By the time this raucous rocker from New Orleans was 19 he had become part of rock ‘n’ roll history when the first song he ever wrote, Lawdy Miss Clawdy,brought him a gold record in 1952.
Price had taken the title from an Instant Maxwell House commercial from Okie Dokie Smith (the first big black DJ in New Orleans): “Lawdy Miss Clawdy, eat your momma’s homemade pies and drink Maxwell House coffee!”
His next major success came when Stagger Lee stormed to #1 in 1958.
Personality and I’m Gonna Get Married returned him to the Top Three later in the year.
Price trod a path of entrepreneurship from hitmaker to record label owner, boxing promoter, club owner and manager of icon Foods (specialists in Southern-style eats).
Lloyd Price died from diabetes complications on 3 May 2021, at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York. He was 88.
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