Cooke, Sam - Frankie And Johnny Lyrics






Frankie and Johnny was sweethearts
At least that's the way the story goes
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
From his sports car to his Ivy League clothes

Aw, he was a man alright
Oh, but he was doing her wrong
Just to show you what can happen

A friend came running to Frankie
She said you know I wouldn't tell you no lie
I saw your man ridin' in his Jaguar
With a chick named Nellie Blye

Oh, if he was your man honey
Let me tell you he was doing you wrong
Let me tell the story

Frankie ran around the corner
And peeked in a swinging place
And there she saw Johnny with a woman
He had his arms around her waist

Aw...he was a man alright
But Frankie could see that he was
Doing her wrong
And oh let me tell you

Frankie reached down in her pocketbook
And up with a long forty-four
She shot once, twice, three times
And Johnny fell on the hard wood floor

Aw...he was a man alright
But she shot him because he was doing her wrong

But the last thing he told her was
Frankie, you know I love you
Why? Honey, why did you do that?
Frankie, I was telling her about you
Frankie, you know I love you
Frankie, you know that I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Frankie, you know good and well that I love you
Frankie, I'll always love you baby
Frankie, you know I can't do without you
Frankie, you know I love you
And I know, and I know I was doing wrong
You wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
Frankie, baby, you know I love you
Frankie...





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  1. R.... ....

    Sam placed his own unique signature on this song and I love it! :).

  2. L.... ....

    Oh Frankie....

  3. L.... N....

    Hi edagdwg when your friends see you with. Someone else mind your business let them find out for themselfs might know already don't want to let go sad but true Linda j. love hurts ❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈🌈

  4. a.... ....

    Do you think Sam Cooke was a Marvel Comics fan?

  5. C.... C....

    Rip to the greatest sam cooke. On this day dec 4 1964 sam got kill.sam u music will never died sleep on sam .its 65 years and lord sam u are allways in my heart

    C.... C....

    God only mad one sam cooke

  6. B.... A....

    This is the definition of perfection.

  7. A.... W....

    If he was your man honey

  8. M.... H....

    Awesome version

  9. F.... V....

    Argentina 2019...

  10. R.... T....

    Thanks for taking the time to post one of the best cheating songs ever.

  11. B.... S....

    Still like David Allen Coe's version alot better..

  12. C.... Z....

    il 2000 like :)

  13. V.... J....

    My momma loved him. Rest in peace momma!😑

  14. J.... T....

    How ruin a classic.

  15. S.... S....

    The irony is how Johnny was shot in the song because of an affair with another woman and how Sam Cooke is rumored to have allegedly died.

    S.... S....

    That's not "irony", but it is a tragic coincidence, or eerily prophetic.

  16. C.... P....

    One of the truly greats. Classic singers!

  17. M.... A....

    26th day of July 2019 Friday. Timeless classic.

  18. j.... h....

    were they fruity?

    j.... h....

    Frankie was a girl

  19. f.... k....

    My brother told me that Sam Cooke got shot by a jealous luvr. ...life thru music

  20. A.... A....

    i am here because of Al Pacino

  21. D.... H....

    Frankie shouldn't have been buying Johnnie everything. He just took her for granted!!

  22. e.... l....

    I have to sing the line "He was a man, but he was doing her wrong" in a scool projekt and I have been listening to this all day...

  23. A.... W....

    Ahh if he was your man honey...

  24. K.... A....

    RIP brother Sam Cooke

  25. K.... A....

    Classic

  26. T.... L....

    prophetic?

  27. M.... j....

    Greatest male singer of any era, of any race. Simply, the best to ever do it.

    M.... j....

    Totally agree. One of my favorites

    M.... j....

    Why compare,its music ITS NOT A G.O.A.T,musicians HONED they skills back in those days,everybody was original....

    M.... j....

    no one has ever come close! that tone he had that opened up your heart. How we miss him!!!

  28. S.... G....

    What a song. Timeless.

  29. c.... 2....

    One of the best oldies. Love this song. 💜

    c.... 2....

    chanel 2018 I know every word to this song.
    💜 the oldies !

  30. M.... W....

    Whoever posted this video clearly didn’t listen to the lyrics or know how to spell “sweathearts”.

    M.... W....

    @Meg Wethington That all depends on the version of this song. The original song was a little different than this one.Earlier Louis Armstrong sang the version you speak of, but later this song had a spin put on it. Sam Cooke displays it in this short version.

    M.... W....

    People are here because they love Sam Cooke's singing, which is the same reason Jayne van der wijk went to the trouble of posting this. No one is here to listen to your complaints, especially the one after Jayne van der wijk's very restrained and polite reply to your first comment. Regardless of how much you attempt to justify your actions no one cares about your motivation only your arrogance and lack of grace.

    M.... W....

    Really? That bothered you. !lol Im bothered that you let that bother you lol greeeezzzz

    M.... W....

    Now now... It is just a simple error which is human. I love Sam Cooke and I appreciate Jayne for posting it. What is truly important is that she accepted her err and even more important is throwing that sucker in jail for murdering my Brother!

  31. J.... R....

    What a voice............ Wow.............. Murdered by some low life scumbag who one hopes all these years later is still in prison........... should have been hanged.

    J.... R....

    she was never convicted of his murder the motel manager or the prostitute he was with he was set up

  32. V.... R....

    my mom loved this song

  33. S.... W....

    The one and only.

  34. D.... D....

    Sam the lyrical storyteller Cooke ladies and gentlemen, just to show you what can happen

  35. B.... M....

    Horrible

    B.... M....

    Then don't listen.

