Stagger Lee Songs

Stagger Lee Songs
229 listed as of Sept. 24, 2007

Group - Title - Year - Label, LP or CD

artist - name - CD/LP title - label - year

Andrews, Ben - Staggerlee - Gallow's Pole - 2001

Angola Prisoners - Stackerlee - Murderer's Home (Compilation)

Archibald (Leon T Gross) - Stack-A-Lee Pt 1& 2 - 1950

Baker, Mickey - Stack O'Lee - 1976

Ballero, Jimmy - Staggerlee - Jimmy Balllero & the Renegade Band - 1994

Barnes, Jimmy - Stagger Lee - Soul Deep

Stagger Lee - (Live) Mushroom CD - Mush - 1991

Bartholomew, Dave - Son of Stagger Lee - 1998

Bassholes - Stack O’ Lee and Billy Lyons - Blue Roots [CD]

Bechet, Sidney - Old Stack O'Lee Blues - 1946

Beck - Stagolee - John Hurt tribute album

Bell, Tom - Stagolee - LOC - 1937

Bibb, Eric - Stagolee - Up Close with Eric Bibb - ABC - 2007

Black Keys - Stack Shot Billy - Rubber Factory

Block, Rory - Stackerlee - 1988?

Blind Pete & partner - Stagolee - 1934

Bloomfield, Mike - Staggerlee - 1977

Blues Rider Trio with Ben Andrews - Staggerlee - Harp Steel And Guts - Mapleshade Records - 2000

Blue Stuff [Italian group] - Stagger Lee - 1990?

Bogan, Lucille - Jim Stack O'Lee Blues - 1934

Bookbinder, Roy - Stack O'Lee

Booker, James - Tubby pt 1 & 2 - All the 45s and More - Night Train

Boone, Pat - Stagger Lee

Bradshaw, Tiny- Stack of Dollars - Great Composer [CD]

Bray, John (Big Nig) - Stagolee- 1934

Bridges, Curley - Stagger Lee - Keys to the Blues [CD]

Bromberg, David - Mrs Delion's Lament

Broonzy, Big Bill; Sonny Boy Williamson(III); Memphis Slim - Bama's Stacker Lee

Broussard, Mike - Stagger Lee - South Louisiana Style Music, Vol. 1 - 1999

Brown, Angela - Stagger Lee - 1988?

Brown, James - Stagger Lee - Cold Sweat - King LP KS-1020 - 1967

Brown, Richard Rabbit - Stack O' Lee Blues

Brozman, Bob - Stack O Lee Aloha - 1992

Burnside, RL - Staggolee - Well, Well, Well - MC Records - 1986

Burt Garvin, Danielle Fraley, & J.P. Fraley - Stack-O-Lee

Byrd, Jonathan - Stackalee

Calloway, Cab - Stack O' Lee Blues - 1931

Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee - Murder Ballads - Reprise- 1996

Cephas, John & Phil Wiggins - Stagolee - 1984

Stagger Lee - Dog Days of August - 1986
Stack And The Devil - Somebody Told The Truth - 2002 - Alligator

Clash - Wrong Em Boyo

Clayton, Paul - Stackolee - Riverside

Colyer, Ken - Stack-O-Lee Blues - 1958

Compton Bros - Stagger Lee

Cortez, Dave "Baby" - Stagger Lee

Curtis, Lucius - Stagolee - Mississippi Blues [Various artists-CD] - 1940-1942

Deals Gone Bad -Stack-O-Lee - Everything Off-Beat, Vol.2

Devlin, Johnny - Staggerlee

Diamond, Neil - Stagger Lee - September Morn -1979

Dion - Stagger Lee - Lovers Who Wander - Laurie lp 2012 - 1962

Dodds, Johnny (O'Neil Spencer vocalist) - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1938

Domino, Fats - Stack and Billy - 1957

Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group: - Stackalee - Pye EP - 1957 (?)

