Lloyd Price was always ahead of his time.
He was rock n roll before there was rock n roll. He was a music entrepreneur before there were African-American music entrepreneurs.
Maybe that s why the singer of Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Personality and Stagger Lee, who died Monday at age 88, always seemed a little old for the crowd he was running around with on American Bandstand. I remember seeing him on Bandstand as a kid, says Tommy James, a later-generation hitmaker. He could tell, he says, that Price was somehow more mature than the other 1960s pop stars on that teen-centric show.
R&B singer Lloyd Price, who recorded "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Personality," died Thursday at age 88. He is one of the founding fathers of rock-and-roll
May 7, 2021
This weekend it’s the music battle VERZUZ between SWV and Xscape. Saturday night 8pm on Instagram @VERZUSTV. Sunday Night Mothers Day DJ Cassidy presents ‘Pass The Mic’. His special guests include Patti Labelle and Johnny Gill. Sunday Night at 9PM on BET.
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Isley Brothers
Superstar
What Would You Do? Pt. 2
It?s a lot less jarring these days to hear R. Kelly?s romantic sentiments filtered through Ron Isley?s still sumptuous 60-something vocal cords. Kelly wrote and produced 11 of Body Kiss?s dozen tracks, hewing close to the .
more »sound and spirit of vintage quiet-storm Isley Brothers moments such as For the Love of You and Between the Sheets. Though the lack of writing contributions from Ron and remaining brother Ernie is somewhat dismaying, this is a solid album that?s both easy on and ever-so-slightly challenging to the ears. While there?s none of the Isley?s signature funk-rock here, it?s a kick to hear the repeated whoo hook on the title track. The Isley Brothers remain playas worth listening to. Rickey Wright