![]() ![]() His music career started as a teenager, when he dropped out of high school and joined the gospel group "Heavenly Echoes" based in New York City. Reeder was a self-taught piano player whose roots were in gospel music. ![]() ![]() Although most sources give the year of his birth as 1935, other reliable sources, and his social security records, state 1938. Though most reliable sources give his birth name as Eskew Reeder, Jr., some give the name Stephen Quincy Reeder. Early life Ī native of Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of Elizabeth and Eskew Reeder, and attended Sterling High School in Greenville from 1947 to 1950. He has been credited with influencing rock and roll pioneer Little Richard. Reeder or The Magnificent Malochi, was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, known for his frenetic performances. (Novemor 1938 – October 23, 1986), usually known by the stage name Esquerita ( / ˈ ɜː s k ə r i t ə/ ), and occasionally as S.Q. ![]()
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