Who Covered Stagger Lee?
The Song Was Covered by Pat Boone, and Other Versions Were Recorded in the 1960S by Ike and Tina Turner, the Righteous Brothers, James Brown, Wilson Pickett...
The song was covered by Pat Boone, and other versions were recorded in the 1960s by Ike and Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers, James Brown, Wilson Pickett (whose version made number 22 on the US pop chart), Johnny and the Hurricanes (whose instrumental is called "High Voltage"),
Why was Stagger Lee controversial?
Texas-born Lee Shelton, nicknamed Stagger Lee, was a notorious pimp and gambler who made headlines when he shot and killed Billy Lyons on Christmas night in 1895. The friends were drinking at a St. Louis saloon when they broke into an argument over politics that led to Stagger Lee crushing Lyons' hat.
How many versions of Stagger Lee are there?
There have been more than 400 versions of the African-American folk song “Stagger Lee”, as well as scores of books, academic theses and retellings on stage and page.
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