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ahahah bahahaha you're a mad man!! :D

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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...

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m51ip6pplbLRo4k.html same expressions in this video, i think they're not racist

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..

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

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 🤣

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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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They were told not to smile or clap dummy. The studio was threatened by the KKK.

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???

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!!!

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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

Bill Cosbey 🤨

@@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

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.

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

@@napakamu9670 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.

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

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!

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!

@@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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 :(

At all

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

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Sandra Matthews He was so cute and his voice was amazing

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Yeah they are more stiff than my morning wood ok I'm going now 👌

No kap

Yup

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...

Hello Amraya, how are you doing?

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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

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.

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.

Lmao fr only the kids liked it pretty much

I.T. Girl i need that confidence.

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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!

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!

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

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.

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

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 ,

Yes sir

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

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

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.

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

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@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

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

Shes cute

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

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@Luis Martinez they were clapping and you heard mostly females cheer at the end

The flavor was called "segragregatious"

no. they were probably trying not to laugh because they are watching a drug addled, sad shadow of his former self lip-syncing to the record he release several years earlier.

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Subscribe 4 no reason what kind of gum do you chew, owed and entitled flavor ?

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.

They look nice to me...

Young girls LOOK so rasiatic.

And the Satanic Statue behing

That's because they're Lucifer's descendants honey!

all Klanners

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 ..

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They're chewing like cows in the field 😂

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.

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

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

Johnny Dangerous nah I think it was cause of those big ass cameras in they faces 😂😂😂 I mean no doubt some was pissed that he was black but u think most knew

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Everyone that was into Rock n Roll music during this era knew Frankie Lymon was black. Frankie was at the top of his game from 1955-1957, By 1960 Frankie was a washed up has-been singing cover songs of past rock and roll hits, Nothing to be enthusiastic about.

jonny chingas oh so like elvis’s whole career lol.

@@moonrocked You dumb-ass what does Elvis have to do with a Frankie Lymon video?

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

Yes, rest in peace. 🤍💗

Died so young.. God bless his soul

​@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 the best ones die young

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@@ismaelidabderrahim3106 cause of his heroin addiction.

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

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

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)

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 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.

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.

lol they probably thought they was the finest lil thangs on the planet Lmao!

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I know. That's what I thought.. Some of them probably didn't even know he was black.

I think it was just sad you can see them judging him!

Did you also notice how Frankie never seems to notice them? He never looks directly at them, which he actually was not allowed to do - he wasn't allowed to sing to white girls back then (so not allowed to look at them while singing or gesture towards them) - On the opposite side of that, those girls would never let their daddies catch them swooning over a black man. Just left the atmosphere all kinds of awkward - I couldn't even imagine trying to perform to a bunch of faces like that! Really speaks volumes about how much talent Frankie had!!

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