Zola Taylor, born Zoletta Lynn Taylor (March 17, 1938 – April 30, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer. She was the only female member of The Platters from 1954 to 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles.
Zola Taylor was a member of The Platters until 1962, when she was replaced by singer Barbara Randolph. Taylor was the second of Frankie Lymon's three wives. In 1984, on behalf of Emira Lymon, a lawyer and a...
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Zola Taylor, born Zoletta Lynn Taylor (March 17, 1938 – April 30, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer. She was the only female member of The Platters from 1954 to 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles.
Zola Taylor was a member of The Platters until 1962, when she was replaced by singer Barbara Randolph. Taylor was the second of Frankie Lymon's three wives. In 1984, on behalf of Emira Lymon, a lawyer and artist's agent sued to wrest the copyright of Frankie's hit song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" away from the current owner. The case became confused when it looked like Lymon had a second and possibly a third widow. Elizabeth Waters claimed to have married Lymon in 1964 in Maryland. However, it turned out she had been married to someone else at the time.
As Waters' claim went to court, Taylor claimed that she had been sexually active with Lymon as early as the "Biggest Rock "n" Roll Show of 1956" tour. She claimed to have married Lymon in...
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