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Infobox musical artist || name = Lloyd Price| image = LloydPrice1996.jpg| caption = Lloyd Price @ New Orleans Jazz Fest, 1996| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1933|3|9|mf=y| death_date =| origin = Kenner, Louisiana , United States | instrument =| genre = Rhythm and blues|R& B cite book| first= Paul| last= Du Noyer| year= 2003| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music| edition= 1st| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing| location= Fulham, London| isbn= 1-904041-96-5| page= 181 Rock and Roll | occupation = Singer|Vocalist , songwriter , bandleader , entrepreneur , record executive| years_active = 1952& ndash;present| label = Specialty Records KRC Records ABC Records|ABC-Paramount | associated_acts =| website = http://lawdymissclawdy.com/ Lawdymissclawdy.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Lloyd Price (born March 9, 1933) is an United States|American Rhythm and blues|R& B singer|vocalist . Known as "Mr. Personality" , after the name of one of his biggest million-selling hits. His first sound recording and reproduction|recording , " Lawdy Miss Clawdy " was a huge hit single|hit on Specialty Records in 1952, and although he continued to turn out gramophone record|records , none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits.cite book | first=& James Henke (eds) | last= Anthony DeCurtis | authorlink= | coauthors= | year=1980 | title= The RollingStone: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music | edition=(3rd Ed.) | publisher=Random House, Inc. | location=New York, N.Y. | pages= 40–41 | isbn= 0-679-73728-6 He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.cite web |url= http://www.history-of-rock.com/price.htm |title=Lloyd Price |publisher=history-of-rock |accessdate=2006-11-24
Biography
Born in Kenner, Louisiana , United States , and growing up in a suburb of New Orleans , Price had formal musical training in trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school. His mother, Beatrice Price, owned the Fish ‘n’ Fry Restaurant, and Price picked up a life-long interest in business and in food from her.
When Art Rupe of Specialty Records came to New Orleans scouting for talent and heard Price's song, " Lawdy Miss Clawdy ", he wanted to record it. Because Price did not have a band,(though he would eventually start his own band in 1949), http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/more2.html Rupe hired Dave Bartholomew and his band (which included Fats Domino on piano) to do the arrangements and back up Price in the recording session. The song turned out to be a massive hit and his next release cut at the same session, "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh" a much smaller one. Price continued making recordings for Speciality but did not chart any further hits at that time.
In 1954 he was conscription|drafted and ended up in Korea . When he returned he found he had been replaced by Little Richard .cite book | first=& Steve Propes | last= Jim Dawson | authorlink= | coauthors= | year= 1992 | title= What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record | edition= | publisher= Faber & Faber | location= Boston & London | pages= 108–111 | isbn=0-571-12939-0 In addition, his former chauffeur, Larry Williams , was also recording for the label, having released " Short Fat Fannie ".
Price eventually formed KRC Records with Harold Logan and Bill Boskent. The first single was "Just Because". It was picked up by ABC Records and from 1957 to 1959 Price recorded a series of national hits on ABC Records that were successful adaptations of the New Orleans sound, such as " Stagger Lee (song)|Stagger Lee ", " Personality (Lloyd Price song)|Personality ", which reached #2, and the #3 hit "I'm Gonna Get Married". "Stagger Lee" topped the popular music|pop and Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B charts, sold over a million copies. Dick Clark (entertainer)|Dick Clark insisted the violent content of the song be toned down when Price appeared on American Bandstand but it was still the "violent" version that was on top of the R& B record chart|charts of 1959. "Stack-o-Lee" is an old blues standard recorded many times previously by other artists. Greil Marcus , in a critical analysis of the song's history, has written that Price's was an enthusiastic hard rock version with a screaming saxophone .In all of these early recordings of Lloyd Price, Merritt Mel Dalton was the lead Sax Man on the recordings of "Personality, Stagger Lee, I'm gonna get married etc..," Merritt, was in the traveling band as well and appeared on the Ed Sullivan show with Lloyd Price.cite web |url= http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp? id=172 |title=Hall of Fame Inductee |publisher=rock and roll hall of fame |accessdate=2006-11-24 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061123032642/ http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp? id=172 |archivedate = 2006-11-23
In 1962, Price formed Double L Records with Logan. Wilson Pickett got his start on this label. In 1969, Logan was murdered. Price then founded a new label, Turntable, and opened a club by the same name in New York City. http://www.www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002347/Lloyd-Price.html Lloyd Price at Musician Guide
During the 1970s Price owned a Manhattan restaurant-nightclub called Turntable and helped Don King promote fights including Muhammad Ali 's " Rumble in the Jungle" . He later became a builder erecting 42 town houses in the Bronx. http://long-island.newsday.com/restaurants/dine-out-with-rock-legend-lloyd-price-1.2806486 Dine out with rock legend Lloyd Price Newsday April 7, 2011
Price toured Europe in 1993 with Jerry Lee Lewis , Little Richard , and Gary U.S. Bonds . He performed in 2005 with soul legends Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler , Gene Chandler , and Ben E. King for the "Four Kings of Rhythm and Blues" tour, concerts captured for a DVD and PBS television special.
