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Lymon's slowly declining sales fell sharply after his voice changed and he lost his signature soprano voice.

Adopting a falsetto, Lymon carried on.

His highest charting solo hit was a cover of Thurston Harris ' " Little Bitty Pretty One ", which peaked at number 58 on the Hot 100 pop chart in 1960, and which had actually been recorded in 1957.

Addicted to heroin since age 15, Lymon fell further into his habit, and his performing career went into decline.

According to Lymon in an interview with Ebony magazine in 1967, he said that at the age of 15 he was first introduced to heroin by a woman twice his age.

In 1961, Roulette, now run by Morris Levy, ended their contract with Lymon and the singer entered a drug rehabilitation program.