Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Billy Watkins Jr & Sharps-'58-Playback 1099

"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a rhythm and blues song by New Orleans singer/songwriter Lloyd Price that "grandly introduced The New Orleans Sound".[1] It was first recorded by Price in 1952 with Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew during his first session for Art Rupe and Specialty Records. The song became one of the biggest selling R&B records of 1952 and crossed over to other audiences. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" inspired many songs and has been recorded by a variety of artists.

[MrRJDB]

If a little research is done, many recording stars of the 50's, were recording songs, which had been previously recorded by other singers or performers. It was very common. This was done further back in the 30's & 40's as well. Competition between singers and orchestras, competition between recording studios, and or, just the love of the song itself, were typical reasons for this. During the 1970's, the term "covering" was being thrown around, by nobody's, who quickly accused those who rerecorded miscellaneous songs, as being "thieves". Lol. Many performers rerecorded hit songs or just common songs and a performers nationality and or skin color didn't matter or change anything. I have a million examples of this. To me, I like hearing a different take or an alternate version of a song. There will always be a favorite version, true, but it does give the listener a choice. To me, it's just good music. "Critics" need to do some research, before reaching unfounded conclusions.

[jamesamato]

am. correction. it's the same record that I have sorry but that