Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price dies at 88 in New York Associated Press File photo of Lloyd Price from AP.
Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Personality and the semi-forbidden Stagger Lee, has died. He was 88.
Price died Monday at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife, Jacqueline Price, told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Lloyd Price, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, was among the last survivors of a post-World War II scene in New Orleans that anticipated the shifts in popular music and culture leading to the rise of rock in the mid-1950s. Along with Fats Domino and David Bartholomew among others, Price fashioned a deep, exuberant sound around the brass and swing of New Orleans jazz and blues that placed high on R&B charts and eventually crossed over to white audiences.
Lloyd Price Dead: How Did the Singer Die? Wife Details Tragic Cause of Death
Lloyd Price permanently left the world of rock n roll at the age of 88. His wife confirmed the heartbreaking cause of his death.
On Saturday, Price s wife, Jacqueline Price, revealed that the rock n roll star has died on Monday in New Rochelle, New York.
She told Associated Press that her husband succumbed after experiencing tragic complications of diabetes.
Meanwhile, his long-time fans and previous colleagues sent outpouring tributes to honor the late legend.
One fan said, I am dealing with the death of Lloyd Price today.he was one of my early teenage musicians to dance to..
Lloyd Price, who dominated the pop charts in the late 1950s with hits like “Stagger Lee” and “Personality,” died from complications of diabetes at the age of 88. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, Price was a legend for his voice, songs and visionary approach to his business.
Price was a gifted songwriter who understood the importance of his own song copyrights and insisted on maintaining control of his work in a way that was almost unique in the early years of rock ’n’ roll. That determination insured his financial security in later years, but the singer believed that it cost him opportunities in a business built on artists who weren’t supposed to ask too many questions.
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