Episode 76: “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Staggley Song
The song became hugely well known, particularly among black musicians around Louisiana. There were so many versions of this song that the New Orleans pianist Dr John was able to play Staggley for three hours straight without repeating a verse. Very few of these recordings had any commercial success, but one that did was a 1950 New Orleans version of the song performed by Archibald and his orchestra.
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