Lloyd Price

Born: March 9, 1933 New Orleans, Louisiana

Studied trumpet during High School and formed his first band at the age of 14 +++ Had his first million seller in 1952 with his own composition, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", originally meant to be a radio station commercial, with Fats Domino playing piano on the record +++ After his army service, he founded his own KRC label (In later years, he still founded the DOUBLE-L label and TURNTABLE records) +++ His next hit, "Just Because", again an own composition, was released nationwide in the US, however, on ABC-Paramount +++ Had further hits, especially in 1959, where he scored with "Stagger Lee", "Personality" and "I"m Gonna Get Married", reaching chart positions 1, 2 and 3 respectively +++ Had further hits with moderate chart success until 1964 +++