Domino, Fats - Staggerlee - 1973?

Downchild Blues Band - Staggerlee

Dorsey, Lee - Stagger Lee - 1966

Dr John - Stack-A-Lee - 1972

Stakalee - N'awlins Dis Dat or D'udda - EMI - 2004

Dr. Hook- Stagolee - Pleasure & Pain

Dukes, Little Laura - Stack O'Lee

Dupree, Champion Jack - Stack-O-Lee - 1958

Dylan, Bob - Stack A Lee - World Gone Wrong - 1993

Ealey, Theodis - Stagger Lee - Raw

Edwards, Clarence & Cornelius - Stack O’ Dollars -Country Negro Jam Sessions

Edwards, Cliff - Stack O'Lee - (Part 1) - 1928

Edwards, Cliff - Stack O'Lee - (Part 2) - 1928

Edwards, Honeyboy - Stagolee - Delta Bluesman- 1942

Ellington, Duke - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1927

Ellis, Shirley - Stagger Lee - The Name Game - Congress LP CGL/CGS-3003 - 1965

English, Logan - Stackerlee - Riverside

Estes, Sleepy John - Stack O’ Dollars

Fabulous Thunderbirds - Staggerlee

flathead - Stagger Lee

Flynn, Buena - Stagolee - LOC - 1936

Ford and Ford - Skeeg-a-Lee Blues - 1924

Ford, Tennessee Ernie - Stack-o-Lee - 1951

Frank Westphal & His Regal Novelty Orchestra - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1923

Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee - My Rough & Rowdy Ways, Vol.1

Fuller, Jesse - Stagolee - 1958 - Good Time Jazz

Tony Furtado Band - Stagger Lee - 2002

Gant, Foy - Stackerlee - 1934

Garland, Terry - Stagger Lee - 1995?

Grateful Dead - Staggerlee - Shakedown Street - Arista - 1978

Gray, Henry - Staggerlee - Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest - 1999

Griffin, George - Stackerlee - Time Has Come

Guthrie, Woody - Stack-o-Lee - 1944 - The Essential Woody Guthrie (Union Square Music Ltd, 2006: METRCD181)

Haley, Bill - Staggerlee

Hardin, Tim - Stagger Lee - This Is Tim Hardin -1967

Harrison, Wilbert - Stagger Lee - 1969

Haley, Ed - Stacker Lee - Forked Deer, Vol.1

Hall, Bob - Stagolee - Down the Road Apiece

Hall, Vera - Stagolee - LOC - 1937

Hardin, Tim - Stagger Lee - 1967

Harris, Blind Jesse - Stagolee - 1937

Harrison, Wilbert - Stagger Lee

Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1924

Hill, Michael - Stagolee - Perspective - 1996 - Alligator

Hodes, Art - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1987

Holt, John - Staggerlee - John Holt: Anthology 1962 to 1979

Hoopii, Sol - Stack O’ Lee Blues - Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol.1

Hot Tuna - Staggerlee

Houston, Cisco - Staggerlee - Folkways

Hull, Papa Harvey (Long Cleve Reed) - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - 1927

Hunter, Ivory Joe - Stackolee - 1933

Hunter, Robert - Billy de Lyons and Stagger Lee

Hurt, Mississippi John - Stack O'Dollars (Stagolee's girlfriend) - 1930

Hurt, Mississippi John - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1928

there are 8 different recordings by Hurt from 1963-1965 (issued under four different titles - Stackolee, Stagolee, Stack-O-Lee, Staggerlee)

Hutchison, Frank - Stackalee - 1927

Isley Bros - Staggerlee - The Fabulous Isley Brothers - UAL-3313/UAS-6313 - 1963

Jack Linx & His Society Serenaders - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1927

