Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 1958
Parental AdvisoryExplicit Content"Stagger Lee" by American R&B vocalist Lloyd Price in 1958 topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts in 1959. Originally known as "Stagolee" and by other variations, this American folk song is about a crime that occurred in a St. Louis Missouri saloon on Christmas Eve in 1985. Published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, the song has been performed by over 400 other artists since then. The legend involves "Stag" Lee Sheldon and friend Billy Lyons having a conversation. However, drinking, gambling, and politics led to an argument. Lyons snatched Lee's hat and refused to give it back. Lee withdrew his revolver and shot Lyons in the abdomen and took his hat from the hand of the wounded man and coolly walked away. Lee was subsequently arrested. No other song has transcended its humble beginnings and been re-invented in so many genres, in so many media and by so many artists. Price's version of the song is on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Lloyd Price did a cleaned-up version of the song when he performed it on D**k Clark's American Bandstand TV show.
About Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price was an American R&B and rock and roll singer known as "Mr. Personality" after his 1959 million-selling hit, "Personality". His first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was a hit for Specialty Records in 1952. He continued to release records, but none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
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