That statue behind him is unsettling.
What is it? A lady with horns?
Hes always been there in plain sight, here he is ushering in the new pop music culture.. the devil himself
Satanic symbolism...not even trying to be discreet.
@@m.ahio3659 wait is it? Can someone explain. I don't know much about religion.
@@DB-115 if I told you it would virtually be unbelievable ,
Divino el muchachito lastima que no lo supieron aprovechar 😢nunca señoras,ni en otra vida tendrán el talento de estos chicos ❤
The people in the audience were huge fans of Frankie. There were two main reasons why they were mostly all chewing and not showing much facial happiness. The first is that the sponsor of the show was a bubble gum company that wanted to show the audience chewing gum in order to market to the viewers at home. The advertisement aired before and after Lymon's set. The second is that in order for the episode to be aired by stations in the south, the audience was told to refrain from cheering and showing any excitement for Lymon.
Love frankie! The dummies in the audience had no clue they were witnessing a legend! Wish i could've seen him live!
I think they were scared to show true feelings...
Don't forget this is a different era....not that todays standards leave anything to be desired.
It's wild seeing little haters try to hold in their amazement. Lil ugly girls'
YEAH DEY RASIST TOO!!
You mean racist
I do like that no matter the audience response he kept a smile on his face. That right there gives me inspiration
It wasnt that they were being cold to Frankie. Know your history before you assume. They had all come there to see him, after all.
@@mlaforce321 no one assuming
The applause was loud. Most likely told to not scream like banshees. Teen girls did that at all shows in early 60s. It pissed off producers and musicians alike
Some of them were smiling and vibing. I feel everyone was too scared
They were still clapping, I don't think he was watching much to their faces, he had no camera close up
The reaction of the audience?! So sad. Frankie Lymon was just a kid, and had to deal with all of that hostility. Wow, so sad. I am so happy things have changed ❤❤
Big nuts on bro in front of thousands that hate u but luv your craft ! And then peep the background! Show u the timing they on but he still came and turnt that Venue up legend
The expressions on their faces said everything! The eyes don’t lie!
That's why they cheer and clap both when he comes on and goes off strange right? C'mon.
Humans aren't inherently racist. Racism is taught. These children lived in the north. Frankie Lymon was a celebrity at the time. Tweens and teens are by nature self conscious and awkward, not to mention cameras and cameras in this setting, without their parents around, would be a new experience.
Are you easily duped? You dont even know what sequence the video was filmed. They can cut in shots of girls watching anything or during a break.
Keep in mind that this was TV infancy and production standards were no where near as polished as today's.
Dont be such a simp.
@@hwoods01 that’s not how you use simp my guy
@@MsBhappy Yes! Esp in 1960 when so much was new. The teens here arent racist.
Omg is was so cringy
This man is a legend, a real human. All he does is what he loves even if he’s not really liked by everyone else.
I AGREE!!
@F u c o dude. U do realize that the Boomers are not all dead. They were born between 1946-1965So more are Alive than are dead.
BRAVE GUY! The looks
Legit Angel forever!! 2024 and he still relevant. The people in the crowd are gone and forgotten for eternity, not even their families remember them.
All them sour white faces 🤣😂😂🤣🤣 frankie you legend
lol
Right 😂
Jacob Damato 😂😂 I swear, the rhythm of them white folks
Jacob Damato omg i thought i was the only one notice that... all of them was!!
Y'all racist ugly asses. If they was complaining about black people you'd lose your shit
Most of our grand parents lived during this time and people really act like it was so long ago
@Kordei - no it's not a circle, it's indeed a generational problem, that's why racism still exist right now, and won't disappear right now, it will slowly decrease after each generation, we can stop it, not right now, but helping the next generations
People still do these days trust me it has gotten better since but racism isn’t completely gone yet
@@tahamohammad1741 it will never be gone, as I pass down the tradition to my children
@@samjlee1092 lmaooo
@@samjlee1092 which is why I will pass down the tradition of knocking out racists to my children
He was so smooth ❤️
They hated so bad to see a young talented black kid up on that stage smh crazy times that was
I love this kid. I wish he was still alive. He’s such a great singer. Giving such great vibes even though he’s facing these people. There was a scene where he looked a bit concerned but he still ends up looking like he had fun.
If that was a Black audience, they'd be dancing ALL OVER THE PLACE!!
Sarah McGee they also wouldn’t have been allowed in
They allowed frankie
+Sarah McGee
The show was a seated audience. It was not intended to be some trash fake nightclub set up.
