Stagger Lee (“Stackolee” etc., traditional)
~ Song
Relationships
| writer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
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| part of: | Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4183) (order: 654) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/31678 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q3496378 [info] |
| later versions: | Stack-A-Lee Stagger Lee (Lloyd Price version) Stagger Lee (Robert ‘Bilbo’ Walker version) |
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| is the basis for: | Stack Shot Billy (The Black Keys song) Stag O’Lee Stagger Lee (Nick Cave version) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1927-01-28 | Stackalee | Frank Hutchison | 3:05 | |
| 1944-07-07 | BBC: Children's Hour (July 7, 1944) | medley | Woody Guthrie | 10:23 |
| 1958-02-04 | Stack‐o‐Lee (mono) | Champion Jack Dupree | 3:56 | |
| 1963 – 1964 | Stagger Lee | cover | Tim Hardin | 3:12 |
| 1971-05 | Stack O’Lee | cover | Doc & Merle Watson | 3:50 |
| 1974-04-03 – 1974-04-04 | Stag‐o‐lee (studio, 1974-04) | Professor Longhair | 2:58 | |
| 1975-03-24 | Stagger Lee (live, 1975-03-24: Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA, USA) | live | Professor Longhair | 3:03 |
| 1978-02-03 – 1978-02-04 | Stag-O-Lee (live, 1978-02: Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Professor Longhair | 4:46 |
| 1978-02-03 – 1978-02-04 | Stagger Lee (live, 1978-02: Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Professor Longhair | 5:04 |
| 1978-03-10 | Stack‐O‐Lee (live, 1978-03-10: Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Professor Longhair | ?:?? |
| 1981 | Stagger Lee (live, 1981: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada) | cover and live | Tom Jones | ?:?? |
| 1993-06-10 | Stagger Lee | live | Taj Mahal | 3:50 |
| 2000-02-17 – 2000-08-16 | Stagger Lee | Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band | 4:40 | |
| Stack o’ Lee Blues | cover | Waring’s The Pennsylvanian’s | 3:20 | |
| Stack-O-Lee | cover | John Allair | ?:?? | |
| Stackolee | Doc & Merle Watson | 3:54 | ||
| Stag-O-Lee (live, 1973-03-05: St. Bernard Civic Auditorium, Chalmette, LA, USA) | live | Professor Longhair & The Meters | 3:03 | |
| Stagger Lee | live | Professor Longhair | 3:00 | |
| Stagger Lee | Woody Guthrie | ?:?? | ||
| Stagger Lee | live | Professor Longhair | 2:54 | |
| Stagger Lee | cover and live | Tom Jones | 2:42 | |
| Stagger Lee | cover | Tom Jones | 2:48 | |
| Stagger Lee (live: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada) | cover | Tom Jones | 2:37 | |
| Stagger Lee | Beanland | 4:45 | ||
| Stagger Lee | cover | The Righteous Brothers | 2:33 | |
| Stagger Lee (live: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada) | cover and live | Tom Jones | 2:37 | |
| Stagger Lee | cover | Tom Jones | 2:44 | |
| Stagolee | Pete Seeger | 2:15 | ||
| Stagolee | cover | David “Honeyboy” Edwards | 1:06 | |
| Stagolee | Martin Simpson | 3:30 | ||