Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price
Born: Mar 9, 1933 in Kenner, LA
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Genre: R&B
Styles: New Orleans R&B, Early R&B, Rock & Roll
Biography: Not entirely content with being a 1950s R&B star on the strength of his immortal New Orleans classic "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," singer Lloyd Price yearned for massive pop acceptance. He found it, too, with a storming rock & roll reading of the ancient blues "Stagger Lee" and the unabashedly pop-slanted "Personality" ...Read full biography
Mr. Personality Sings the Blues
Released: 1960
Label: Paramount
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Blues was no big stretch for the vocalist -- his Crescent City output was solidly rooted in the idiom. On this LP, he does a fine job on Eddie Vinson's "Kidney Stew," and Paul Perryman's "Just to Hold ...Read full review
Mr. Personality's Big 15
Released: 1960
Label: ABC/Paramount
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