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 ...

Here, we honor the late Lloyd Price with a look back at his lone No. 1: the exhilarating early rock recording of the well-traveled murder tale "Stagger Lee." By Brad Shoup Contributing Writer Forever ...