1. Lloyd Price's first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was a hit for Specialty Records in 1952.
11 Facts About Lloyd Price
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Lloyd Price continued to release records, but none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits.
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Lloyd Price was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Lloyd Price picked up lifelong interests in business and food from her.
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Lloyd Price had formal training on trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school.
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Lloyd Price continued making recordings for Specialty, but none of them reached the charts at that time.
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Lloyd Price eventually formed KRC Records with Harold Logan and Bill Boskent.
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Lloyd Price toured Europe in 1993 with Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Gary US Bonds.
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Lloyd Price performed with soul legends Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, and Ben E King on the "Four Kings of Rhythm and Blues" tour in 2005; concerts were recorded for a DVD and a PBS television special.
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Lloyd Price owned two construction companies, erecting middle-income housing in the 1980s in the Bronx and homes in Staten Island.
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Lloyd Price died from diabetes complications on May 3,2021, at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, aged 88.