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"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a song by New Orleans singer-songwriter Lloyd Price that "grandly introduced The New Orleans Sound". [2] It was first recorded by Price in 1952 with Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew during his first session for Art Rupe and Specialty Records .
Rupe heard Price's song "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and wanted to record it. Because Price did not have a band, [7] Rupe hired Dave Bartholomew to create the arrangements and Bartholomew's band (plus Fats Domino on piano) to back Price in the recording session. The song was a massive hit, selling over one million copies and earning Price his first gold ...
Price had recorded several singles going back to 1952 with the hit "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", included on this album.[1]The success of single "Stagger Lee" led to Price being one of the biggest-selling music acts of 1959.
Domino also played on the song "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", which gave another future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Lloyd Price, his first number one in July. [8] [9] The song is considered to have been a significant early influence on the emerging rock and roll genre and was covered by Elvis Presley in 1956. [10]
Its tracks were "Love Me", "I'm Counting on You", "Susie Darling" and "When My Mother Prayed For Me". Devlin's original recording of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" had sold steadily since its mid-1958 release. With sales in excess of 30,000 and orders for another 10,000 after his South Island tour, it was decided to re-record the song under better conditions.
On the original album, only five of the twelve songs are band originals, ... "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" Lloyd Price: Clarke: 1:50: 8. "When I Come Home to You" L. Ransford ...
The other song on the EP, "Josephine" was written by Stevens. The record has "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Que Sera, Sera" on the A-side, with "Blue Christmas" and "Josephine" on the AA-side. [3] However, the record label lists the AA-side first. [4] "Blue Christmas" was recorded on 22 November 1982 at Eden Studios.
The album is named after the song "Memories" which appears twice on the album. The album includes exclusive songs that were never issued again, including full length, unedited versions of the gospel and road medleys, along with the opening "Trouble/Guitar Man" song without any overdubbed audience.