# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esquerita
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:16.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esquerita"
name: "Esquerita"
slug: "esquerita"
description: "Eskew Reeder, Jr., usually known by the stage name Esquerita, and occasionally as S.Q. Reeder or The Magnificent Malochi, was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, known for his frenetic performances. He has been credited with influencing rock and roll pioneer Little Richard."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Esquerita-1950s-60s.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-11-20"
deathDate: "1986-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             3.271523178807947
  historical:           7.072144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/466728"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اسكويريتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita"
    title: "Esquerita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita"
    title: "Esquerita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita"
    title: "Esquerita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita"
    title: "Esquerita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerita"
    title: "Esquerita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79d65e8c-7ad5-493d-85c5-d757d5f83567"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3058617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump