Most record buyers did not become aware of this latest change until the Happenings recorded a cover version of "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" in 1967 with Levy's name listed on the label. By 1964 he was using again, and she was hiding the money from his occasional gigs in a hole in the wall of their apartment to keep him from buying heroin with it. Your email address will not be published. Elizabeth Lymon said in court papers that she married Lymon on Jan. 23, 1964, in Alexandria, Va., and had his daughter, Gloria Francine, who died shortly after birth in 1965. Both Elizabeth's and Zola's attorneys say Emira offered their clients 20 percent (for Elizabeth) and 5 percent (for Zola) of the estate. The pair claimed they wrote "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" with Frankie Lymon and asked for a declaration of rights to the copyright of the hit song. Levy declined direct comment on the Lymon matter. With the matter now in a confused state, the federal judge stayed Emiras lawsuit. He was inducted into the Army in December 1966, and sent to Fort Gordon, Ga. By the time Pvt. He probably found out through her attorney, who Ronnie now had to deal with during the lawsuit., His dealings with Emira had all been oral. Instead, he has posthumously provoked a trial that will determine which of the three women he is said to have married -- without ever scrupling to divorce any of them -- is really his widow and heir. He was back in New York where, Elizabeth and several other witnesses swore, he said that his marriage to Zola had been only a publicity stunt. The Surrogate Court judge hearing the widowhood case has been pushing for a settlement. It teaches him responsibility and how to stand on his own two feet. She called the work "moonlighting" and testified that she was arrested for it 15 or 20 times. She'll use a 16-piece band and her own group, Zola Taylor's Platters, as backup singers. Zola and Elizabeth didn't get close to Emira; she didn't have anything much to say to them, either. Lymon's managers tried packaging him as a solo crooner in a cravat. However, it turned out she had been married to someone else at the time. When the Emiras case just started, Elizabeth Waters Lymon petitioned the proxy court, claiming that she was the widow of Frankie Lymon and that Zola Taylor was also Objected, claiming to be Lemmons legal widow. They pointed to the contracts that Elizabeth and Zola signed with Levys publishing business, Big Seven Music Corp. Each assigned the songs copyright to Big Seven in exchange for an advance ($10,000 for Elizabeth and $7,500 for Zola) against her share of future royalties. Producers Paul Hall, Stephen Nemeth. Who owns the rights to old songs matters as much or more now than it did when they were hits. I caught Frankie at a good time in his life. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" "If you have any kind of heart at all," she said, "you know that he went through hell.". document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. When she recovered, she declared that "she knew it; she'd had faith all along," Peterson said. The names of Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy were now listed as the songwriters. When Frankie Lymon died from a heroin overdose in 1968, he was broke and trying again for a comeback that he never achieved. Zola has been unable to locate records documenting their Mexican wedding, or documenting her Mexican divorce from her previous marriage (her second). Lymon related that he started singing publicly with his three brothers in a choral group at Gospel Church in New York City. This legal drama was made into a movie earlier this year, named after his hit song Why fools fall in love. Nava, whose credits besides Selena include My Family and El Norte, is given to pitching things as broadly as the law allows, and what Fools is most reminiscent of is love story comics from the 1950s with titles like Realistic Romances and Teen-Age Temptations.. Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters : You see, y'all gotta understand. DAPHNE, AL 36526. ", Meanwhile, Paula Span used both interviews and court testimony to profile each of the widows in her story. When you made a deal with Ronnie, it was usually oral, a real old-school type of business person. Emira Eagle Lymon Bryant, the legally declared widow of '50s teenage rock star Frankie Lymon, died Saturday at AU Medical Center. His widow in 2013 said she was lucky to know and love Lymon at a good time in his life when he was happy being in the Army and still had hopes for the future. ", But in 1984 (as the original copyright term of the song was expiring) Emira Eagle Lymon brought suit in U.S. District Court in New York against Levy, his attorney, his record label and his publishing company. I cant just sit here and tell the court anything different. Borstein also said that Lymon, who was always pestering Levy for money, sold Levy the copyright to all his songs and that Levy has a signed document to that effect. As a child star, however, I was subjected to discipline from agents, managers and lawyers, but it was a discipline that protected me from myself so to speak. Zola Taylor Lymon, now 50, one of the original Platters, had flown in from Los Angeles. Not to mention that two other members of the Teenagers have filed suit claiming they cowrote "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Ah, Frankie. Debunking the Myth: Is Maduro a Dictator? The first decision was made in Waterss favor; Eagle appealed, and in 1989 the New York State Supreme Court Appeals Division overturned the original decision and transferred ownership of Lymon to Eagle. Elizabeth Waters was not yet divorced