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The Jesters

The Jesters were a doo-wop group based in New York City who achieved success in the late 1950s. They were students at Cooper Junior High School in Harlem, who graduated from singing under an elevated train station near 120th Street to the amateur night contest at the Apollo Theater, where Paul Winley discovered them and later signed them to his Winley Records.

The Jesters' B-sides often rivalled t…

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Artist details

Type
Group
Area
United States
Founded
1956
Labels
Paul Winley Records
Last updated: January 15th, 2014

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