Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Infobox Single
Name = Lawdy Miss Clawdy


Cover size = 134
Caption =
Artist =Lloyd Price
from Album =
A-side =
B-side =
Released = April 1952
Format = 7" single
Recorded = March 1952
Genre =
Length =
Label = Specialty
Writer =Lloyd Price
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Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
(1952)
Next single =
Misc ="Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a song by Lloyd Price.cite book
first= Arnold
last= Shaw
year= 1978
title= Honkers and Shouters
edition=
publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company
location= New York
pages= p. 188-189
id= ISBN 0-02-061740-2] It was first recorded by Price at the New Orleans recording studio of Specialty Records in March of 1952. It was released under the Specialty label in April and was number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart for seven weeks and stayed on the chart for six months. An 8-bar blues with a rolicking piano backup, with the words written by Price, but the melody adapted from the older Junker Blues (Champion Jack Dupree, 1941), it became the biggest rhythm and blues hit of the year and sold over one million copies by crossing over to the white record-buying market. It was the first hit from New Orleans to be accepted into rock and roll.The word lawdy means lord.cite book
first= & Steve Propes
last=Jim Dawson
authorlink=
coauthors=
year= 1992
title= What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record
edition=
publisher= Faber & Faber
location= Boston & London
pages= p. 108-111
id=ISBN 0-571-12939-0 ]

History

Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records in Los Angeles was looking for new talent in New Orleans where Price turned up at an audition. Rupe liked "Lawdy Miss Claudy" so much that he is said to have canceled his plane ticket home to stay and record Price's song. [cite web
url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/specialty.html
title=Specialty Album Discography
publisher=
accessdate=2006-11-25 ] Since Price did not have a band, Rupe hired the band of Dave Bartholomew which included Fats Domino and Earl Palmer to arrange the song and back him up in the recording session.

ong

The recording begins with some characteristic Domino rollicking piano triplets as the drummer sets down a heavy New Orleans backbeat. Price's vocals are gritty yet relaxed as he begins: ::"Oh now lawdy lawdy lawdy, Miss Clawdy,"::"girl you sho' looks good to me"

Cover versions

In 1956 the song was covered by Elvis Presley and stayed on the charts for ten weeks..

The following list contains some of the many cover versions of this song.
*Elvis Presley (1956)
*Little Richard (1956)
*The Teen Kings (1956)
*The Four Lovers (1956)
*Johnny Devlin (1956)
*Larry Williams (1957)
*Johnny Rivers (1964)
*The Swinging Blue Jeans (1964)
*The Hollies (1965)
*The Buckinghams (1967)
*The Beatles (1969, in the film "Let It Be")
*Joe Cocker (1969)
*Led Zeppelin (in concert, 1970-72)
*Fats Domino (1971)
*Ronnie Hawkins (1972)
*Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (1973)
*Conway Twitty (1974)
*Mickey Gilley (1976)
*Ronnie McDowell (1978)
*Paul McCartney (1988)
*Poison Idea (1991)
*Travis Tritt (1994)
*The Replacements (1995)
*Steve Young (2000)The Head Cat (2006)

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