Obituaries
LLOYD PRICE
Rock’n’roll pioneer (1933-2021)
LLOYD Price had barely turned 19 when he recorded “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” in March 1952. Produced and arranged by Dave Bartholomew at New Orleans’ J&M Studio, with bleating sax and Fats Domino’s rolling piano triplets, the song became a keystone of early rock’n’roll, its impact heightened by Price’s anguished cry. “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” predated Little Richard, Jerry Lee and Elvis, who was so impressed that he cut it himself four years later.