Editing Lloyd Price (section)

== Career ==
[[Art Rupe]], the owner of [[Specialty Records]], based in Los Angeles, came to New Orleans in 1952 to record the distinctive style of rhythm and blues developing there, which had been highly successful for his competitor [[Imperial Records]]. Rupe heard Price's song "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]" and wanted to record it. Because Price did not have a band,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/more2.html |title=The Great R&B Pioneers – part 2 | website= Angelfire.com |access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref> Rupe hired [[Dave Bartholomew]] to create the arrangements and Bartholomew's band (plus [[Fats Domino]] on piano) to back Price in the recording session. The song was a massive hit, selling over one million copies and earning Price his first [[Music recording certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs 2">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/62 62]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/62
}}</ref>  His next release, "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh", cut at the same session, was a much smaller hit. Price continued making recordings for Specialty, but none of them reached the charts at that time.

In 1954, he was [[conscription|drafted]] into the US Army<ref name= louder /> and sent to [[Korea]]. When he returned he found he had been replaced by [[Little Richard]].<ref name="first">{{cite book| last1=Dawson |first1=Jim |author-link1=Jim Dawson| last2=Propes |first2=Steve |author-link2=Steve Propes | year = 1992| title = What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record?| publisher = Faber & Faber| location = Boston and London| pages = 108–111| isbn = 0-571-12939-0 }}</ref> In addition, his former chauffeur, [[Larry Williams]], was also recording for the label, having released "[[Short Fat Fannie]]".

He eventually formed KRC Records with Harold Logan and Bill Boskent. Their first single, "Just Because", was picked up for distribution by [[ABC Records]]. From 1957 to 1959, Price recorded a series of national hits for ABC that successfully adapted the New Orleans sound, including "[[Stagger Lee]]" (which topped the [[popular music|Pop]] and [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|charts]] and sold over a million copies),<ref name= louder /> "[[Personality (Lloyd Price song)|Personality]]"<ref name=pc17>{{Gilliland |url= https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19767/m1/ |title=Show 17 – The Soul Reformation: More on the Evolution of Rhythm and Blues. [Part 3&#93; |date=May 28, 2013 |accessdate= June 10, 2013}}</ref> (which reached number 2), and "[[I'm Gonna Get Married]]" (number 3).<ref name="roll" /> When Price appeared on the television program ''[[American Bandstand]]'' to sing "Stagger Lee", the producer and host of the program, [[Dick Clark]], insisted that he alter the lyrics to tone down its violent content.<ref name="history" /> "Stagger Lee" was Price's version of an old [[blues]] standard, recorded many times previously by other artists.<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|year=1982 |author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/42 42]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6| url= https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/42}}</ref> [[Greil Marcus]], in a critical analysis of the song's history, wrote that Price's version was an enthusiastic rock rendition, "all momentum, driven by a wailing [[saxophone|sax]]."<ref>{{cite book| last= Marcus| first= Greil |year= 1997| title= Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music| edition= 4th | place= New York| publisher= Plume| page= 238 |isbn= 0-452-27836-8}}</ref> In all of these early recordings by Price ("Personality", "Stagger Lee", "I'm Gonna Get Married", and others) Merritt Mel Dalton was the lead sax player; he was also in the traveling band and appeared on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' with Price.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=172 |title=Hall of Fame Inductee |publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |access-date=November 24, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123032642/http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=172 |archive-date=November 23, 2006
 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The personnel on the original hit recording of "Stagger Lee" included Clarence Johnson on piano, John Patton on bass, Charles McClendon and Eddie Saunders on tenor sax, Ted Curson on trumpet and Sticks Simpkins on drums.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In 1962, Price along with business partner Harold Logan formed Double L Records.<ref name= louder /> [[Wilson Pickett]] got his start on this label. In 1967, Price and Logan acquired the site that had formerly been the fabled jazz club [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]], at 1678 Broadway in New York City, and they opened a new club called The Turntable. In 1969, Logan was murdered in the office connected to the club. Price then founded a new label, Turntable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002347/Lloyd-Price.html |title= Lloyd Price | website= musicianguide.com |access-date=November 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080117115429/http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002347/Lloyd-Price.html |archive-date=January 17, 2008 }}</ref><ref name= louder />

