Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
Single by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
from the album The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
B-side	"Please Be Mine"
Released	January 10, 1956
Recorded	November 1955
Genre	Doo-wop, rock and roll
Length	2:20
Label	Gee
Songwriter(s)	Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant
Producer(s)	George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers singles chronology

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" is a 1956 song by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 1 on the R&B charts. It went on to be covered by The Beach Boys in 1964 and Diana Ross in 1981 as the title track for her 12th studio album Why Do Fools Fall in Love. It topped the single charts in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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v t e The Teenagers
Frankie Lymon Jimmy Merchant Herman Santiago Joe Negroni Sherman Garnes Billy Lobrano Howard Kenny Bobo
Studio albums	The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
Singles	"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"

v t e Diana Ross
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Diana Ross (1970) Everything is Everything (1970) Surrender (1971) Touch Me in the Morning (1973) Diana & Marvin (1973) Last Time I Saw Him (1973) Diana Ross (1976) Baby It's Me (1977) Ross (1978) The Boss (1979) Diana (1980) Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) Silk Electric (1982) Ross (1983) Swept Away (1984) Eaten Alive (1985) Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) Workin' Overtime (1989) The Force Behind the Power (1991) A Very Special Season (1994) Take Me Higher (1995) Every Day Is a New Day (1999) Blue (2006) I Love You (2006) Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz (rec. 1978, rel. 2015) Thank You (2021)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1972) Diana Ross' Greatest Hits (1976) 20 Golden Greats (1979) To Love Again (1981) All the Great Hits (1981) Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs (1993) One Woman: The Ultimate Collection (1993) Diana Extended: The Remixes (1994) Voice of Love (1996) Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) The Definitive Collection (2006) The Greatest (2011) Upside Down: The Collection (2012)
Live releases	Live at Caesars Palace (1974) An Evening with Diana Ross (1977) Greatest Hits Live (1989) Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues (1993) Christmas in Vienna (1993)
Soundtrack albums	Diana! (1971) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Mahogany (1975) The Wiz (1978) Endless Love (1981)
Video albums	Live in Central Park (2012) Paris 1968: Broadcast Archives (2013)
Singles	"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Remember Me" "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" "Surrender" "I'm Still Waiting" "Good Morning Heartache" "Touch Me in the Morning" "You're a Special Part of Me" "Last Time I Saw Him" "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" "You Are Everything" "Don't Knock My Love" "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" "Love Hangover" "Gettin' Ready for Love" "Ease on Down the Road" "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" "What You Gave Me" "The Boss" "It's My House" "Upside Down" "I'm Coming Out" "My Old Piano" "It's My Turn" "Endless Love" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "Mirror, Mirror" "Muscles" "Pieces of Ice" "All of You" "Swept Away" "Missing You" "Eaten Alive" "Chain Reaction" "Experience" "Dirty Looks" "If We Hold on Together" "Workin' Overtime" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Someday We'll Be Together" "Take Me Higher" "I Will Survive" "Not Over You Yet" "Goin' Back" "I've Got a Crush on You"
Featured singles	"A Brand New Day" "We Are the World"
Tours and concerts	Super Bowl XXX halftime show (1996) Always is Forever Tour (1999) Return to Love Tour (2000) I Love You Tour (2006–2008) More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour (2010–2012) In the Name of Love Tour (2013–2017) The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade (2015–2017)
Related topics	The Supremes Rhonda Ross Kendrick (daughter) Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter) Evan Ross (son) Arne Næss Jr. (second husband) Arthur "T-Boy" Ross (brother) Diana Ross Playground Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
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