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Studio recording dates don't tell you much. "With a six-inch pompadour, brocaded shirts, rhinestone shades, and a rhythmic, belligerent style of piano playing,
by 8bitsrule 6y ago
Studio recording dates don't tell you much.
"With a six-inch pompadour, brocaded shirts, rhinestone shades, and a rhythmic, belligerent style of piano playing, Esquerita was the original Little Richard, years before Mr. Penniman tutti-frutti'd his way to stardom. Working around the Dallas-New Orleans circuit in the early '50s...
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/esquerita-mn0000198922/biography https://www.allmusic.com/artist/esquerita-mn0000198922/biogr...
Sample Esquerita;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUF81FcZHMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUF81FcZHMA
- dang 6y agoOff-topic (sorry) - would you mind emailing hn@ycombinator.com? I'd like to invite a repost of a previous submission (a la https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20repost%20invite&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...)
- 8bitsrule 6y ago1. I have two email addies- one I Never post online, one throwaway I check once a month to keep it alive. 2. Anything I post on HN is free (until the ads show up) 3. Love that Schulz quote. (What a sad story that is.)