During the 1970s, Price helped the boxing promoter [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]] promote fights, including the "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]" boxing match between [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[George Foreman]] in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]] and its accompanying concert which featured [[James Brown]] and [[B. B. King]].<ref name= louder />  He and Don King formed a record label, LPG, which issued Price's last hit, "What Did You Do With My Love", to limited success.<ref name= louder />
[[File:LloydPrice1996.jpg|alt=Price holding a microphone|thumb|Price in 1996]]
Price toured Europe in 1993 with [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Little Richard]], and [[Gary U.S. Bonds]].<ref name= louder /> He performed with soul legends [[Jerry Butler]], [[Gene Chandler]], and [[Ben E. King]] on the "Four Kings of Rhythm and Blues" tour in 2005; concerts were recorded for a [[DVD]] and a [[PBS]] television special.

Price appears in performance footage in the 2005 documentary film ''[[Make It Funky (film)|Make It Funky!]]'', which presents a history of [[Music of New Orleans|New Orleans music]] and its influence on [[rhythm and blues]], [[Rock music|rock and roll]], [[funk]] and [[jazz]].<ref name="IAJE">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 2005 |title=IAJE What's Going On |journal=Jazz Education Journal |location=Manhattan, Kansas |publisher=International Association of Jazz Educators |volume=37 |issue=5 |page=87 |issn=1540-2886 |id={{ProQuest|1370090}} }}</ref> In the film, he performs "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" with [[Allen Toussaint]] and band.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=2005 |title=Make It Funky! |type=DVD |language=en |time= |location=Culver City, California |publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |id=11952 |isbn=978-1-4049-9158-3 |oclc=61207781}}</ref>

On June 20, 2010, he appeared and sang in the season 1 finale of the HBO series ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]''. {{Asof|2018}} he continued to sing.

=== Other pursuits ===
Price was a prolific entrepreneur. In addition to his music production and publication ownership, he started and owned businesses in various industries. He owned two construction companies, erecting middle-income housing in the 1980s in [[the Bronx]]<ref name= YonkersTrib>{{cite news| url= https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2017/10/lloyd-price-this-is-rock-and-roll-double-l-records-review-by-bob-putignano| work= Yonkers Tribune| title= Lloyd Price 'This Is Rock and Roll' Double L Records Review| first= Bob| last= Putignano| date= October 12, 2017| access-date= January 14, 2021}}</ref> and also homes in [[Staten Island]].<ref name= zuback />

He managed Global Icon Brands (a.k.a. Lloyd Price Icon Food Brands),<ref name= about-the-company>{{cite web| url= http://lawdymissclawdy.com/about_the_company.htm| website= lawdymissclawdy.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080309140235/http://lawdymissclawdy.com/about_the_company.htm| title= About the Company| publisher= Lloyd Price Icon Food Brands| archive-date= March 9, 2008| url-status= dead | access-date= January 14, 2021}}</ref> which makes a line of Southern-style foods, including Lawdy Miss Clawdy food products, ranging from canned greens to sweet potato cookies, and a line of Lloyd Price foods, such as Lloyd Price's Soulful 'n' Smooth Grits and Lloyd Price's Energy-2-Eat Bar, plus Lawdy Miss Clawdy clothing and collectibles.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://lawdymissclawdy.com/index.html|title= Buy the new book, The True King of the 50s – The Lloyd Price Story |website=Lawdymissclawdy.com | publisher= Global Icon Brands |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, Price released his autobiography, ''The True King of the Fifties: The Lloyd Price Story'', and worked on a Broadway musical, ''Lawdy Miss Clawdy'', focused on his life and rise to stardom<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Chester-Gregory-to-Lead-Reading-of-New-Play-About-Lloyd-Price-20180227 | title= Chester Gregory to Lead Reading of New Play About Lloyd Price| date= February 27, 2018 | access-date= January 14, 2021}}</ref> with a team that included the producer [[Phil Ramone]].<ref name= louder /> The musical also told how rock and roll evolved from the New Orleans music scene of the early 1950s. That musical evolved to become the 2023 production ''Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical'',<ref name="musical">{{cite web |url=https://www.personalitymusical.com/ |title=Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=PersonalityMusical.com |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref> which opened at the [[Fine Arts Building (Chicago)|Studebaker Theater]] in Chicago to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Chris |date=June 15, 2023 |title=Review: 'Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical' has a story worth hearing and songs from the early days of rock 'n' roll |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-personality-lloyd-price-musical-review-20230615-q5vi3yckezhrnfadfp7lpyrpju-story.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>