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Lloyd Price (born 9 March 1933, Kenner, Louisiana|Kenner, Louisiana) was an early New Orleans-style rock and roll musician. His first sound recording and reproduction|recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was a huge hit single|hit on Specialty Records in 1952, and although he continued to turn out fine gramophone record|records, none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits.<ref name="roll">{{cite book
| first=& James Henke (eds)
| last= Anthony DeCurtis
| authorlink=
| coauthors=
| year=1980
| title= The RollingStone: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music
| edition=(3rd Ed.)
| publisher=Random House, Inc.
| location=New York, N.Y.
| pages= p. 40-41
| id= ISBN 0-679-73728-6</ref> He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.<ref name="history">{{cite web
|url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/price.htm
|title=Lloyd Price
|publisher=history-of-rock
|accessdate=2006-11-24
</ref>
Career
Growing up in a suburb of New Orleans, Price had formal musical training in trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school. His mother, Beatrice Price, owned the Fish ‘n’ Fry Restaurant, and Price picked... read all