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Lloyd Price
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soulrhythm and blues60soldiesNew Orleans
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Lloyd Price (born 9 March 1933 in Kenner, Louisiana - died 3 May 2021, New Rochelle, NY, United States) was a soul music star and early rock and roll pioneer who had a big hit with “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, a track he wrote (featuring Fats Domino on piano) that topped the R&B charts for seven weeks in 1952. Staying with Specialty Records, Price then released "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh", "Restless Heart", "Tell Me Pretty Baby" and "Ain't It a Shame". He was then drafted and ended up in Korea from 1953-1956. After returning from the military, Price became more financially savvy than many of his fellow early Rock n Roll and gritty R&B artists. In 1957, he decided to launch his own label KRC (Kent Record Company) and retain control of his masters, leasing his tracks to labels like Atlantic and later ABC-Paramount in an arrangement that likely inspired Ray Charles to do the same. His first single after returning from Korea was "Just Because". That was followed by a massive hit, "Stagger Lee", which has appeared in many multi-artist collection albums and served as one of Price's best known songs. Television host Dick Clark insisted the violent content of the track, which lyrically describes a shooting based on a gambling fight, be toned down when Price appeared on the popular but highly sanitized show American Bandstand. Price’s biggest year was likely 1959, during which he had four hit records: “Personality,” “Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day),” “I’m Gonna Get Married” and “Come Into My
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Stagger Lee
Lloyd Price Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings
The Exciting Lloyd Price
Specialty Profiles: Lloyd Price
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Lloyd Price
60s Soul Sessions
Mr. Personality
The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time
Mr Personality
Specialty Profiles: Lloyd Price (With Bonus Disc)
Mad Men: A Musical Companion (1960-1965)
Presenting Lloyd Price