Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price (* 9. March 1933 in Kenner , Louisiana , † 6. May 2021 in New Rochelle , New York ) was an American R & B - and rock 'n' roll - singer , who especially in the 1950s and early 1960s Years of success.
Career
Price grew up in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans , where he became familiar with the music of Louis Jordan , Amos Milburn , Jimmy and Joe Liggins and Roy Milton at an early age through the jukebox in his mother's fish shop . Together with his little brother Leo , Price put together a band in the early 1950s that played mainly in the Kenners area. It was during such a performance that Dave Bartholomew became aware of the young singer. As a result, Price got a recording deal with Specialty Records in 1952 . His composition Lawdy Miss Clawdy soared to the top of the R&B charts and is now considered a classic. The hits Ooh, Ooh, Ooh , Restless Heart , Tell Me Pretty Baby and Ain't It a Shame followed , then Price had to join the military and was sent to Korea .
After his return he founded his own label called KRC Records with Harold Logan and Bill Boskent . Through the ballad Just Because , first published on KRC, ABC-Paramount became aware of Price and he got a record deal there in 1957. Stagger Lee , his version of the folk song Stack-a-Lee , made it to the top of both the R&B and pop charts in 1958 . 1959 followed the hits Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? , Personality , I'm Gonna Get Married and Come into My Heart . In 1960 Price had success with Lady Luck and Question .
In 1962, Price said goodbye to ABC-Paramount and founded Double L Records with Logan, where Wilson Pickett made his first recordings. They later ran another label, Turntable Records. But after Logan was murdered in 1969, Price initially withdrew completely from the music scene. He moved to Africa and financially supported Muhammad Ali in two boxing matches. Price returned to America in the early 1980s, but continued to not perform publicly until he went on a 1993 European tour with Jerry Lee Lewis , Little Richard and Gary US Bonds .
In 1998 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
Discography
Studio albums
- 1959: Lloyd Price ( Specialty 2105)
- 1959: The Exciting Lloyd Price ( ABC-Paramount 277)
- 1959: Mr. Personality (ABC-Paramount 297)
- 1960: Mr. Personality Sings the Blues (ABC-Paramount 315)
- 1960: Mr. Personality's 15 Hits (ABC-Paramount 324)
- 1960: The Fantastic Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount 346)
- 1961: Sings the Million Sellers (ABC-Paramount 366)
- 1961: Cookin ' (ABC-Paramount 382)
- 1963: This Is My Band (Double-L 8301)
- 1963: Misty (Double-L 8303)
- 1965: Swings for Sammy ( Monument 18032)
- 1969: Now (Lloyd Price's Turntable 5001)
- 1972: To the Roots and Back (GSF 1003)
- 1976: Music-Music (LPG 001)
- 1978: The Nominee (Olde World 7704)
- 1986: Walkin 'the Track ( Specialty 2163)
Compilations
- 1972: The Best of Lloyd Price ( Scepter 18006)
- 1972: 16 Greatest Hits ( ABC 763)
- 1976: The ABC Collection (ABC 30006)
- 1976: Golden Dozen (TSG 802)
- 1978: The Best Of (Pickwick 3630)
- 1986: Lloyd Price's Specialty Hits (6 vinyl singles; Specialty 5)
- 1986: Personality Plus (Specialty 2156)
- 1988: Greatest Hits ( MCA 1503)
- 1988: Vintage Gold (mini album; MCA 37300)
- 1989: Greatest Hits (MCA 35172)
- 1991: Lawdy! (Specialty 7010)
- 2010: Restless Heart: The Ultimate Singles Collection 1952–59 (2 CDs; Jasmine 552)
- 2014: Seven Classic Albums Plus Singles (4 CDs; Real Gone 140)
- 2015: Sings the Million Sellers (WaxTime 772008)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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 UK
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 US
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R&B
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| 1952 |
Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price |
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R&B1 (26 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 1952
non-certified million seller Author: Lloyd Price |
| Oooh-Oooh-Oooh Lloyd Price |
- | - | - |
R&B4 (10 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1952
Author: Lloyd Price |
|
| Restless Heart |
- | - | - |
R&B5 (4 weeks) R&B |
B-side of Oooh-Oooh-Oooh
Author: Lloyd Price |
|
| 1953 | Ain't It a Shame? |
- | - | - |
R&B4 (7 weeks) R&B |
First published: January 1953
Author: Eddy Owens |
| Tell Me Pretty Baby Lloyd Price |
- | - | - |
R&B8 (2 weeks) R&B |
B-side of Ain't It a Shame?