when she married Lymon, but the marriage became lawful once her first husbands divorce was finalized. Emira's attorneys argue that Elizabeth and Frankie separated in mid-1965 and never lived together as man and wife thereafter, invalidating her claim to a common-law marriage. Elizabeth may have had the hardest time of it. Elizabeth Waters may be entitled to an estate worth $750,000 in accumulated royalties from Lymon 1956 hit and it's more modern iterations, according to Surrogate Court Judge Marie Lambert's ruling. The Taylor sections are the most fun, largely because Taylor knew Lymon when he was at his performing peak and director Gregory Nava, whose last film was Selena, does an energetic job of re-creating the exuberant rock stage shows of the period. He didn't mind. According to Bill Olb, the idea was suggested to Ronnie by Pearl McKinnon, who had recently left the reunited Teenagers. In December 1989, the New York Supreme Court ruled that Bryant was Lymons only legal wife. It was also Rubin who located Emira, put her in touch with an attorney, helped line up witnesses and documentation. "Up to a point." It was modified to just Lymon and Goldner on subsquent recordings for the next decade before Goldner's name was replaced by Levy's. It was engraved with the words, In Memory Of Frankie Lymon Sept. 30, 1942 - Feb. 27, 1968 "We Promise To Remember". She told Span that she never recovered financially from the loss of her home and still feels "cheated." Her published account of the trial and the three women contesting to be named Frankies legal wife and heir was titled The Three Wives: The Legacy Of Love. Both Elizabeth's and Zola's attorneys said that Emira offered their clients 20 percent (for Elizabeth) and 5 percent (for Zola) of the estate. Though this success was short-lived, Lymon on a personal level was apparently quite the boy who couldnt say no. "I'm not going to wear mink coats with {you} in jeans," she announced. "Emira's Frankie Lymon is not this drunken bum," Pomeroy says. Both Zola and Elizabeth think their agreements with Levy fair, and neither plans to take legal action against him if she is found to be Lymon's widow. According to Paula Span, people sometimes compared Frankie with the young Michael Jackson, who also knew how to combine innocence and knowingness. When asked about his association with alleged mob figures, Levy, who was Jewish, responded: "I've been on Broadway 47 years. Ms. Lymon signed with both 20th Century Fox Records and Columbia Records, but both deals were short-lived. Similarly, one of the unexamined factors in his turning to hard drugs was apparently the difficulties caused by his voice beginning to change. Also a plus is the entertainment value of the films infectious classic rock soundtrack, which (besides the Teenagers hits sung by Lymon) includes songs like The Great Pretender, Try a Little Tenderness and Heat Wave., Hampering this on the negative side, besides the films awkwardness with its dark moments, is an inability to provide more than the most superficial look at anything. Recording costs and commissions for everyone from managers to choreographers could siphon off much of a group's earnings. He then was a private in the Army taking basic infantry training at Fort Gordon and assigned to Company D, 16th Battalion, 2nd Training Brigade. She says she's never recovered financially from the loss of her home and still feels "cheated," yet she also talks about Lymon's ruptured family, and, again, his drug dependency. Her singing group, the Platters, had been even more successful than the Teenagers, and the group was sometimes referred to as the Four Platters and a Dish. The Surrogate Court judge hearing the widowhood case pushed for a settlement. Why does the rain fall from up above? Set designers Clare Scarpulla, Michael Bernard. I know its been good for me.. "Remember, Frankie needed the money badly," Borstein said. She and Frankie were riding a tour bus together in 1956, doing 81 one-nighters with a rock 'n' roll cavalcade that included Chuck Berry, the Coasters, the Penguins and Bo Diddley, as well as the Platters and the Teenagers. Zola and Elizabeth declined, but say they were willing to accept an equal, three-way split. Lymon's work had largely been reduced to lip-syncing at record hops; he said Zola could help get him some gigs in Los Angeles. probe. Taylor's attorneys could not be reached for comment. I feel sorry for him, most of all," echoed Zola. It spent months on the pop charts, led to national tours and TV appearances and bubble-gum cards with the Teenagers' picture on them. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. His was a wasted life, and he was so talented., Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Big Seven agreed to pay Elizabeth an additional $5,000 if the federal lawsuit is dismissed because the plaintiff (Emira) is not the legal widow. Zola testified that their affair continued off and on for several more years. Elizabeth, now 46, says she's been born again, but she still strives for glamor, her skirt fashionably above the knee, her fingernails long and orange. ("I thought royalties was a dessert," says Elizabeth.). She said he didn't mean to hurt her, and blamed his behavior on his addictions. Ash Taylor, Elizabeth Waters, and Amira Eagle reached out to Morris Levy, a music entrepreneur who retained Lymons copyrights and copyrights, claiming to be Lymons legal widow; Lymon didnt bother to divorce any of them. Taylor,. Borstein, Levy's attorney, says the agreements amount to standard industry contracts. He (Frankie) sort of changed my life, she told the judge. They were married in June 1967 at the Beulah Grove Baptist Church, with 50 members of Emiras family