[3] He provided jingles (music for radio advertisements) for various products, including those hawked by disc jockey James "Okey Dokey" Smith.

[5] Producer Dave Bartholomew used his backing band for the session, which consisted of pianist Salvador Doucette, guitarist Ernest McLean, bassist Frank Fields, drummer Earl Palmer, and saxophonists Herbert Hardesty (tenor) and Joe Harris (alto).

[2] "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" opens with Fats Domino's "rolling trills ... in a cascading, horn-like procession".

[2] Although Domino had recorded several songs using his trade-mark piano triplets style,[9] Price's hit provided it with its greatest exposure up to that time.

[2] Another key element of the song is Earl Palmer's drumming, described as "loping, midtempo shuffle beats with their busy ride cymbal".

[8] Specialty Records released "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" in April 1952 and on May 17, 1952, it entered Billboard's R&B chart, staying there a total of 26 weeks.

[14] According to Art Rupe, the single sold nearly one million copies and record distributors reported that it was selling well outside of the usual R&B market,[6] but it did not appear in Billboard's pop charts.

[3] Price's song has also been identified as "one of the first rhythm and blues records to attract the attention of white Southern teenagers, among them Elvis Presley, who cut his own version four years later"[17] and "becom[ing] a repertoire staple of local country bands".

[18] The song is included as a full-length performance by Price and Allen Toussaint in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz.