Lloyd Price's 1958 hit 'Stagger Lee' told the story of a real-life killing—but the upbeat rock and roll track still climbed to No. 1 on the charts in 1959.
Like previous #1-hit subject Tom Dooley, Stagger Lee (or "Stagolee," or "Stack-O-Lee," depending on which version you prefer) was a real person. Lee Shelton was a St. Louis pimp and gambler who, in ...
Nick Cave's version of "Stagger Lee" was already a kind of cover. On their 1996 album Murder Ballads, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds released a version of "Stagger Lee," an old blues traditional about a ...
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