Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Album: Lloyd Price (1952)
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  • Well, now, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy
    Girl, you sure look good to me
    Well, please don't excite me baby
    Know it can't be me

    Because I gave you all my money
    Girl, but you just won't treat me right
    You like to ball in the mornin'
    Don't come back till late at night

    I'm gonna tell, tell my mama
    Lord, I swear to god, what you been doing to me
    I'm gonna tell everybody
    That I'm down in misery

    Well, now, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy
    Lord, I swear to god you look good to me
    You just a-wheelin' and rockin', baby
    Just as fine as you can be

    Well, so bye, bye-bye, baby
    Girl, I won't be comin' no more
    Good-bye, cruel little darlin'
    Down the road I go Writer/s: Lloyd Price
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 5, 1967, the Buckinghams had two records enter Billboard's Top 100 chart, their covered version of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" at position #98 and "Don't You Care" at position #100...
    "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was released on the U.S.A. Record label, while "Kind of A Drag" was on Columbia Records...
    Four weeks later "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" would peak at #41 {for 2 weeks} and it spent six weeks on the Top 100...
    "Don't You Care" reached #6 {for 1 week} and stayed on the Top 100 for fourteen weeks...
    The week "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Don't You Care" entered the Top 100, the Chicago quintet's debut charted record, "Kind of A Drag", was at #4, three weeks earlier it had peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks}
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