#esquerita

Vote for the artist you think is the cuntiest of all (or of the two.)

Clarence Clemons (1942-2011) The E Street Band - saxophone Songs: "Jungleland," "The Promised Land" Propaganda: see visual

Esquerita (1935/1938-1986) solo Songs: "Dew Drop Inn," "Hey Miss Lucy" Propaganda: "Known for his signature look and frenetic performances, he was a heavy influence on other artists like Little Richard."

“Esquerita. The name suggests a sweetheart of Madrid, an exotic senorita with bells on her fingers, a smile on her lips and a promise in her eyes. Truth to tell, Esquerita is no senorita. He’s a senor and the closest he’s been to Madrid was eating a dish of Spanish rice … Esquerita is under contract to Capital Records and has put his byline on such tunes as “Rockin’ the Joint”, “Esquerita and the Voola”, “Please Come on Home” and “Oh Baby”. If Elvis Presley is the boy who put the roll in rock-and-roll, then Esquerita is the fellow who added the colour to the whole business. When Esquerita takes the stage, his carefully marcelled hair spilling ringlets from a mass piled a foot high atop his head, his hips twisting furiously, his colours screaming a challenge to the peacocks – they love it! Reeder took a long look at another rock-and-roller who was a box office smash – his friend Little Richard. “I thought about Little Richard’s clothes, how he wore his hair,” he recalls. He decided to out-Little Richard Little Richard. He’d let his hair grow longer than Richard’s and wear flashier clothes than his friend, then add a few refinements of his own …”

/ From the March 1959 issue of Sepia magazine’s profile “No One is Sweeter than Esquerita (A bizarre coiffure and pansy-ish movements pay off for new rock’n’roll idol)” by Jim Trinkle /

ESQUERITA - ESQUERITA AND THE VOOLA [Capitol 4058] 1958