Episode 76: “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Staggley Blues - A Song About Stackley
By 1910, the song about Stackley had spread all across the country. In 1924, two white songwriters copyrighted a version of it called Staggley Blues. That's what those instrumental breaks were. Movi Austin recorded a song called Skegley Blues, in 1924, but that bears little, little resemblance to the Staggley we know about.
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