Lloyd Price: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1998

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/lloyd-price/

Specialty Records scouted New Orleans for new talent and discovered Lloyd Price. He had a string of hits from 1952-53.

Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZVufJfcG0

Oooh-oooh-Oooh (1952):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qITdVIubb8Y

Tell Me Pretty Baby (1953):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9An8i-iGCYU

He was drafted in 1954 and did not return until 1957.

Just Because (1957):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SckF9InxB-E

Stagger Lee (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPutYaGFlE

Personality (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBiJAxgZFFI

I’m Gonna Get Married (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awAJxSiPN3Y

Dick Clark protested the violent nature of “Stagger Lee.”

Come Into My Heart (1960):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meZ0pWUgCsU

Question (1960):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKhobcJsYZU

Misty (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgHxtg8I28

“Misty” became a key plot device in the Clint Eastwood film, Play Misty For Me (1971).

He became a restaurateur in the 1970s and help promote boxing matches with Don King.

Trying to Slip Away (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMSWLDkxAn8

Currently, Price manages his own food company.