@@Zyphorius true unfortunately
Bruh moment
You can tell he’s looking at them it’s sad but he lives as legend
Hate can’t take away good music, 60 years later we loving this performance
This episode is from August 1960 and is an interesting piece of music history. Those girls were told to stay in their seats by ABC execs. This is Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut show. It aired on ABC from 1958-1960. BeechNut is a chewing gum company. That's why all the "teens" are chewing gum, it's product placement.
In 1959 Dick started booking black talents despite objections from ABC national offices. He started with the doo-wop group The Coasters, then Chuck Berry, then Little Anthony and The Imperials. ABC national claimed the show was causing problems with viewers. But TV ratings continued to soar in 1959. And BeechNut stood by Clark and the showed went on.
More black acts followed in 1960. Enter Frankie Lyman. Frankie was on the downside of his career here due to a building heroin addiction by age 15, but he was having the biggest success of his solo career with Pretty Little Bitty Pretty One. Minutes before Frankie came on. The audience was warned by ABC executives NOT TO LEAVE their seats. Cops were present but no threats of arrest were made. So the audience defiantly CLAPPED for Frankie's performance.
Yeah, I never thought they hated Frankie. They look mainly unsure how to react and do to enjoy the song without getting up and dancing
@@ThatGingerNateas drogas sempre drogas
yea look what they did to music and America and neighborhoods.
Thank you for that information. I appreciate the facts and of course the beautiful music, despite the ladies faces 😊
Is this all a lie ? Like wow
What a brave boy 💕
liz torres too bad he died at a young age of drug overdose
For real! So brave!..
@@richardburnside8299 dhuoy.
He's lip syncing it as well.
That's a grown ass MAN
How could you be in the room listening to this live and not he losing your fuckin mind
The look on the face of beautiful girls. Showing them that love is blind
And this some of y’all memaws 😭
NOT MINE!! I was raised around music and I know how to clap And YELL!!!!!
@@jeancartrer6871 respect
What's wrong with them?
@@KingOfPopStars in previous interviews with him and his family decades after the crowd didn’t realize he was a black man and were caught very off guard by it and many as seen in the video didn’t know how they should react as states were still very segregated In the south at the time as well
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Never seen so much gum chewing in all my life.
fsumpter 😂😂😂😂 makes you wonder
Found out why, the show was sponsored by Beechnut gum. The show was even known as "The Saturday Night Beechnut Show". So I guess they gave all the audience gum to show "how good it was" or something.
Lmfao
fsumpter--
When i was a kid in the 60s my friend's mom told us, "a lady never chews gum in public, looks trashy." LoL I followed her advice and it has served me well.
That’s that Wrigley’s Doublemint gum!
It’s the bee’s knees!
Lo mejor de este niño ...jamás lo había escuchado pero felicidades donde quiera que se encuentre🙏🙏
…. Satan is literally in the background.
I don’t recall this …
Whut?
I think it's supposed to be the lawn area in front of Columbia University. The same place where the pro Palestinian protests were taking place. There's a statue there that looks a lot like the one portrayed in the painting
An entire roomful of girls thinking "Gee, I thought he was white."
No, it was more like they didn’t want to be recorded enjoying a black man singing.
Eddie Lombera nah they noticed he was lip syncing and it looked funny and weird because it was obvious his mouth movement and audio were off and didn’t sync.
They are just afraid to boogie and bee branded as nogga lovers..they'll bee aiiight
@@eddielombera5862 bingo!!!
@@OwenOwenT Hahhaha yeah
Grew up with this song since Matilda ! I still love it 🥰
Inihhhhh
I don't see any hatred. geesh
@@lyricberlin what?
Riiiigghhhttt and I watched Matilda consistently! I knew I heard this somewhere before the movie came out 😍
This one, isn’t that one.
Bobby Darin sings that one.
one of the best voices I have ever heard in my life
Minunată muzică,adevărată muzică americană a oamenilor de culoare, iubesc muzica lor ❤❤❤❤
Those girls are so afraid to enjoy the performance....how messed up.
They are worried about there peers seeing them be happy because of this black mans talent
I understand that but fear of the crowd doesnt trump love and truth .. If the world lived like this we would all be free
that's complete bs. I've never seen so many ignorant comments. Everyone commenting must be under 35 and very dumb.
Im not saying they are all racists if not they wouldnt be there what im saying is dont be scared of the truth coming out .. you must want to stay stagnant too
Time isnt a factor here same stuff has been going on and still is .. quit tryna scare away from the topic and get in to irrelevant details