Author: Lloyd Price |
|
| 1957 | Just Because The Exciting Lloyd Price |
- | - |
US29 (20 weeks) US |
R&B3 (12 weeks) R&B |
|
| Lonely chair |
- | - |
US88 (1 week) US |
- |
First published: July 1957
Authors: Lloyd Price, William Boskent |
|
| 1958 |
Stagger Lee The Exciting Lloyd Price |
- |
UK7 (14 weeks) UK |
US1 (21 weeks) US |
R&B1 (19 weeks) R&B |
First publication: November 1958
with the Don Costa Orchestra, place 456 of the Rolling Stone 500 (list 2004) Adaptation: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
| 1959 | Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? The Exciting Lloyd Price |
- |
UK15 (6 weeks) UK |
US23 (11 weeks) US |
R&B4 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1959
with the Don Costa Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan, John Patton |
| Personality Mr. Personality |
DE17 (3 weeks) DE |
UK9 (10 weeks) UK |
US2 (19 weeks) US |
R&B1 (16 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 1959
with the Don Costa Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| I'm gonna get married Mr. Personality |
- |
UK23 (5 weeks) UK |
US3 (14 weeks) US |
R&B1 (13 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 1959
with the Don Costa Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| Three Little Pigs Mr. Personality's 15 Hits |
- | - | - |
R&B15 (4 weeks) R&B |
B-side of I'm Gonna Get Married
Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| Come into My Heart Mr. Personality's 15 hits |
- | - |
US20 (14 weeks) US |
R&B2 (13 weeks) R&B |
First published: October 1959
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| Wont'cha Come Home Mr. Personality's 15 Hits |
- | - |
US43 (10 weeks) US |
R&B6 (11 weeks) R&B |
B-side of Come into My Heart
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
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| 1960 | Lady Luck Mr. Personality's 15 hits |
- |
UK45 (1 week) UK |
US14 (13 weeks) US |
R&B3 (12 weeks) R&B |
First published: January 1960
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
| Never Let Me Go Mr. Personality's 15 Hits |
- | - |
US82 (3 weeks) US |
R&B26 (2 weeks) R&B |
B-side of Lady Luck
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Author: Luther Dixon |
|
| No If's - No And's |
- | - |
US40 (7 weeks) US |
R&B16 (3 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 1960
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| For love |
- | - |
US43 (6 weeks) US |
- |
B-side of No If's - No And’s
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| Question |
- | - |
US19 (11 weeks) US |
R&B5 (12 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 1960
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
|
| Just Call Me (And I'll Understand) |
- | - |
US79 (4 weeks) US |
- |
First published: August 1960
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
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| (You Better) Know What You're Doin ' |
- | - |
US90 (2 weeks) US |
- |
First published: October 1960
with the Sid Feller Orchestra Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan |
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| 1963 | Misty Misty |
- | - |
US21 (9 weeks) US |
R&B11 (9 weeks) R&B |
First published: August 1963
Music: Erroll Garner , Text: Johnny Burke Original (instrumental): Erroll Garner Trio, 1954 |
| Billie baby |
- | - |
US84 (3 weeks) US |
R&B38 (5 weeks) R&B |
First published: December 1963
Authors: Lloyd Price, Harold Logan based on the standard Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey |
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| 1969 | Bad Conditions Now |
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R&B21 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1969
Authors: Al Pyfrom, Dorothy Hughes, Jimmy Norman |
| 1973 | Trying to Slip (Away) |
- | - | - |
R&B32 (10 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 1973
Authors: Lloyd Price, Frederick Knight |
| 1976 | What Did You Do with My Love Music-Music |
- | - | - |
R&B99 (2 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 1976
Author: Lloyd Price |
hatched gray : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- 1953: What's the Matter Now? (Release: March)
- 1953: Where You At? (Release: May)
- 1953: I Wish Your Picture Was You (released August)
- 1954: Too Late for Tears (release: February)
- 1954: Jimmie Lee (released May)
- 1954: Chee-Koo Baby (release: October)
- 1955: Lord, Lord, Amen! (Release: January)
- 1956: I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry) (release: March)
- 1956: Country Boy Rock / Rock 'n' Roll Dance (Release: May)
- 1956: Forgive Me, Clawdy (release: September)
- 1957: Baby, Please Come Home (release: April)
- 1957: Lonely Chair (release: July)
- 1957: Georgianna (release: October)
- 1958: To Love and Be Loved (released March)
- 1958: No Limit to Love (release: May)
- 1959: Gonna Let You Come Back Home (released April)
- 1961: Boo Hoo (released January)
- 1961: One Hundred Percent (release: March)
- 1961: String of Pearls (release: April)
- 1961: I Ain't Givin 'Up Nothin' (Release: May)
- 1961: Talk to Me (release: June)
- 1962: Be a Leader (release: January)
- 1962: Twistin 'the Blues (release: February)
- 1962: Your Picture (released June)
- 1962: Under Your Spell Again (released October)
- 1963: Who's Sorry Now (release: February)
- 1963: Pistol Packin 'Mama (released May)
- 1963: Auld Lang Syne (release: December)
- 1964: You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (released February)
- 1964: I Love You, I Just Love You (released September)
- 1964: Amen (release: November)
- 1965: Woman (release: March)
- 1965: If I Had My Life to Live Over (release: June)
- 1965: You're Reading Me (released October)
- 1966: Peeping and Hiding (release: January)
- 1966: The Man Who Took the Valise Off the Floor of Grand Central Station at Noon (released July)
- 1967: Cupid's bandwagon
- 1968: Send Me Some Lovin ' (March release)
- 1968: Take All (release: October)
- 1968: The Truth (release: December)
- 1969: The Grass Will Sing for You
- 1970: Little Volcano
- 1971: Hooked on a Feeling (release: March)
- 1971: Natural Sinner (release: July)
- 1972: Sing a Song (release: October)
- 1973: Love Music (release: February)
- 1973: Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?
- 1985: Heavy Dream
swell
- ↑ Lloyd Price, R&B Pioneer Known as' Mr. Personality, 'Dies at 88. In: Variety. May 7, 2021, accessed May 8, 2021 .
- ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lloyd Price in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- ↑ Chart sources: DE UK US
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942-2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4
- ^ Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , Record Research 2007, ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7
- ↑ RS500 Songs (List 2004) ( Memento from June 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Lloyd Price at AllMusic (English)
- Lloyd Price at Discogs
- Lloyd Price at 45cat.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Price, Lloyd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kenner , Louisiana , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New Rochelle , New York |