Lloyd Price, R&B star who helped lay the foundation of rock-and-roll, dies at 88

Lloyd Price, an R&B singer from New Orleans whose scorching 1950s recordings “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Stagger Lee” became crossover hits seminal to the development of rock music, and whose later endeavors included owning record labels and promoting boxing matches, died May 3 at a care facility in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was 88.