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Updated: 2:27 ET, May 10 2021 SINGING legend Lloyd Price passed away at the age of 88 after battling diabetes. Price died at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, his wife Jacqueline Price told the Associated Press. 4 4 Price was referred to as "Mr. Personality" and ran his own record labelCredit: Redferns “Very important part of Rock history. He was BEFORE Little Richard!” rock singer Steven Van Zandt said Saturday on Twitter. “Lawdy Miss Clawdy of 1952 has a legit claim as the first Rock hit.... Righteous cat. Enormous talent.” Price was referred to as "Mr. Personalit...

"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 long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife,...

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 that's 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 says, that Price was somehow more mature than the other 1960s pop stars on that teen-centric s...