Who had a 50s No 1 with Stagger Lee?
Stagger Lee Stagger Lee "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri at Christmas, 1895. The song was first published in 1911, and was first recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. A version by Lloyd Price reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1959. The historical Stagger Lee was Lee Shelton, a black pimp living in St. Louis, Missouri in the late 19th century. He was nicknamed Stag Lee or Stack Lee, with a variety of explanations being
Stagger Lee version in a scene from the 2007 film "Honeydripper". Modern Life Is War recorded a hardcore punk version for their 2007 album "Midnight In America". Josh Ritter recorded a version of the tale titled "Folk Bloodbath" on the album "So Runs the World Away". In his version, Stagger Lee killed a man named Louis Collins, and 'Hangin' Billy Lyons was the judge who sentenced Stagger to hang. Stagger Lee "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri at Christmas,