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Lloyd Price, Singer & Early Rock Influence, Dies At 88 NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88. Price died Monday at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife, Jacqueline Price, told The Associated Press on Saturday. Lloyd Price, induc...

Lloyd Price, who dominated the pop charts in the late 1950s with hits like “Stagger Lee” and “Personality,” died from complications of diabetes at the age of 88. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, Price was a legend for his voice, songs and visionary approach to his business. Price was a gifted songwriter who understood the importance of his own song copyrights and insisted on maintaining control of his work in a way that was almost unique in the early years of rock ’...

"I never was starstruck. I had 23 hit records and I never looked for the next record to hit. I never had that need that they had to be somebody. I just wanted to be," Lloyd Price said in a 1998 interview.

Lloyd Price, early rock influence known for Lawdy Miss Clawdy, passes away aged 88 Firstpost 3 hours ago The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost Lloyd Price, early rock influence known for Lawdy Miss Clawdy, passes away aged 88 Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favourites as Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Personality and the semi-forbidden Stagger Lee, has died. He was 88. Price died Monday at a lo...

Lloyd Price, best known as the early rock 'n roll icon behind hits like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” is dead at age 88.

Lloyd Price was always ahead of his time. He was rock n roll before there was rock n roll. He was a music entrepreneur before there were African-American music entrepreneurs. Maybe thats why the singer of  "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and "Stagger Lee," who died Monday at age 88, always seemed a little old for the crowd he was running around with on "American Bandstand." "I remember seeing him on Bandstand as a kid," says Tommy James, a later-generation hitmaker. He could tell, he s...

AP toggle caption AP Lloyd Price appears backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, in New York, on March 14, 2011. Price died Monday in New Rochelle, New York. AP NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and the semi-forbidden "Stagger Lee," has died. He was 88. Price died Monday at a long-term ca...

R&B singer Lloyd Price, who recorded "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Personality," died Thursday at age 88. He is one of the founding fathers of rock-and-roll

AP NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ‘n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88. Price died Monday at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife, Jacqueline Price, told The Associated Press on Saturday. Lloyd Price, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, was am...

Lloyd Price died Monday at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife, Jacqueline Price, told The Associated Press on Saturday.