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Episode 76: “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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A History of Vodka Music and 500 Songlets By A Dream Episode 76 Staggly by Lloyd Price. This episode will look at a song whose history is strongly entwined, both with American racism and with black underworld culture. The story we're going to tell goes back to Christmas Day 1895, but we'll start our story in the mid-1950s.

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