Difference between revisions of "Lloyd Price"
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[[File:Lloyd Price.jpg|450px|thumb|right|Lloyd Price. Photo by Michael Ochs.]] | [[File:Lloyd Price.jpg|450px|thumb|right|Lloyd Price. Photo by Michael Ochs.]] | ||
| − | '''Lloyd Price''' (March 9, 1933 - May 6, 2021) was an American R&B singer, best known for his songs ''"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952), "Stagger Lee" (1959), "Personality"'',[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19767/m1/#track/5] and ''"I'm Gonna Get Married" (1959)''. | + | '''Lloyd Price''' (March 9, 1933 - May 6, 2021) was an American R&B singer, best known for his songs ''"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952), "Stagger Lee" (1959), "Personality"'',<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19767/m1/#track/5 Pop Chronicles - Show 17 - The Soul Reformation: More on the evolution of rhythm and blues. (Part 3)]</ref> and ''"I'm Gonna Get Married" (1959)''. |
==Zappa and Lloyd Price== | ==Zappa and Lloyd Price== | ||
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[[Cal Schenkel]] depicted Lloyd Price as part of the collage cut-outs on the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''. He can be seen in the top center, underneath [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and to the right of [[Ed Wynn]]. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/We're_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref> | [[Cal Schenkel]] depicted Lloyd Price as part of the collage cut-outs on the cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''. He can be seen in the top center, underneath [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and to the right of [[Ed Wynn]]. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/We're_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref> | ||
| − | As a guest DJ on two radio shows, Frank Zappa played Lloyd Price's song ''"So Long" (1953)'' twice at two different occasions, respectively during a broadcast of [[Dr. Demento]]'s | + | As a guest DJ on two radio shows, Frank Zappa played Lloyd Price's song ''"So Long" (1953)'' twice at two different occasions, respectively during a broadcast of [[Dr. Demento]]'s radio show (December 1973) and a broadcast on [[WLIR, Long Island]] (20 December 1979). |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:40, 28 October 2021
Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933 - May 6, 2021) was an American R&B singer, best known for his songs "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952), "Stagger Lee" (1959), "Personality",[1] and "I'm Gonna Get Married" (1959).
Zappa and Lloyd Price
Cal Schenkel depicted Lloyd Price as part of the collage cut-outs on the cover of We're Only In It For The Money. He can be seen in the top center, underneath Lyndon B. Johnson and to the right of Ed Wynn. [2]
As a guest DJ on two radio shows, Frank Zappa played Lloyd Price's song "So Long" (1953) twice at two different occasions, respectively during a broadcast of Dr. Demento's radio show (December 1973) and a broadcast on WLIR, Long Island (20 December 1979).
