Lloyd Price | |
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.jpg) Price in 1959 | |
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| Born | March 9, 1933 Kenner, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 2021 (aged 88) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1952–2019 |
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| Website | LloydPriceMusic.com (archived 2017) |
Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer, known as "Mr. Personality",[2] 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.[3] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.[4]
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
- ^ Kobrin, Mike (October 19, 2010). "Lloyd Price Visits Billy Delle on Records from the Crypt". WWOZ.org. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James, eds. (1980). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-679-73728-6.
- ^ "Lloyd Price". history-of-rock. Retrieved November 24, 2006.