Lloyd Price - No Limit to Love (2022)

One of the more potent rhythm & blues shouters of the 1950s, Lloyd Price began his career singing gritty New Orleans-style material for Specialty Records that made him a star on the R&B charts with numbers like "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and "Tell Me Pretty Baby" (1953). However, in the late '50s he jumped to the ABC-Paramount label, and glossier production and more full-bodied arrangements helped him scale the pop charts, scoring hit singles like "Stagger Lee" (1958) and "Personality" (1959). Regardless of his surroundings, Price sang with just the right amount of swagger, and his authoritative delivery could cut through any studio band. Price's finest Specialty sides are collected on the 1991 compilation Lawdy!, and a strong sampling of his late-'50s material can be found on 1994's Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings.