The Jesters are best known for their soaring falsetto-driven minor hit "So Strange" and for their cover versions of the Chantels' "The Plea" and the Diablos' 1954 classic "The Wind" (which had established Nolan Strong's place as an R&B legend). The latter barely managed to chart on Billboard's national chart (number 110 on June 20, 1960), but the Jesters' addition of a fifth harmony vocal part definitely added to the song's enduring beauty. Like many acts before them, they exemplified the New York City vocal group sound of the mid-'50s. They were particularly influential on mostly white, early-'60s vocal groups like the Excellents and the Imaginations.
When music, lyric and vocal was what made the song. Idealistic and innocent it may have been but it was genuine talent and not just synthesized showmanship.
only1boboso 2 months ago
@only1boboso
I agree Nuff Said
Hwaj5300
hwaj5300 1 month ago
Yes, very good memories of which I will always treasure the rest of my life.
ldynyc47 5 months ago
@ldynyc47
Sometimes living better times in our minds eye is great
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Hwaj5300
hwaj5300 5 months ago
Now this is what you call music....Love the Paragons and the Jesters...Brings back so many memories of my youth all the house parties I used to go to in the Bronx and Manhattan.
ldynyc47 5 months ago
@ldynyc47
Good memories I hope
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Hwaj5300
hwaj5300 5 months ago