Friday, March 15, 2013

Record #0295: I’m Gonna Get Married / Three Little Pigs – LLOYD PRICE



ABC Paramount 10032 (original) USA, Jul. 1959
Words & Music by:  Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
Musicians: Lloyd Price (vocals), Bill Jones (guitar), Ted Curson (trumpet), others unknown
Recording sessions: Produced by Don Costa at Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY, May 25, 1959
Highest chart positions:  Side A – US #3, US R&B #1, UK #23; Side B – US R&B #15

Price was on a roll at the time this was released. The record was a follow-up to single “Personality”, which had peaked at # 1 in US R&B charts few months before.

This was the last of four #1 hits Price had, but it wasn’t all downhill from here. He was able to sustain a fairly steady success through the 60’s and had his last Top 40 hit with “Trying to Slip” in 1973 (unless if he pulls a rabbit out of his hat and makes a new one, as he is still active).

List price:  Very Good+ is $10, Near Mint is $20; stereo pressings are $50 for NM.

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