why do people think that the jackson 5 was the first child group?

Question

there so ignorant Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers were the first child group Frankie Lymon was a way better singer then michael jackson thats so sad Frankie Lymon died so young R.I.P
Most people dont even no about him i think the jackson 5 copied the song abc's of love

Answer 1

The Jackson 5 had their dad which did everything for them and made sure they got their money Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers didnt so they were young and didnt know what people were doing if Frankie Lymon had some guidance he would have still been alive rich and better then michael Jackson
Frankie's voice was way better.

Answer 2

The Jackson 5 were way over-exposed. Their popularity was way over all of their heads. I've never heard of Franie Lymon and the Teenagers. But the Osmonds were popular in their day as well.

Answer 3

Probably because they were the most well known and over all popular, plus in the Jackson 5 is young Michael Jackson who in the 80s was the biggest star around

Answer 4

I don't think anyone thinks the Jackson 5 were the first child group. Where do you hear that from?

However they were one of the first successful child groups- selling over 25 million records and spawning 4 number one singles. Also MJ grew up to be one of the biggest recording artists of all time.

Also ABC was not written by the Jackson 5 but by Motown writers who wrote all of the early Motown hits.

Answer 5

I don't think they were the first child group but they were the most popular with the best lead singer, nobody sings better than Michael Jackson! And actually the song ABC was written especially for the Jackson 5!

♥♥We Love You Michael!!!!♥♥

Answer 6

Frank Joseph "Frankie" Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an African-American rock and roll//R&B singer, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group called The Teenagers. The group included five boys, all in their early to mid teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African-American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.

Together for only eighteen months, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers are nonetheless renowned for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. The group is also noted for being rock's first all-teenaged act.[1] Their first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. Lymon eventually fell into heroin addiction, and died in 1968 at the age of twenty-five.

Frankie Lymon is famous for the song " Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

larenz tate played him in the movie version with lela rochon, halle berry, vivica a fox, even little richard came out in that movie.


The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. The group, active from 1962 to 1990, regularly played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. Considered "one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music[1]" during the early 1970s, the Jackson 5 are also notable for launching the career of their lead singers Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson.

The Jackson 5 were the eldest five sons of Katherine & Joseph Jackson: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael. Joseph Jackson formed the band in 1962 and served as its manager, with Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and unrelated youths Reynaud Jones and Milton Hite comprising its original lineup. Within a year, Michael and Marlon joined the band, and Michael became lead singer.

The Osmonds' career started with a big break at Disneyland, followed quickly by regular appearances on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960s. In the mid-60s they performed with Sweden's most popular singer Lars Lönndahl, and gained a lot of popularity in Sweden. However, their most successful period was the early 1970s, when they achieved a string of chart hits.

They were joined for a time by younger brothers Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) and subsequently 'Little' Jimmy Osmond (born April 16, 1963). They had a self-titled Rankin/Bass-produced Saturday morning cartoon series on ABC-TV from 1972 to 1973. Donny, and to a lesser extent Jimmy, both achieved success as solo artists, as did their one sister, (Olive) Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959). Marie's signature hit was the country song "Paper Roses" (hence the recurring theme on their variety show where Marie sang, "I'm a little bit country," and Donny responded by singing "and I'm a little bit rock and roll"). Jimmy achieved particular success in the UK and Japan (most notably for his single "I'm a Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool"), while Donny and Marie's success was nearly worldwide. Donny and Marie also performed as a duo, and hosted their own variety show, Donny & Marie, on ABC from 1976 to 1979.

The family members are well-known as devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Osmonds are of English descent on both their paternal and maternal sides.

Answer 7

Let's see, there was the Osmonds
The DeFranco Family
The Partridge Family
Patience and Prudence
The Lennon Sisters
Yeah, you may be right

Answer 8

The Jackson 5 were over-exposed + overated .