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 ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ‘n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” ...

Directed by Patricia McGregor with book and lyrics by Power, who collaborated with Ellington on music, Stagger Lee ran through Feb. 15. Camille A. Brown choreographed. The show's score spans the ...