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"I Want You to Be My Girl"
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
Length2:50
Label Gee
Songwriter(s) George Goldner, Richard Barrett
The Teenagers
featuring Frankie Lymon
singles chronology
" Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
(1956)
"I Want You to Be My Girl"
(1956)
" I Promise to Remember" / " Who Can Explain?"
(1956)

"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

  1. ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, "I Want You to Be My Girl" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon". Discogs. December 1956. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Exciters, "I Want You to Be My Boy" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.