On March 9, 2010, his 77th Birthday, in New Orleans, Lloyd Price was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and on June 20, 2010, Price appeared and sang in season 1 finale of the HBO series " Treme (TV series)|Treme ".
Price currently manages Icon Food Brands, which makes a line of primarily Southern-style foods, including Lawdy Miss Clawdy food products, ranging from canned greens to sweet potato cookies, and a line of Lloyd Price foods, such as Lloyd Price's Soulful 'n' Smooth Grits and Lloyd Price's Energy-2-Eat Bar (with the brand slogan "Good taste ... Great Personality"), plus Lawdy Miss Clawdy clothing and collectibles. http://lawdymissclawdy.com/index.html Icon Food Products web page
Lloyd Price Avenue in Kenner, Louisiana , was named for the singer and the city celebrates an annual Lloyd Price Day. http://lawdymissclawdy.com/iconbrands.htm "Kenner Mayor Brousard Presents ..."
In 2011 Price was promoting his autobiography The True King of the Fifties: The Lloyd Price Story and was working on a Broadway musical called "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," in conjunction with a team that includes producer Phil Ramone . The musical details how rock and roll evolved out of the New Orleans music scene of the early 1950s. He continues to sing.
Price lives with his wife in Westchester County, New York .
Discography
Albums
1959: Exciting Lloyd Price
1959: Mr. Personality
1960: Fantastic
1960: Mr. Personality Sings the Blues
1960: ''Mr. Personality's Big 15
1961: ''Cookin' Music-Music
1981: This Is My Band
1989: Lloyd Price : His Originals , Speciality
1990: Greatest Hits , Pair
1990: ''Walkin' the Track , Speciality
1990: Personality Plus , Speciality
1992: Stagger Lee , Collectables
1994: Lloyd Price sings his Big Ten , Curb
1994: Vol. 2 : Heavy Dreams , Speciality
1994: Greatest Hits : The Original ABC Paramount , MCA
1995: Lawdy Miss Clawdy , Ace
1998: Body with No Body , Moms
1999: Mr Personality , Sba
1999: The Exciting , Sba
2002: Christmas Classics , Prestige
2002: Millenium Collection , Universal
2004: Classics : 1952-1953 , Nad
2005: Lawdy ! , Fantasy
2006: Speciality Profiles , Speciality
2006: Great , Goldies
2006: 16 Greatest Hits , Passport Audio
Chart singles
1952 " Lawdy Miss Clawdy " / " Mailman Blues " (#1 R& B)
1952 "Oooh-Oooh-Oooh" (#4 R& B)
1952 "Restless Heart" (#5 R& B) flip of above
1953 "Ain't It A Shame? " (#4 R& B)
1953 "Tell Me Pretty Baby" (#8 R& B) flip of above
1957 "Just Because" (#3 R& B/#29 Pop)
1957 "Lonely Chair" (#88 Pop)
1959 " Stagger Lee (song)|Stagger Lee " (#1 R& B, #1 Pop, UK Singles Chart|UK #7) (certified music recording sales certification|Gold )
1959 "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day? )" (#4 R& B/#23 Pop, UK #15)
1960 "Just Call Me (And I'll Understand)" (#79 Pop)
1960 "Who Coulda'Told You (They Lied)" (#103 Pop)
1961 "(You Better) Know What You're Doin'" (#90 Pop)
1961 "Mary and Man-O" (#110 Pop)
1962 "Under Your Spell Again" (#123 Pop)
1963 " Misty (song)|Misty " (#11 R& B/#21 Pop)
1964 "Billie Baby" (#84 Pop)
1964 "I Love You (I Just Love You)" (#123 Pop)
1964 "Amen" (#124 Pop)
1965 "If I Had My Life To Live Over" (#107 Pop)
1969 "Bad Conditions" (#21 R& B)
1973 "Trying To Slip (Away)" (#32 R& B)
1976 "What Did You Do With my Love" (#99 R& B)
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 438 cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 117 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.lawdymissclawdy.com/ Lloyd Price Icon Food Brands Official Website
Persondata | NAME = Price, Lloyd | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American Rhythm and blues|R& B singer | DATE OF BIRTH = March 9, 1933 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Kenner, Louisiana , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Price, Lloyd Category:1933 births Category:Living people Category:African American singers Category:American male singers Category:Musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Category:Specialty Records artists
