[1] Some people have thought the smaller McKay was the falsetto lead, but it was actually the larger Jackson who sang the high notes.
[2] Jackson became the sole lead after McKay, Noel Grant and Leo Vincent left after the 1957 recording "I laughed".
[3] With a different line-up, with Adam Jackson as sole lead,[4] The Jesters reached #110 on the Billboard chart in 1960 with a version of Nolan Strong & The Diablos' "The Wind" backed with "Sally Green".
[5] Winley conceived of their making a compilation album with their "equally fine"[6] brother group, The Paragons.
The Paragons Meet The Jesters (1959), with its gang cover and vocal duels inspired by doo-wop's street corner singing battles and live show group competitions, was "one of the first rock and roll compilation LPs"[7] and the most commercially successful doo-wop compilation ever released.