I Promise to Remember

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"I Promise to Remember"
Single by Frankie Lymon
and The Teenagers
from the album
The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
B-side "Who Can Explain?"
Released June 1956
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:42
Label Gee
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Castor, Jimmy Smith
Frankie Lymon
and The Teenagers singles chronology
"I Want You to Be My Girl"
(1956)		"I Promise to Remember"
(1956)		"The ABC's of Love"
(1956)

"I Promise to Remember" is a song written by Jimmy Castor and Jimmy Smith and performed by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers featuring Jimmy Wright and His Orchestra. It reached #10 on the US R&B chart and #57 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956. [1] The song was featured on their 1956 album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon . [2]

Jimmy Castor American musician

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Jimmy Smith (musician) jazz musician

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The single's B-side, "Who Can Explain?", reached #7 on the US R&B chart. [3]

A-side and B-side the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records and cassette capes

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"Who Can Explain?" is a song written by Abner Silver and Roy Alfred and performed by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers featuring Jimmy Wright and His Orchestra. It reached #7 on the US R&B chart in 1956. The song was featured on their 1956 album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon.

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Troglodyte (Cave Man) single by Jimmy Castor

"Troglodyte ", originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 funk song by The Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, it peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972. The song, especially the intro "What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time", has been heavily sampled in hip-hop music and dance music.

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References

  1. ↑ "Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, "I Promise to Remember" Chart Positions" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, "Who Can Explain?" Chart Position" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Jimmy Castor Bunch, "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" Single Release" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.


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