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To: Beowulf9

Stagger Lee.

Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead.


13 posted on 04/22/2022 4:00:29 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Stagger Lee/Stagolee was a folk song that was around decades before them. The real incident happened in 1895. LLoyd Price hat a #1 hit with it in 1959.


82 posted on 04/22/2022 4:13:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Stagger Lee is back!

The Return of Stagger Lee--Don Revels (1960)

The uncredited background singers are the Primettes, who would soon have a string of hits after they changed their name to the Supremes.

152 posted on 04/22/2022 4:29:27 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
Said, “Buy me a gin fizz, love.”


293 posted on 04/22/2022 5:26:02 PM PDT by IMTOFT (At least I'm enjoying the ride...)
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