Jacobs, Bryan - Staggerlee

Jackson, Albert - Stagolee - 1934

Jackson, Bruce - Stack-O-Lee

Jackson, Samuel - Staggerlee - Black Snake Moan Soundtrack - 2006

James, Steve - Stack Lee's Blues - Boom Chang - Burnside Records - 2000

Jansch, Bert - Stagolee -Young Man Blues: Live in Glasgow 1962-1964

Johnson, Stella - Trial of Stagger Lee - Night Train

Johnson, Tex and his Six Shooters - Stack O' Lee - Gun Fighter Ballads - 1958

Jones, Bob & The Range Hands - Stack O'Lee - 1971 - Cornet

Jones, Tom - Stagger Lee

Jordan, Charley - Stack O'Dollar Blues - 1930

Journeymen - Stackolee - Capitol LP ST 1951 - New Directions In Folk Music - 1963

Kruger Brothers - Stagolee

Kweskin, Jim - Staggerlee - Vanguard- 1967

LaBeef, Sleepy - Staggerlee - 1994

Lester, Julius - Stagolee

Lewis, Furry - Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee (aka Stackerlee) - 1927

Lewis, Jerry Lee - Stagger Lee - 1959

Lewis, Huey - Stagger Lee -Four Chords & Several Years Ago

Lopez, Trini - Stagger Lee - Live At Basin St. East - Reprise LP 6134 - 1964

Lords, The - Staggerlee

New Lost City Ramblers - Staggerlee - Vol 4 - 1962

Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford- Stagolee - Flyright- 1940

Martin, Bert - Stagolee - LOC- 1937

Mayall, John & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Bibb - Staggerlee - bootleg of Rockin' Blues Revue 2005

Maxey, Matthew "Hogman" - Stagolee - 1959

McCoys - Staggerlee

McCurdy, Ed - Stackerlee - Elektra

McLean, Roscoe - Stagolee - LOC - 1936

Melcher, Terry - Stagger Lee

Miller, Dale - Stagger Lee - Fingerpicking Rags and Other Delights

Miller, Dave - That Bad Man Stackolee - My Rough & Rowdy Ways, Vol 2 Yazoo 2040

Modern Life is War - Stagger Lee - 2007

Moeller, Johnny - Stagger Lee - Johnny's Blues Aggregation - 2001

Morey, Frank - Stagger Lee - delmark records - 2002

Mr. Boogie Woogie & the Firesweep Bluesband - Stagger Lee - Boogie Trap -1996

Muddy Waters/Memphis Slim - Stack Alee

My Dad Is Dead- Stack O’ Lee Blues -Let’s Skip the Details

Nelson, Sandy - Stagger Lee

O'Brien, Tim & Mollie - Stagger Lee

Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six- Stack O’Lee - Heretic Blues

