Editing Lloyd Price (section)

{{Short description|American rock and roll singer (1933–2021)}}
{{For|the like-named Canadian politician in Ontario|Lloyd Price (politician)}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = Publicity photo of Lloyd Price - ht24wk00x files 046435e7-3a2b-42be-b859-88a492e9b836 (cropped).jpg
| alt               = Price smiling
| caption           = Price in 1959
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = <!--if different-->
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1933|3|9}}
| birth_place       = [[Kenner, Louisiana]], U.S.
| origin            = 
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2021|5|3|1933|3|9}}
| death_place       = [[New Rochelle, New York]], U.S.
| instrument        = 
| genre             = {{flatlist |
*[[Rhythm and blues]]<ref name="Music">{{cite book| first = Paul| last = Du Noyer| year = 2003| title = The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music| publisher = Flame Tree Publishing| location = Fulham, London| isbn = 1-904041-96-5| page = 181}}</ref>
*[[rock and roll]]
*[[New Orleans R&B]]
*[[soul music|soul]]
}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|bandleader}}
| years_active      = 1952–2019
| label             = {{flatlist |
*[[Specialty Records|Specialty]]
*KRC
*[[ABC Records|ABC-Paramount]]
*Turntable
*[[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20170423152420/http://www.lloydpricemusic.com/ |LloydPriceMusic.com (archived 2017)}}
}}

'''Lloyd Price''' (March 9, 1933{{spnd}}May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer, known as "Mr. Personality",<ref name= visits>{{cite web| url=  https://www.wwoz.org/comment/481 |title= Lloyd Price Visits Billy Delle on Records from the Crypt| first= Mike |last= Kobrin| date= October 19, 2010 |website= [[WWOZ]].org |access-date= January 14, 2021}}</ref> after his 1959 million-selling hit, "[[Personality (Lloyd Price song)|Personality]]". His first recording, "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]", was a hit for [[Specialty Records]] in 1952. He continued to release [[gramophone record|records]], but 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| editor1 = DeCurtis, Anthony| editor2 = Henke, James| year = 1980| title = The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music| url = https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneillu00decu| url-access = limited| edition = 3rd| publisher = Random House| location = New York| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneillu00decu/page/40 40]–41
| 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| access-date = November 24, 2006}}</ref>