If you went of the TV quiz show "Pointless" and were asked to name Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, you'd probably get quite a good score if you said Lloyd Price.
The first time I became aware of this song was hearing somebody singing this on the school bus several times. Then some years later I noticed in my British Hit Singles book that there was a song called "I'm Gonna Get Married" and wondered if that was the same tune this person was singing. Then along came YouTube and discovered that yes it was that tune.
I can see why this person did sing it, it's a very catchy tune that's good fun to sing along to and I love the concept of Lloyd Price and the backing singers singing to each other in the chorus. I would also say that this was one of the influences of the motown sound in the 60s.
This was actually the least successful of his four UK hits reaching number 23 but it reached number 3 on the US charts and number 1 on the US R&B charts.
The record Lloyd Price is best known for is "Personality" which earned him his nickname "Mr Personality". However, arguably a bigger record of his which he wrote and recorded the original of himself back in 1952 was "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", but perhaps the covers by Elvis Presley and Little Richard are better known.
It would appear that Lloyd Price had little success in music beyond the early 60s and seemed to have a varied career outside of music including working as a builder.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
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