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Lloyd Price Is Widely Known As “Mr. Personality ” A Nickname Copped From One His Best-Known Songs “Personality ” From 1959. 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. Price Recorded More Hits During His Early-Fifties Tenure At Specialty But His Career Was Interrupted By The Korean War. Upon Returning From Three Years Of Service He Launched KRC Kent Record Company With Harold Logan A Longtime Friend And Collaborator. A Shrewd Businessman Price Leased His Recordings To ABC-Paramount Thereby Retaining Control Of His Music While Receiving National Distribution. His Most Renowned Recording Came With “Stagger Lee ” An R&B Remake Of The Folk-Blues Standard “Stack-O-Lee” That Topped The Pop And R&B Charts. Recorded Versions Of The Song Date Back To The Twenties But Price’s “takes The Prize ” According To Greil Marcus In A Detailed Analysis Of The Song’s Roots And Evolution. “Price’s Record Was Hard Rock Driven By A Wailing Sax And In Retrospect His Manic Enthusiasm Seems To Be What Many Earlier Versions Lacked ” Wrote Marcus. Price’s Biggest Year Was 1959 During Which He Released Four Hits “Personality ” “Where Were You On Our Wedding Day ” “I’m Gonna Get Married” And “Come Into My Heart.” His Entrepreneurial Skill Led To The Helming Of More Labels Double-L And Turntable As Well As A New York City Nightclub Lloyd Price’s Turntable . Double-L Launched The Recording Career Of Wilson Pickett In 1963. Price Continued To Place His Own Recordings On The R&B Charts Into The Seventies. Meanwhile He Performed Around The Country With A Nine-Piece Band While Keeping A Resourceful Hand In Various Other Entrepreneurial Pursuits And Ventures. read less