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
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Copyright © 1999-2007 Thomas L. Morgan
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.