Lloyd Price
- MatchLloyd Price
- 66%Bobby Freeman
- 54%Frankie Avalon
- 53%Clyde McPhatter
- 52%Connie Francis
- 47%Brook Benton
- 43%Larry Williams
- 42%Fats Domino
- 41%LaVern Baker
- 41%Wilbert Harrison
- 40%The Coasters
Biography
9 March 1933, Kenner, Louisiana, USA. Price, who launched his career in the early 50s performing rocking R&B, New Orleans-style, was - like his Crescent City compatriot Fats Domino - made for the rock n roll era. He did not have to modify his approach at all to become a rock n roll hit-maker in the late 50s. Price formed his own band in New Orleans in 1949 and in 1952 was signed with the Los Angeles-based Specialty Records, who made a practice of recording New... Read more