Otis, Johnny - Stack-a-Lee

Pacific Gas & Electric- Staggolee

Papa Blue’s Viking Jazzband- Stack O’ Lee Blues - Down by River

Pickett, Wilson - Stagger Lee - Heart And Soul Of Wilson Pickett - 1967

Powers, Jett - Stagger Lee -California License

Price, Lloyd - Stagger Lee - 1959

Price, Leo - Stagger Lee - Instrumental

Pride, Charlie - Stagger Lee

Proby, PJ - Staggerlee - 1964

Professor Longhair - Stag O Lee - 1974

Stagger Lee - 1975
Stagger Lee - 1978
Stag-o Lee - 1978

Q65, The - Staggerlee

The Quintet- Stagger Lee -Future Tense

Rachell, Yank - Stack O'Dollar Blues - 1934

Rainey, Ma - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1925

Lee Rand - Stagger Lee - 45 rpm -Diamond #359 - 1963

Rea, David - Stack-O-Lee - 1997

The Rhythm Kings - Staggerlee - Official Bootleg - 2000

Righteous Bros - Staggerlee - Go Ahead & Cry - 1966

Ringer, Jim - Mrs. DeLion's Lament- Any Old Wind That Blows Philo 1021- 1975

Rivers, Johnny - Staggerlee

Robertson, Lonnie - Stagolee - LOC - 1936

Robison, Carson - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1932

Roe, Tommy - Staggerlee - 45 rpm - ABC 11307 - 1971

Rooftop Singers - Stagolee

Rovensky, Jaron & Friends - Stagerlee - Live in Camrose

Rulers - Wrong Em Boyo - Trojan's Ska box set volume 1

Russo, Mike - Stack O'Lee - Arhoolie (self titled) lp #4003 - 1969

Rush, Tom - Staggerlee - Prestige (Blues Songs & Ballads) - 1963

Rydell, Bobby - Stagger Lee

Sahm, Doug - Stagger Lee - 1984

Sam The Sham - Stagger Lee - 1968 - Ten Of Pentacles - MGM LP SE-4526

Saragossa Band- Stagger-Lee -Das Totale Zazazabadak

Satan and Adam - Stagga Lee - 1996

Seeger, Pete - Stagolee - 1958 - Folkways

Sedaka, Neil - Staggerlee - 1984

Senter, Boyd - Stagger Lee - 1928

Shelton, Roscoe - Stagger Lee -Tennessee R&B Live

Shizzoe, Hank - Stagger Lee - 1995?

Sir Douglas Quintet - Staggerlee - Soul Jam - 2000

Sleepy LeBeef - Staggerlee

Smith, Bennie - Stagger Lee - Urban Soul - 1993?

Snatch and the Poontangs (Johnny Otis) - The Great Stack-a-Lee

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes- Stagger Lee - 1981

Spencer & Spencer - Stagger Lawrence - 1959? - Gone

The Staggers - Stagger Lee - 2001

Stanley, Ralph - Stack O'Lee - Down From The Mountain: O Brother Where Art Thou

The Starlites- Stagger Lee - Eastern PA Rock

Storks, Willie - Stackerlee - 1942 - LOC

Taj Mahal - Stagger Lee

There are at least 3 or 4 other Taj Mahal versions (from 1969 - 1996)

Terry, Dewey - Stag-o-Lee - 1973?

Terry, Sonny - Stackolee - 1946

Thompson, Evelyn - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1927

Threadgill Troubadoors - Stagger Lee - 1991

The Trojans - Stack o' Lee - 12" record - 1989

Turner, Ike and Tina - Stagger Lee and Billy - 45 rpm - Sue #139 - 1965

Turner, Titus - (Return Of) Stagger Lee - 1959

Van Ronk, Dave - Stackalee

Ventures - Staggerlee

Walker, Robert "Bilbo" - Stagg-o-Lee - 2001- Rock the Night - Rooster Blues

Washboard Chaz Trio - Staggerlee - 2004 - Dog Days

Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - Stack O'Lee Blues - 1923

Watson, Doc; Haggard, Merle - Stack O'Lee

Weller, Freddy - Stagger Lee -The Promised Land - 1972

Wells, Mary - Stag-O-Lee - Complete Jubilee Sessions

West, Sam Ku - Stack O' Lee Blues

Weston, Arthur - Stack O’ Dollars -Pea Vine Whistle

Whitley, Chris - Stagger Lee Dislocation Blues

Willie and The Poor Boys - Stagger Lee - 1992

Williams, Joe - Stack O' Dollars - 1935

Wilson, Larry Jon - Stagger Lee - Sojourner - Monument - 1976

Youngbloods - Stagger Lee - 1971

Zim Zemarel & His Orch - Stagger Lee - 1992

There are also 5 or 6 versions done by unidentified singers on various Library of Congress Recordings

If you are interested in the story behind the Stagger Lee legend, where it took place and its impact on American society. You definitely need to have Cecil Brown's new book, Stagolee Shot Billy in your library.

This list is not to be reproduced without permission of the compiler but may be used as reference. If printed, please credit my name and list my e-mail address(tom at jass.com). I welcome additions to this list.

Special thanks to Görgen Antonsson for his additions and corrections.

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