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On Christmas Eve, 1895, a shooting occurred in a North St. Louis saloon that was destined to find a prominent—and permanent—place in American oral tradition. The participants were two black men, a levee hand named William “Billy” Lyons and a part-time carriage driver and full-time pimp named Lee Shelton.
Aug 31, 2006 · These threads of myth and mystery are unravelled in Stagger Lee (Image Comics), a graphic novel by Derek McCulloch, drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, that fleshes out the circumstances of Christmas Eve...
" 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 first recorded in 1923, by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, titled "Stack O' Lee Blues".
On Christmas night 1895, a barroom argument between two men—one named Billy and another named "Stag" Lee—takes place, leading to murder. The killing...
Feb 27, 2020 · The legend of Stagger Lee (variations of the name include Stagolee, Stack O' Lee, Stack-a-lee and many others, depending on the iteration) is perhaps the most covered tale in music history, with...
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Mar 13, 2021 · George M. Eberhart, probably the most meticulous Stagolee scholar, calls this a slander on Lee Shelton. In his 1996 essay “Stack Lee: The Man, the Music, and the Myth,” he cites evidence that Lyons was the more belligerent of the two men and that Shelton probably shot him in self-defense.
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Feb 9, 2021 · Perhaps the best-known version is the one by Lloyd Price that topped the US Hot 100 on February 9, 1959 – his was “Stagger Lee.” Wilson Pickett had a US hit with it in 1967...