in attendance and a reception afterward at the Capri Lounge. Fox), a prison-hardened former shoplifter and prostitute. Ten years after his initial success, however, he was wearing an Army uniform as a private at Fort Gordon. Running time: 1 hour, 56 minutes. The Teenagers tried recording on their own, with a new lead singer. "He was honest, completely honest," Elizabeth insists. Dr. William Eugene Sexton Age 88 Hephzibah, GA, GA Dr. William Eugene Sexton, 88, husband of 69 years to Martha Frances Greenway Sexton, entered into rest Wednesday, February 22, 2023. He was characterized as The Octopus by Varietymagazine for his far-reaching control and power in the record industry and his connections to organized crime. Elizabeth testified that she did not object. ", Doo-wop historian Philip Groia, author of "They All Sang on the Corner," attended one of Alan Freed's legendary rock 'n' roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount in the spring of 1956. It was Bryant who was depicted in the 1998 movie "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" He then located Emira, put her in touch with an attorney, and helped line up witnesses and documentation. The following month, Zola testified that she and Frankie drove to Tijuana and got married in a tiny chapel. That wasn't his style. , A thief turns to prostitution to help Lymon fund his drug addiction. Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 - February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo-wop group The Teenagers.The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid-teens. She attempted to recover all the royalties from the date of the records release because she alleged that neither Levy nor his predecessor as co-writer, George Goldner who discovered and recorded the Teenagers, was actually a songwriter. And it stalls or kills a federal lawsuit Eagle had brought to reclaim control of the publishing rights to his song. But I couldnt get my hands on him, couldnt find him. According to Elizabeth and several other witnesses, Frankie was back in New York telling them that his marriage to Zola had only been a publicity stunt. Elizabeth testified that she saw him on that visit, as she had a number of times both before and after his wedding (which Elizabeth says she knew nothing of). Though other people testify in the trial, notably Little Richard playing himself and saying things like I am the originator, the emancipator, the motivator, most of Fools is told in flashback as each woman takes the stand and relates her portion of Lymons life. "Some drug users, they rob, they steal, they do everything to sustain that habit." Emira testified in Surrogate Court that her arrangement called for any money recovered through her suit to be shared 50-50 with Rubin, after expenses and legal fees, which had already reached a substantial subtotal. Family and friends said goodbye Friday to Emira Eagle Lymon Bryant, who. He was energetic; dynamic; charismatic. Friday, November 06 2020. Span wrote that Frankies relationship with Zola was not entirely maternal. And then he went out and proved it. investigation of the infiltration of organized crime in the recording industry. He was apparently a bigamist, or maybe a trigamist. "He had the type of personality," says Elizabeth Waters Lymon, Wife No. One of his records with the Teenagers was called "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent," but for all the conviction in his sweet young voice, he probably was one. There may be further delays, though, while that executive faces federal extortion charges. Only after the trial to expose his wife was revealed, Fox was appointed as the producer. Sound Veda Campell. Back in 1956, the hit song had first been credited to Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, and George Goldner - head of Gee Records. Frankie, by 1965, had pretty much been reduced to lip-synching at record hops on the East Coast. (All three women used the surname Lymon in court documents at least part of the time.) The Happenings' 45. Frankie had started using heroin again, and she was forced to hide the money from his occasional gigs in a hole in the wall of their apartment to prevent him from using it to buy drugs. Emira came to New York to arrange for his funeral mass and burial, and she paid the bill -- $2,000. Smalls Mortuary - Eastern Shore. He was previously married to Emira Lymon, Zola Taylor and Elizabeth Waters. "He had such presence, he'd just take over a stage and wipe an audience out. Zola, the older woman, was 17. The fact came to notice from a judge during a trial where three middle-aged women (Ash Taylor, Elizabeth Waters, and Amira Eagle) spoke about their miseries. They became lovers, Zola testified, one night in Bangor, Maine, when Frankie had won $1,700 gambling with Clyde McPhatter and she had gotten "a little loaded drinking scotch and water." Last in line is Emira Eagle (Lela Rochon), a demure, well-bred Southern educator. While growing up in New York City, I never had much discipline, Lymon said. View our. Bigger than life! The signs were plain, she says now, that Lymon was floundering, working only intermittently, addicted to drugs and probably to alcohol as well. Neither Zola nor Elizabeth could quite figure Emira Eagle Lymon, the 48-year-old third wife from Augusta, Ga. Frankie marrying a schoolteacher? Believing that she had the stronger case, Big Seven agreed to pay Elizabeth an additional $5,000 if the federal lawsuit was dismissed because the plaintiff (Emira) was determined to not be the legal widow. "She never disputed his role in the creation and authorship of this song," her attorney says. Emira came to New York to arrange for Frankies funeral mass and