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 ...

Take a behind-the-scenes look at a brand-new musical created in Dallas. Jerome Weeks with KERA’s Art&Seek reports: “For more than a year, the Art & Seek team has been behind the scenes, tracking the ...

After five years of development, with workshops here and in New York City, Will Power’s musical Stagger Lee finally has its world premiere at Dallas Theater Center. With all that time and effort ...

Grateful Dead HQ celebrated the new year by revisiting the band’s memorable 12/31/78 stop at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, specifically sharing their set-one “Stagger Lee.” Explains GD ...

CNN — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Lloyd Price, whose hits included "Stagger Lee" and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," has died at the age of 88, his longtime manager confirmed to CNN. Price died May 3 from ...

Here, we honor the late Lloyd Price with a look back at his lone No. 1: the exhilarating early rock recording of the well-traveled murder tale "Stagger Lee." By Brad Shoup Contributing Writer Forever ...

First recorded in 1923, the song was originally an old blues number about a killer pimp in St. Louis, Missouri back in 1895. It was reimagined by the Bad Seeds in the ’90s for inclusion on their ninth ...

This week’s “All The Years Live” video from Grateful Dead HQ features a 7/1/92 “Stagger Lee,” filmed live at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Thornville, Ohio. “Debuting in 1978, ‘Stagger Lee’ was a ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Lloyd Price, whose hits included “Stagger Lee” and “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” has died at the age of 88, his longtime manager confirmed to CNN. Price died May 3 from ...