Like previous #1-hit subject Tom Dooley, Stagger Lee (or “Stagolee,” or “Stack-O-Lee,” depending on which version you prefer) was a real person. Lee Shelton was a St. Louis pimp and gambler who, in ...

Lloyd Price, best known as the early rock 'n roll icon behind hits like "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and the semi-forbidden "Stagger Lee," is dead at age 88. Price's wife, Jacqueline Price, ...

Stagger Lee shot Billy over a $5 Stetson hat, or so the song goes. Everybody knows the fate of Billy Lyons, but it was East Bay author Cecil Brown who tracked down the actual turn-of-the-century ...

Lloyd Price, a rhythm and blues singer whose 1950s hits, “Stagger Lee,” “Personality” and “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” helped form the rock ‘n’ roll era, has died. He was 88. Price died Monday at an ...

Last weekend we saw Stagger Lee, the Will Power and Justin Ellington musical doing its world premiere at the Dallas Theater Center. All the way through it I was thinking about John Wiley Price. Elaine ...

This week’s “All The Years Live” video from Grateful Dead HQ features a 7/1/92 “Stagger Lee,” filmed live at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Thornville, Ohio. “Debuting in 1978, ‘Stagger Lee’ was a ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Lloyd Price, whose hits included “Stagger Lee” and “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” has died at the age of 88, his longtime manager confirmed to CNN. Price died May 3 from ...

After five years of development, with workshops here and in New York City, Will Power’s musical Stagger Lee finally has its world premiere at Dallas Theater Center. With all that time and effort ...

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presented the reading of the musical as part of the "Ignite! New Play Festival" series in Missouri. The musical is based on the graphic novel series by Derek ...

Directed by Patricia McGregor with book and lyrics by Power, who collaborated with Ellington on music, Stagger Lee runs through Feb. 15. Camille A. Brown choreographs. The show's score spans the ...

“Stagger Lee” is a stirring musical retelling of the 20th century from a black perspective. It continues through Feb. 15 at the Wyly Theatre. ( Allison Slomowitz - Special Contributor ) In one of many ...

Grateful Dead HQ celebrated the new year by revisiting the band’s memorable 12/31/78 stop at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, specifically sharing their set-one “Stagger Lee.” Explains GD ...