Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( The Teenagers feat. Frankie Lymon )
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 07/05/1956 (16 weeks)
  US 6th 02/11/1956 (21 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( The Diamonds )
  US 12 02/18/1956 (19 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( Gale Storm )
  US 9 03/03/1956 (18 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( Gloria Mann )
  US 59 03/10/1956 (5 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( Alma Cogan )
  UK 22nd 08/16/1956 (3 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( The Happenings )
  US 41 09/23/1967 (6 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers )
  UK 84 10/28/1989 (1 week)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love ( Diana Ross )
  DE 17th 11/30/1981 (15 weeks)
  UK 4th 11/07/1981 (12 weeks)
  US 7th 10/17/1981 (20 weeks)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - I'm Coming Out (Diana Ross)
  UK 36 07/09/1994 (4 weeks)

Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1956 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers song written by Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy .

history

In 1955 the band promised a song on behalf of George Goldner with the quote: "Why do birds sing so gay?" (German: Why do birds sing so happily?) to write. To expand the lyrics, the songwriters were inspired by some love letters that Jimmy Merchant, tenor of the group, received from some female fans. Later they came up with the idea of ​​calling the song Why Do Fools Fall in Love (German: Why do fools fall in love?). The song was written in December 1955 at Bell Sound Recording Studios in New York City with the participation of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Wright and his band of 5 musicians . The publication took place on 10 January 1956. As a result, the single sold 100,000 copies within 3 weeks; With a total of 2 million copies sold and the status of first number one hit , the song made the group widely known.

Since the song brought the band's breakthrough, it was considered a trailblazer for the then young stars like Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson , who also began their solo careers at the age of 13.

Cover version by Diana Ross

In 1981 Diana Ross re-recorded the classic. The version was released worldwide on September 25, 1981, in the Netherlands and Belgium the version became a number one hit. In contrast to the original, this version was modeled on the soul songs in the 1960s , the version also appeared in the album of the same name .

Other covers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Why Do Fools Fall in Love in the UK charts
  2. ↑ Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , Record Research 2007, ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7 .
  3. ↑ Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Diana Ross) in the German charts
  4. ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 103