Lloyd Price, R&B Pioneer Known as Mr. Personality, Dies at 88
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Lloyd Price, the ‘50s R&B vocalist whose early singles were among the first to attract attention from the nascent rock ‘n’ roll audience, died Thursday. He was 88.
Maxwell Entertainment owner Rickey Poppell posted the news on Facebook, saying, “My friend and Lloyd Price’s manager, Tom Trapani, just called to let me know that our friend, Lloyd, passed away last night. Those of us close to Lloyd have been keeping his declining health issues to our selves for the past five years, while Tom kept me up to date along the way. Lloyd was one of the sweetest, caring and kindest man I’ve ever known, I’ll miss him. My prayers go out to his lovely wife, Jackie.”
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Lloyd Price, a native of Kenner and R&B pioneer died on May 6, 2021. Price’s manager, Tom Trapani, did not specify a cause or place of death. Price was 88.
Born March 9, 1933, in Kenner, Louisiana, Price learned to play both the trumpet and the piano. But it was his singing that brought him to the attention of Art Rupe, the president of the Los Angeles-based Specialty Records. The following are excerpts from the
OffBeat book “300 Songs for 300 Years” about “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Personality,” two of Lloyd Price’s biggest hits.
A full obituary will be published in our June 2021 issue.
Lloyd Price, R&B legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 88
Lloyd Price rose to the top of the music charts with 1950s hits “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and “Stagger Lee.”
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Presenter Lloyd Price appears backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Monday, March 14, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo) Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 1:52 PM EDT May 8, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Lloyd Price, the singer, Kenner native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who rose to the top of the music charts with 1950s hits “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88.
Lloyd Price: Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Kenner native, dies at 88 Dominic Massa / WWL-TV
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Lloyd Price, the singer, Kenner native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who rose to the top of the music charts with 1950s hits “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88.
Price’s manager Tom Tripani confirmed to Rolling Stone that Price died Monday, May 3. No cause of death was provided.
In 1952, Price, then 19, was working out a new song on the piano at his mother s Kenner restaurant when he caught the eye, and ear, of legendary local bandleader and talent scout Dave Bartholomew, who was working with Specialty Records producer Art Rupe.