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We’ve all been told you can’t judge a book by its cover, but a title is a different story and sumdumhonky, the title of Lloyd Price’s memoir (published by Cool Titles, set for October 13, 2015 street date), lets you know it will not be your garden-variety rock star autobiography.

Of course, Lloyd Price is a verifiable rock star. Born in Kenner, Louisiana on March 9, 1933, Lloyd showed musical promise from an early age, playing trumpet and piano in school and, by the time he was in high school, playing around New Orleans in a jazz/R&B combo. He spent what little spare time he had in his mother’s restaurant, the Fish N Fry; it was there, Lloyd says, that he picked up his love for food and business.

More importantly, it was where he was discovered by Dave Bartholomew, a producer and talent scout for Specialty Records. Stopping into the restaurant to grab a bite, he overheard Lloyd working on Lawdy Miss Clawdy. Knocked out by what he heard, Bartholomew signed him, brought him to New Orleans, and put him in the studio with a band that included Fats Domino on piano and Earl Palmer on drums. Lawdy Miss Clawdy spent seven weeks on top of the charts, making Lloyd one of the first teenagers to sell a million records.

Fifteen of his records became top ten R&B hits; they remain just as fresh and exciting today as when they were recorded. His songs have been covered nearly 600 times by artists as diverse as the Beatles, (plus Paul McCartney and John Lennon on solo albums), Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Fats Domino and many more. Lloyd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010. The city of Kenner honored him with Lloyd Price Avenue, and erected a statue of him in LaSalle Park.

Lloyd’s music has been a mainstay on TV: the #1 hit Personality has been featured in campaigns for General Motors, Kraft Foods, American Idol, the U.S. Army, Fiat, Weight Watchers, Howard J

Lloyd Price, an R&B singer from New Orleans whose scorching 1950s recordings “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Stagger Lee” became hits seminal to the development of rock music, and whose later endeavours included owning record labels and promoting boxing matches, has died aged 88.

Price gravitated to music in childhood, as he sought an escape from backbreaking work carting blocks of ice. He took up piano and later fronted a band in high school. At 19, he had an audition with Fats Domino’s arranger and music producer, Dave Bartholomew, who was floored by Price’s charisma – he was later dubbed “Mr Personality” – and the upbeat, yet plaintive, blues number he brought into the studio.

“Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, whose title came from an advertising catchphrase of a local DJ, Okey Dokey Smith, was released as a single in 1952. The song featured the distinctive piano trills and triplet rhythm of Domino on backup as Price wailed, “Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy/ Girl, you sure look good to me.” It topped the R&B charts for seven weeks, attracted a huge white audience (Price was black) and over decades became a standard covered by dozens of performers, including Elvis Presley, Little Richard and – in their 1970 concert film Let It Be – The Beatles.

In 1954, at the peak of his success with “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, Price saw his career interrupted by the draft. His music, he often said, was a threat to segregated society because both black and white kids were dancing to it.

“Truly, that’s one of the reasons why I got drafted in the service,” he told The New York Times decades later. “It was a revolution underground that nobody could stop. The lady at the draft board said Washington wanted me in the army. Their children were dancing to ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’.”

He returned to civilian life nearly two years later to find himself supplanted in popularity by Little Richard, the pompadoured singer whose career Price had helped boost afte

Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and swing singer-songwriter, record executive, and bandleader, known as "Mr. Personality", after his 1959 million-selling hit, "Personality". His first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was a hit for Specialty Records in 1952. He continued to release records, but none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Early life, family and education

He had formal training on trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school.

Career

He eventually formed KRC Records with Harold Logan and Bill Boskent. Their first single, "Just Because", was picked up for distribution by ABC Records. From 1957 to 1959, Price recorded a series of national hits for ABC that successfully adapted the New Orleans sound, including "Stagger Lee" (which topped the Pop and R&B charts and sold over a million copies), "Personality" (which reached number 2), and "I'm Gonna Get Married" (number 3). When Price appeared on the television program American Bandstand to sing "Stagger Lee", the producer and host of the program, Dick Clark, insisted that he alter the lyrics to tone down its violent content. "Stagger Lee" was Price's version of an old blues standard, recorded many times previously by other artists. Greil Marcus, in a critical analysis of the song's history, wrote that Price's version was an enthusiastic rock rendition, "all momentum, driven by a wailing sax." In all of these early recordings by Price ("Personality", "Stagger Lee", "I'm Gonna Get Married", and others) Merritt Mel Dalton was the lead sax player; he was also in the traveling band and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show with Price.The personnel on the original hit recording of "Stagger Lee" included Clarence Johnson on piano, John Patton on bass,

American rock and roll singer (1933–2021)

For the like-named Canadian politician in Ontario, see Lloyd Price (politician).

Musical artist

Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer, known as "Mr. Personality", after his 1959 million-selling hit, "Personality". His first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was a hit for Specialty Records in 1952. He continued to release records, but none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Early life, family and education

Price was born on March 9, 1933, in Kenner, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, and raised in Kenner. His mother, Beatrice Price, owned the Fish 'n' Fry Restaurant. Price picked up lifelong interests in business and food from her. He and his younger brother Leo were both musical.

He had formal training on trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school.

Career

Art Rupe, the owner of Specialty Records, based in Los Angeles, came to New Orleans in 1952 to record the distinctive style of rhythm and blues developing there, which had been highly successful for his competitor Imperial Records. Rupe heard Price's song "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and wanted to record it. Because Price did not have a band, Rupe hired Dave Bartholomew to create the arrangements and Bartholomew's band (plus Fats Domino on piano) to back Price in the recording session. The song was a massive hit, selling over one million copies and earning Price his first gold disc. His next release, "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh", cut at the same session, was a much smaller hit. Price continued making recordings for Specialty, but none of them reached the charts at that time.

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