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Lee Shelton (March 16, 1865 – March 11, 1912), popularly known as " Stagolee ", " Stagger Lee ", " Stack-O-Lee ", and other variations, was an American criminal who became a figure of folklore after murdering Billy Lyons on December 25, 1895. The murder, reportedly motivated partially by the theft of Shelton's Stetson hat, made Shelton an ...
Originally published in April 2017. 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.
Ray Lopez (credited on single) " 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 ...
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May 9, 2011 · Today we’re bringing you another entry in American Blues Scene’s exclusive “ Brief History of a Song ” series. The feud between Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons is as legendary as the one between the Hatfields and the McCoys; a truly American folk tale, retold countless times, about Stagger shooting Billy Lyons over, varyingly, a Stetson hat ...
Billy Lyons died early the next morning. Under the headline “Shot in Curtis’s Place,” the story that ran in the next day’s edition of the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat began, “William Lyons,...
Feb 9, 2021 · Stagger Lee. Click to load video. The origins of the song date back to 1895 and a story in The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “William Lyons, 25, a levee hand, was shot in the abdomen yesterday...
Dec 25, 2023 · The song begins with a vivid description of the events that took place on Christmas Eve in 1948, where Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions. The lyrics suggest that Billy had won Stagger Lee’s Stetson hat by throwing lucky dice, which led to a confrontation and ultimately, Billy’s demise.
