Lloyd Price is widely known as "Mr. Personality," a nickname copped from one his best-known songs, "Personality," from 1963. Among the premier rhythm & blues singers of the Fifties and Sixties, the Louisiana native can also claim a host of other talents: musician, bandleader, songwriter, producer, record-company executive and booking agent. In his prime he recorded for the Specialty and ABC-Paramount labels. The bulk of his R&B sides were cut for Specialty and bear the hallmark of the New Orleans sound. His biggest hit, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," was an original song produced by Dave Bartholomew and featuring Fats Domino on piano. Based on a commercial jingle he'd written, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" topped the R&B charts for seven weeks in 1952. It was also widely covered, both in the Fifties and beyond, by the likes of Elvis Presley (who performed it on his 1968 NBC-TV special), the Buckinghams, John Lennon and Elvis Costello. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a rhythm & blues classic that helped give birth to rock and roll.
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