IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
Rock and Roll Singer, Songwriter, Pianist
WORKS:
see Discography
UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
Unknown
WRITINGS:
Unknown
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
Esquerita! - Capitol T-1186 (recorded Nashville, 1958, issued 1959)
Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
She Left Me Crying (Esquerita)
Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)
Believe Me When I Say Rock & Roll Is Here... (Esquerita)
I Need You
Why Did It Take You So Long (Esquerita)
Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
I'm Battie Over Hattie
Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Esquerita)
Wildcat Shakeout - UK Ember/Specialty SPE 6603 (1969)
(first issue of many recordings made by Capitol in 1958)
Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)
Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
Baby You Can Depend On Me (McGibony)
I'm Batty Over Hattie (McGibony)
Crazy Crazy Feeling (Arnold)
Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Arnold/Esquerita)
Esquerita And The Voola (Esquerita)
Laid Off (Arnold/Esquerita)
Believe Me When I Say Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay (Esquerita)
Oh Baby (Esquerita)
I Need You (McGibony)
Why Did It Take So Long? (Arnold/ Esquerita)
Capitol Collector's Series: Esquerita! - Capitol CDP 7918712 (1990)
Rockin' The Joint - Collectables 2713 (1998)
Featuring the complete recordings made for Capitol Records in 1958:
Oh Baby (Esquerita)
Please Come Home (Esquerita)
Sarah Lee (Esquerita)
I Live The Life I Love [Version 1] (Dixon)
Katie Mae (Arnold/White)
Wait A Minute Baby (Dixon)
Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
Golly Golly, Annie Mae (Esquerita)
I Found Her (Carroll)
Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
I'm Battie Over Hattie (McGibony)
Crazy Crazy Feeling (Arnold)
Esquerita And The Voola (Esquerita)
She Left Me Crying (Esquerita)
Why Did It Take You So Long (Arnold/Esquerita)
Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Arnold/Esquerita)
Believe Me When I Say Rock & Roll Is Here... (Esquerita)
Laid Off (Arnold/Esquerita)
I Live The Life I Love [Version 2] (Dixon)
This Thing Called Love (Esquerita)
Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
Baby Come Back (McGibony)
Baby, You Can Depend On Me (Arnold/Esquerita)
Just Another Lie (Suarez)
You Can't Pull Me Down (Esquerita)
I Need You (McGibony)
Maybe Baby (Holly/Petty)
Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)
Sock It To Me Baby - Bear Family BCD #15504 (1987)
(12 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1965 for Atlantic Record's Herb Abramson; also includes a segment of an interview with Little Richard)
Introduction by Little Richard
Sock It To Me Baby
Nobody Wants You (When You're Down and Out)
Mississippi God-Damn
Wig-Wearin' Baby
I Can't Stand It Anymore
Get Along Honey, Honey
I Guess I'll Go Through Life Alone
Never Again
Until Then
At The Dew Drop Inn
(I Don't Want Nobody Gonna) Steal My Love From Me
What's Wrong With You
I Never Danced Nowhere! - Charly #224 (1990)
Recorded New Orleans, 1962, including some tracks never previously released. Liner notes by Neil Slaven.
Undivided Love
I Waited Too Long
The Flu
Margie
I Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On My Baby)
Sarah Lee
How Long
Green Door
10-4 (Calling All Cars)
Like You
Never Will I
The Flu
A Tear
I Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On My Baby)
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Laid Off
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Vintage Voola - Norton #202 (1998-LP, 1997-CD)
Contains all seven of the surviving recordings from the Sellers Co. Recording Studio acetates which precede the Capitol recordings. Also included are two sides by Paul Peek of Gene Vincent's Blue Caps ("Sweet Skinny Jenny" and "The Rock-A-Round") with Esquerita accompanying on piano; plus "Dew Drop Inn" and an interview with Little Richard.
Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
This Thing Called Love (Esquerita)
Please Come On Home (Esquerita)
Oh Baby (Esquerita)
Sarah Lee (Esquerita)
I Got To Learn (Esquerita)
What Was Wrong (Esquerita)
Sweet Skinny Jenny (Peek)
Rock-A-Round (Peek/Esquerita)
Dew Drop Inn
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Interview by Billy Miller, Kicks Magazine (1983).
- Carolina Dreams: The Musical Legacy of Upstate South Carolina by Michael B. Smith, Marshall Tucker Entertainment (1997). ISBN: 0966171802
PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
BMI
RESOURCES:
"Esquerita!":
www.geocities.com/eskew_reeder
MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
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OTHER CONTACTS:
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ARCHIVES:
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