Cat. No. BCD 16999: LLOYD PRICE ~ LLOYD ROCKS. BEAR FAMILY BCD 16999. (IMPORT).
LLOYD PRICE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1959 HIT “PERSONALITY”, HOWEVER, LLOYD WAS RECORDING AS EARLY AS 1952 WHEN HE RECORDED AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR THE SPECIALTY LABEL “LAWDY MISS CLAWDY” ONE OF THE FIRST R&B BLOCKBUSTERS TO ATTRACT THE SERIOUS INTEREST OF WHITE TEENS HELLBENT ON ESCAPING THE DRUDGERY OF THE ERA WHITEBREAD POP HIT PARADE. ALONG WITH SAM COOKE, JACKIE WILSON, CLYDE MCPHATTER AND A FEW MORE, LLOYD WAS IN THE FIRST VANGUARD OF STAND-UP R&B SINGERS TO CRASH THE POP CHARTS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS DURING THE LATE 1950S. THIS CD COMPILES MOST OF LLOYD’S 1950S RECORDINGS (MANY OF WHICH SIMPLY ROCK ALONG) WITH HIS HITS OF THE EARLY 1960S. GREAT R&B *****
TRACK LISTING: Where You At? / Country Boy Rock / Rock’n’Roll Dance / Walkin’ The Track / Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952) / Why / I’m Glad, Glad / Baby Please Come Home / Tell Me, Pretty Baby / Carry Me Home / Woe Ho Ho / Heavy Dreams / The Chicken And The Bop / Hello Little Girl / Georgianna / How Many Times / Such A Mess / Down By The River / Gonna Let You Come Back Home / Stagger Lee / You Need Love / Where Were You On Our Wedding Day / Just Because / Personality / Have You Ever Had The Blues / I’m Gonna Get Married / Wont’cha Come Home / Lady Luck / Question / Mailman Blues / Ain’t That Just Like A Woman / The Hoochie Coochie Coo / Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1959) / Baby Please Come Home (LP Version).
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