Lawdy Miss Clawdy

"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
Single by Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
B-side"Mailman Blues"
ReleasedApril 1952 (1952-04)
RecordedMarch 13, 1952
StudioJ&M (New Orleans, Louisiana)[1]
Genre
Length2:30
LabelSpecialty
Songwriter(s)Lloyd Price
Producer(s)Dave Bartholomew
Lloyd Price and His Orchestra singles chronology
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
(1952)
"Oooh, Oooh, Oooh"
(1952)

"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a song by New Orleans singer-songwriter Lloyd Price that "grandly introduced The New Orleans Sound".[2] It was first recorded by Price in 1952 with Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew during his first session for Art Rupe and Specialty Records. The song became one of the biggest selling R&B records of 1952 and crossed over to other audiences. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" inspired many songs and has been recorded by a variety of artists.

  1. ^ Broven, John (September 12, 2014). "Cosimo Matassa". Ace Records. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Coleman, Rick (2006). Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll. Da Capo Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 978-0-306-81491-4.