  36. A.... N....

    The Real G.O.A.T. bar none. Once in a thousand year God given singing world reaching POWER. REST IN HEAVEN SAMUEL COOK.

    A.... N....

    so well said!!

    A.... N....

    Yea but a rip off from Jimmy Rogers

  37. M.... A....

    I LOVE FRANKIE AND JONNY

  38. M.... A....

    Nothing like Sam Cooke to put the sexy in a red rooster

  39. J.... W....

    44 Special in a "Pocketbook" ..... yeah, OK

  40. d.... ....

    Guns & love don't mix...

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    Cheating and lying don't either!!

  41. G.... S....

    He didn't want to get shot again, he wasn't stupid.
    Did she spend, Christmas Eve...in ..Jail❓

  42. S.... B....

    What a classic

  43. f.... w....

    as a kid, concepts too adult to grasp, yet, song scared me juxtaposed with Sam's death tale.

  44. R.... J....

    I wish I was Johnny...nobody ever gave me a dime but hell...

  45. M.... B....

    well in hassan he was unbelievable what a voice

  46. M.... P....

    so....he sang of his own murder then.....

    M.... P....

    Marco Plo Seems like it doesn't it.

    M.... P....

    That wasn't nice, lol

  47. C.... B....

    old blue eyes not in same class for that matter frankie had no class

    C.... B....

    Fuq sinatra

  48. G.... D....

    Where have all the good singers gone... THEIR DEAD!!!

  49. R.... H....

    Pure magic! Simple as that.

  50. F.... O....

    The year after he made this Cooke would be shot dead himself. In both cases a verdict of "justifiable homicide" was returned. "Just to show ya what can happen."

    F.... O....

    Wrong........ he was shot murdered by some low life scumbag who i think ran a motel ?

  51. B.... D....

    Heavenly. What a voice. The black Frank Sinatra. But sorry, no need for comparisons, he can stand on his own as the greatest african american soul singer of all time. Its a shame on this country what they did to him. But I will remember him by listening to this.

    B.... D....

    Your comment doesn't tell us anything we don't know about Sam Cooke, but it does reveal a lot about you.

    B.... D....

    @Hasan x Amen to that.

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    @Mike Moore And Amen to that, too!

    B.... D....

    Regardless of black or white, Sam Cooke, in my humble opinion, is leagues ahead of Frank Sinatra every day of the week. But factoring _in_ race, Sam Cooke isn't the "black" anyone. He's one of the greatest artists of all time, and by far in the upper echelon of soul singers in the American soul canon.

    B.... D....

    @Hasan x that's right!!

  52. E.... B....

    This song makes me chuckle, Sam could sure tell a lyrical story...

    E.... B....

    he didnt write it. its ages old. many versions. 4 years late but hopefully you've heard a couple more :)

  53. B.... A....

    I love Sam Cooke. I have a 7" 45rpm vinyl record of this song for sale on EBay . Fast cheap shipping anywhere in the US! http://m.ebay.com/itm/321753611421?nav=SELLING_ACTIVE

  54. E.... C....

    way I see it is Johnnie got exactly what he deserved.

    E.... C....

    Earl Coleman Maybe you should keep that information to yourself. No need to be encourage these dames and giving them such counterproductive counsel. Just cuz you ait gettin any don't mean you have to ruin it for others. You sound the type of person who snitched on Johnny and put him in such unfortunate predicament.

    E.... C....

    @Yonis Ali lmaooo calm your tits yonis it aint that serious
    are you that scared of your wife finding out you use the phone behind her back?

  55. j.... p....

    What a voice, full of soul, sheer class. Grew up with this soul singer, who once was a gospel singer. Awesome.

  56. p.... ....

    Ill allways love you baby :-)

  57. L.... ....

    Most 13 year olds don't like this kind of music, but I do!

  58. E.... S....

    I tuned in to hear this great classic..... January 9th, 2015

  59. J.... T....

    nely bly needs to check herself...

  60. E.... S....

    Only 12 year old here... With no memories of this cuz I found it myself without my dad....

    E.... S....

    Very pleased that you are hearing this wonderful music! Enjoy!!

    E.... S....

    17 here

    E.... S....

    ..The one & only
    SAM COOKE ...

    ... how ever
    no ones worth dying or killing for.
    Don't dig two graves

  61. m.... ....

    Amazing voice!!!!

  62. A.... B....

    cant stop playing this :)

  63. G.... R....

    love this cat, my favorite of all time, even though he'd been dead for over 2 decades by the time I was born. Pure genius. Pure talent.

  64. A.... ....

    A favorite, thank you!

  65. E.... B....

    That damn Nelly Bly she always gets you in trouble...But I was telling her about you baby...

    E.... B....

    Ed Brown Nelly bly the nosey homewrecker

  66. M.... M....

    This is the best song ever!

  67. m.... ....

    This brings back memories London town 1985 -90 parties we all had at Elaines house. Great times. Might be two or it might be three time dont mean that much to me.aint felt so good since i dont know when and I dont know if ill ever feel this good again. Haha how true. Great version Sam.

  68. A.... ....

    Ah, sh!t... Sam Cooke The greatest singer of all time Rolling Stone '08, really brings back so many good memories of my father, who I will always love and adore! So many good ole memories especially those summer and weekend road trips to New Orleans or Vegas listening to Sam Cooke. Love you miss you Dad...

  69. M.... B....

    No dislikes, now that's what I like to see.

    M.... B....

    SAM COOKE - Such a charimatic soul singer.♡

    I guess we didn't know how good we had it ... seems all the Greats come out of gospel ...

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    pure class

  71. R.... G....

    love this song:} thanks for uploading.

    R.... G....

    There are no more Frankie's Frankie's all trying to get paid