While still in high school, Lloyd Price was working for New Orleans radio station WBOK. He provided jingles (music for radio advertisements) for various products, including those hawked by disc jockey James Okey Dokey Smith. One of Smiths catch phrases was Lawdy Miss Clawdy, which he used in ad slogans such as Lawdy Miss Clawdy, eat Mothers Homemade Pies and drink Maxwell House coffee! Prices accompanying tune proved popular with the radio audience and he developed it into a full-length song. In 1952, Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records in Los Angeles, came to New Orleans in search of new talent. Local recording studio owner Cosimo Matassa introduced him to Dave Bartholomew, who co-wrote and produced many of Fats Dominos early hit records. Bartholomew invited nineteen year-old Lloyd Price to audition for Rupe at Matassas J&M Studio. The accounts differ on what happened next. According to Rupe, Price spent too much time rehearsing and Rupe threatened to leave if he did not get it together; Rupe then relented and Price turned out an emotional performance of Lawdy Miss Clawdy, prompting Rupe to cancel his return flight and arrange for a recording session. Price remembered that he auditioned the song for Rupe and although he apparently liked it, he left for New York without arranging to record it; however, two months later Price recalled receiving a call Art Rupes back in town and he wants to record you. The following illustrates the variety of artists who have recorded Lawdy Miss Clawdy: 1956: Elvis Presley 1956: Little Richard 1956: The Four Lovers 1956: Johnny Devlin 1957: Larry Williams 1964: Johnny Rivers 1964: The Swinging Blue Jeans 1965: The Hollies 1966: The Animals (for BBC) 1967: The Buckinghams 1969: The Beatles (in the film Let It Be) 1969: Joe Cocker 1970: The Dave Clark Five 1971: Fats Domino 1972: The Nashville Teens 1972: Ronnie Hawkins 1973: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen 1974: Conway Twitty 1976: Mickey Gilley 1978: Ronnie McDowell 1981: Carl Perkins 1985: The Replacements 1988: Paul McCartney 1991: Poison Idea 1992: Eric Burdon (also 2000) 1994: Travis Tritt 2000: Steve Young Info gathered from Wikipedia dot org. https://youtube/watch?v=eqycY37sr_w
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