In 1996, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds included a song called "Stagger Lee" on their album "Murder Ballads". [9], A song called "Stack-a-Lee" was first mentioned in 1897, in the Kansas City Leavenworth Herald, as being performed by "Prof. Charlie Lee, the piano thumper". [18] The Clash's 1979 album London Calling includes a cover of the song "Wrong 'Em Boyo" by the Jamaican rocksteady group the Rulers, in which Stagger Lee is explicitly the hero and Billy the villain. Als erste bekanntere Bluesversion gilt die Aufnahme Stack O’ Lee von Mississippi John Hurt von 1928, die als Grundlage für die Bekanntheit der Geschichte und für spätere Versionen angesehen wird. List of number-one R&B singles of 1959 (U.S.), "Stacker Lee: A partial investigation into the historicity of a Negro murder ballad", "A Brief History of Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons", "Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra", "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Derek McCulloch ("Stagger Lee")", "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stagger_Lee&oldid=986520507, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes songs, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 November 2020, at 11:06. [8] The name was quickly corrupted in the folk tradition; early versions were called "Stack-a-Lee" and "Stacker Lee"; "Stagolee" and "Stagger Lee" also became common. The story of Rosa Parks is an essential part of American history. The AKA Blues Collection Stagger Lee Files, Stagger Lee: From Mythic Blues Ballad to Ultimate Rock ’n’ Roll Record, Vorlage:Webachiv/IABot/www3.clearlight.com, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stagger_Lee&oldid=201606247, Wikipedia:Defekte Weblinks/Ungeprüfte Archivlinks 2019-05, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“, Shelton, Lee (wirklicher Name); Stagolee; Stack O’Lee; Staggerbee, US-amerikanischer Kutscher, Zuhälter und Mörder. Stagger Lee has been sang about nearly countless times. Dezember 1895 tötete Lee Shelton seinen Freund William „Billy“ Lyons in einem Saloon nach einem Streit über Politik, bei dem ihm dieser den Hut vom Kopf riss. St. Louis is the Ragtime hothouse. Viele weitere Cover-Versionen folgten bis hin zur Aufnahme des Musikers Beck aus dem Jahr 2001. 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 Christmas 1895. Tommy Roe's 1971 version of the song went to number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Canadian Singles Chart. Am 24. The story of Stagger lee (sometimes known as Stagolee, Stack O Lee and a host of other titles) begins on Christmas day of 1895 with a violent game of craps that would inspire regional folklore, taunts and, eventually, a legendary blues song. Juli 2020 um 21:33 Uhr bearbeitet. Other notable pre-war versions were by Duke Ellington (1927), Cab Calloway (1931), and Woody Guthrie (1941). W.C. [13] Also in 1924, the first version with lyrics was recorded, as "Skeeg-a-Lee Blues", by Lovie Austin. Die Band Grateful Dead griff die Story auf und Robert Hunter schrieb eine Version der Geschichte auf der Basis der traditionellen Story für ihr Album Shakedown Street, das 1978 erschien. Shelton schoss ihm in den Rücken und verließ den Saloon, in dem Lyons an seinen Verletzungen starb. Lee Shelton wurde 1865 geboren und lebte in St. Louis. In 2005, Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang recorded their own arrangement of the song, called "Stagger Lee", ultimately released on their 2006 CD Dislocation Blues. The latter indignantly demanded its return. Der Spitzname „Stagger“ bedeutet Torkeln. [10] In his version, as in all such pieces, there are many (sometimes anachronistic) variants on the lyrics. Cedric is the grandson of legendary bluesman R.L. Er verdiente seinen Lebensunterhalt als Zuhälter und Kutscher und war Mitglied der Macks, einer Zuhältergruppe in der Stadt.