burial. He had the looks; he had the voice; he had the moves. She did not object when he decided to head for California in 1965. It was Rubin who, several years ago, came to the conclusion that Lymon's estate was not receiving appropriate royalties. Lymon's 1967 marriage to Eagle, marked by a ceremony at the Beulah Grove Baptist Church, was invalid, according to the opinion, because he was still married to Waters. Zola, the second supposed wife, got to be pretty friendly with the first. Rodgers, who had been Roulettes top-selling artist in the 50s and early 60s with his #1 hit Honeycomb and 26 other charting singles, suffered traumatic head injuries from a blunt instrument in the beating. Privacy Policy Agreement * I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy. William McCracken, who represents Emira Eagle, called her at the elementary school where she teaches. She and Frankie began living together in 1962, she testified. Not that their relationship was entirely maternal. Why Do Fools Fall in Love With Frankie Lymon is more like it. Emira refused. What is less clear from the file is why, 20 years afterward, it has become so important to be Frankie Lymon's legal widow. The elephant in the room was the large sum of money that would be awarded to whoever was determined to be the songwriters of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love. It was copyrighted in the names of Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy. I know its been good for me.. During 1965, the copyright for Why Do Fools Fall In Love was changed. Yet just over a year later, Lymon would be found dead in his grandmothers bathroom from drug abuse. Her only marriage lasted 4.1 years. Yes, the three women are gorgeous and talented, and it is fun to see them having at one another. Undisputed, however, was the song's impact. That's why we're here today.". "She did not know the druggie described in this trial She knew a soldier.". -- a classic bit of doo-wop doggerel with Lymon credited as coauthor -- are murky. (Diana Ross also had a hit with it), "Goody Goody," "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Im Not a Juvenile Delinquent.". Army discipline, I think, teaches a man how to protect himself. Elizabeth, now 46, said she had been born again, but she still strove for glamor, her skirt fashionably above the knee, her fingernails long and orange. He is skeptical, too, about some of the harrowing descriptions of Lymon that have surfaced during the legal jousting. When she left to tour Japan with the Platters in December 1965, she says, she left Frankie living in her hillside house with instructions to pay the bills out of an allowance forwarded by her attorney. Lymon and his group followed up with three more hits in 1956 and another in 1957. Similar to the stars of today, whenever the press cites "exhaustion" it's drug related. First Visitation. Elizabeths claim to be Frankies wife and heir was weakened by the fact that she was still legally married when she wed Frankie in 1964. Elizabeths attorneys argued in response that she and Frankie lived in Philadelphia and therefore established a common-law marriage under Pennsylvania law. He was busy preparing for an April 11 trial for extortion and conspiracy in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, stemming from an F.B.I. In 1984, as the original copyright term of Why Do Fools Fall In Love was expiring, Emira Eagle Lymon brought suit in the U.S. District Court in New York against Morris Levy, his record label, and his publishing company. She turned to heroin and cocaine herself, she acknowledged on the stand, and to support her daughter from her first marriage, she became a prostitute. By the time Frankie showed up, unannounced, in Los Angeles, Zola had done well for herself. Neither has Elizabeth or Zola. She also turned to prostitution to support her daughter from her first marriage, to one Charles Phillips, when she was just 16. What seemed pretty clear from all the filings is the reason why, 20 years afterward, it had become so important to be Frankie Lymon's legal widow. Eagle's New York counsel Ira Greenberg agreed that his "current inclination" was to appeal. Waters Residence Hall is centrally located in the heart of campus along the shore of Lake Mendota. In lieu of sentencing, Frankie was allowed to undergo another rehab programAfter completing another rehab program and was inducted into the Army in December 1966. Half adroit flatterer, half emotional infant, the films Lymon offers hardly a clue as to why his real-life counterpart was so irresistible to women. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. However, it turned out she had been married to someone else at the time. No one foresaw that the people who grew up with the music would refuse to relinquish it, repeatedly recycling it into movie sound tracks and albums, cover versions, oldies compilations and TV commercials. By now, publishing rights to the song may have earned $750,000, or even more. She had insisted that he check himself into a Manhattan hospital to cure his drug habit. Copy. Hell, the boy had so many needle marks on him, I thought he was a God-damned . She testified that she and Frankie had started living together shortly after they met. Royalties were underestimated or simply never paid. 1/28/23, noon until 2pm service at Small's Mortuary. 1, "that would draw people to him.". What was there about Frankie Lymon? Rubin gets his share, too: Emira testified in Surrogate Court that her arrangement called for any money recovered through her suit to be shared 50-50 with Rubin, after expenses and legal fees, which have already reached a substantial subtotal. 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