Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price is one of those foundational figures I think gets undersold in casual rock histories. Cutting Lawdy Miss Clawdy as a teenager and later landing a million-seller with Personality, he helped translate the New Orleans groove into the DNA of rock and roll. The nickname Mr. Personality fits a man who clearly understood charm as both art and business. What I find most compelling is that he was an entrepreneur as much as an entertainer. The 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction feels less like an honor granted than a debt finally acknowledged. His sound still swings.

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Name (English)

Lloyd Price

Name (Japanese)

ロイド・プライス

Reading

ろいど・ぷらいす

Born

March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021

Origin

Kenner, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

musician / singer / writer / autobiographer / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.lloydpricemusic.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%20Price
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958578

Tags

• Louisiana
• musician
• singer
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.