I Want You to Be My Girl
1956 single by The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
| "I Want You to Be My Girl" | ||||
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| Single by The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon | ||||
| from the album The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Not a Know It All" | |||
| Released | April 1956 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Gee | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Goldner, Richard Barrett | |||
| The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon singles chronology | ||||
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"I Want You to Be My Girl" is a song written by George Goldner and Richard Barrett and performed by The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon. It reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956.[1] The song was featured on their 1956 album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon.[2]
Other versions
- The Exciters released a version of the song as a single in 1965 entitled "I Want You to Be My Boy" that reached #98 on the Billboard pop chart.[3]
References
- ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, "I Want You to Be My Girl" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon". Discogs. December 1956. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Exciters, "I Want You to Be My Boy" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
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The Teenagers
- Frankie Lymon
- Jimmy Merchant
- Herman Santiago
- Joe Negroni
- Sherman Garnes
- Billy Lobrano
- Howard Kenny Bobo
- "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
- "I Want You to Be My Girl"
- "I Promise to Remember"/"Who Can Explain?"
- "The ABC's of Love"
- "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent"
- "Teenage Love"
- "Out in the Cold Again"
- "Everything to Me"
- "My Broken Heart"
- "Can You Tell Me"
- "The Lemon-Twist Dance"
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