The Westside Sound, by Royal Jesters

The Westside Sound

by Royal Jesters

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1.	So Much in Love 02:30	buy track
2.	I’m Gonna Run 02:13	buy track
3.	I Want You Around 02:10	buy track
4.	No More 02:20	buy track
5.	Just Can’t Please You 02:27	buy track
6.	Please Say You Want Me 01:55	buy track
7.	Happy Ever After 01:48	buy track
8.	Is That Good Enough for You? 02:40	buy track
9.	I Know I Know 02:58	buy track
10.	If You Love Me (Really Love Me) 02:50	buy track
11.	Sing a Song for Peace 03:05	buy track
12.	Gee Whiz 02:29	buy track

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Doo-wop, when it hit, crossed boundaries of ethnicity and class like no music had since jazz, finding its way from African-American neighborhoods in Philly to Italian kids in Jersey to Mexican-Americans in San Antonio, Texas. The Royal Jesters “were the first Hispanics that actually did doo-wop,” said organist Luvine Elias Jr., who was 15 when he joined the group with a borrowed instrument.

The Alamo City is pretty much the exact spot on the map where Tex meets Mex, where Anglo America crashed into Latin America for the first time, got all mixed up, and came out the other side as cowboys, fajitas, spanglish, chili, and groups like the Royal Jesters. It’s one of those places where a group of Chicano teens singing doo-wop seems entirely unremarkable. Like their hometown, the Royal Jesters serve as a kind of hinge on which to chart cultural turns—from their earliest beginnings inspired by the mass culture wrought by 1950s youth trends and rock ’n’ roll, they gradually evolved into a popular Spanish-language Tejano act.

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released October 6, 2017

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Royal Jesters San Antonio, Texas

The Royal Jesters were originally a crew of friends from Sidney Lanier High School in the heart of San Antonio’s west side, honing their harmonies around dartboards and church talent shows in a series of unsteady pick-up groups.

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