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 the lead song. Their first three singles were arranged by frequent Winley collaborator Davey Clowney, better known as Dave "Baby" Cortez, and all - "So Strange" / "Love No One But You", "Please Let Me Love You" / "I'm Falling in Love" and "The Plea" / "Oh Baby" - made the lower reaches of the national pop chart, and generated considerable New York interest. The original line-up consisted of Adam Jackson, Lenny McKay, Anthony "Jimmy" Smith, Leo Vincent, and Noel Grant. Some people have thought the smaller McKay was the falsetto lead, but it was actually the larger Jackson who sang the high notes. Many of their songs had dual leads by Jackson and McKay. An unusual song led solely by high tenor Jackson was the cha-cha "I'm Falling In Love".