Stagger Lee, the Glossary
"Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas 1895.[1]
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125 relations: ABC Records, Alan Lomax, AllMusic, American Bandstand, American Fiction (film), Anna Domino, Anthology of American Folk Music, Anthology series, Archibald (musician), Ballads from Deep Gap, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Black Snake Moan (film), Bob Dylan, Cab Calloway, Canadian Singles Chart, Champion Jack Dupree, Chimney, Chris Whitley, Cliff Edwards, Colt Single Action Army, Come See About Me (Neil Sedaka album), Cornet, Cover version, Dave Van Ronk, Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger, Death Proof, Destination Freedom, Dick Clark, Dislocation Blues, Doc Watson, Don Costa, Dr. John, Dr. John's Gumbo, Duke Ellington, Erasure (novel), Fats Domino, Field holler, Folk music, Four Chords & Several Years Ago, Frank Hutchison, Frank Westphal, Frankie and Johnny (song), Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home, Grateful Dead, Grindhouse (film), Herb Wiedoeft, Honeydripper (film), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Howard W. Odum, ... Expand index (75 more) »
- 1911 songs
- 1923 singles
- Dr. John songs
- Lloyd Price songs
- Mississippi John Hurt songs
- Nick Cave songs
- Pacific Gas & Electric (band) songs
- Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes songs
- The McCoys songs
- The Youngbloods songs
- Tommy Roe songs
- Victor Talking Machine Company singles
- Wilson Pickett songs
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.
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Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
American Bandstand
American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.
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American Fiction (film)
American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut.
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Anna Domino
Anna Domino (born 1955, Anna Virginia Taylor) is an American indie rock artist based in New York and Los Angeles who released several albums for Les Disques du Crepuscule and Factory Records in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Anthology of American Folk Music
Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-album compilation, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.
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Anthology series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short.
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Archibald (musician)
John Leon Gross (September 14, 1912. Retrieved 19 February 2013 or 1916, Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2013 – January 8, 1973), who performed and recorded as Archibald, was an American rhythm and blues pianist and singer who had a hit in 1950 with "Stack-A-Lee", a version of "Stagger Lee".
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Ballads from Deep Gap
Ballads from Deep Gap is the second studio album by American folk music artist Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1967.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Stagger Lee and Billboard Hot 100 are Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.
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Black Snake Moan (film)
Black Snake Moan is a 2006 American film written and directed by Craig Brewer and starring Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, and Justin Timberlake.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Cab Calloway
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.
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Canadian Singles Chart
The Canadian Singles Chart was a chart compiled by the American-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan, which began publication in November 1996.
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Champion Jack Dupree
William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer.
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Chimney
A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.
Chris Whitley
Christopher Becker Whitley (August 31, 1960 – November 20, 2005) was an American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Cliff Edwards
Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American musician and actor.
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Colt Single Action Army
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.
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Come See About Me (Neil Sedaka album)
Come See About Me is a 1984 album by American pop singer Neil Sedaka.
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Cornet
The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality.
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
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Dave Van Ronk
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer.
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Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger
Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger is a studio album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in November 1962 on the Prestige International label.
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Death Proof
Death Proof is a 2007 American action slasher film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Destination Freedom
Destination Freedom was a series of weekly radio programs which was produced by WMAQ in Chicago.
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Dick Clark
Richard "Dick" Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.
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Dislocation Blues
Dislocation Blues is a collaborative studio album, credited to American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley and Australian musician, Jeff Lang.
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Doc Watson
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.
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Don Costa
Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer.
Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr.
Dr. John's Gumbo
Dr.
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
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Erasure (novel)
Erasure is a 2001 novel by American writer Percival Everett.
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Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist.
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Field holler
The field holler or field call is mostly a historical type of vocal work song sung by field slaves in the United States (and later by African American forced laborers accused of violating vagrancy laws) to accompany their tasked work, to communicate usefully, or to vent feelings.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Four Chords & Several Years Ago
Four Chords & Several Years Ago is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994.
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Frank Hutchison
Frank Hutchison (March 20, 1897 – November 9, 1945) was an American early country blues and Piedmont blues musician and songwriter.
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Frank Westphal
Frank Christian Westphal (June 15, 1889 – November 23, 1948) was an American pianist, dance band leader and composer who recorded in the 1920s, following the end of his marriage to singer Sophie Tucker.
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Frankie and Johnny (song)
"Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert", "Frankie's Man", "Johnny", or just "Frankie") is a murder ballad, a traditional American popular song. Stagger Lee and Frankie and Johnny (song) are American folk songs, bob Dylan songs, Mississippi John Hurt songs and murder ballads.
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Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home is the third studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.
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Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
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Grindhouse (film)
Grindhouse is a 2007 American double feature films/trailers/mock commercials compilation package release written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino presenting back-to-back Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles.
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Herb Wiedoeft
Herbert Arthur Wiedoeft (22 November 1886 – 12 May 1928) was a German-American band leader in California in the 1920s.
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Honeydripper (film)
Honeydripper is a 2007 American musical drama film written and directed by John Sayles.
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.
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Howard W. Odum
Howard Washington Odum (May 24, 1884 – November 8, 1954) was a white American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California.
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Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner.
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James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.
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Jeff Lang
Jeff Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and music producer.
John Lomax
John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music.
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Johnny and the Hurricanes
Johnny and the Hurricanes was an American instrumental rock band from Toledo, Ohio, United States.
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Josh Ritter
Joshua B. Ritter (born October 21, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author who performs and records with the Royal City Band.
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Journal of American Folklore
The Journal of American Folklore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society.
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Junkyard Dog
Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 1, 1998) was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD), a nickname he received while working in a wrecking yard.
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Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle (January 4, 1982August 20, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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Keb' Mo'
Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician.
Larry Norman
Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer.
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Lee Shelton
Lee Shelton (March 16, 1865 – March 11, 1912), popularly known as "Stagolee", "Stagger Lee", "Stack-O-Lee", and other variations, was an American criminal who became a figure of folklore after murdering Billy Lyons on December 25, 1895.
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List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1959
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is a chart published by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States.
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List of Hot R&B Sides number ones of 1959
In 1959, Billboard published the Hot R&B Sides chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
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Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer, known as "Mr.
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London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English rock band the Clash.
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist.
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Lovie Austin
Cora "Lovie" Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 8, 1972) was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era.
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Ma Rainey
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist.
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Midnight in America
Midnight in America is Modern Life is War's third full-length album produced by J. Robbins.
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Mississippi John Hurt
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.
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Modern Life Is War
Modern Life Is War is an American hardcore punk band formed in Marshalltown, Iowa, in 2002.
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Murder Ballads
Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records. Stagger Lee and Murder Ballads are murder ballads.
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Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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New Orleans rhythm and blues
New Orleans rhythm and blues is a style of rhythm and blues that originated in New Orleans.
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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Pacific Gas & Electric (band)
Pacific Gas & Electric was an American rock band in the late 1960s and early 1970s, led by singer Charlie Allen.
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Pat Boone
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and composer.
Porky's Revenge!
Porky's Revenge! is a 1985 sex comedy film and the third and final film of the original Porky's film series.
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Procuring (prostitution)
Procuring, pimping, or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.
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Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor.
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R. L. Burnside
R.
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Reach Up and Touch the Sky
Reach Up and Touch the Sky, sometimes called Reach Out and Touch the Sky, is a 1981 double live album by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Richard Durham
Richard Isadore Durham (September 6, 1917 – April 27, 1984) was an African-American writer and radio producer.
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Robert E. Lee (steamboat)
Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana, in 1866 (Not to be confused with the second 1876–1882 and third 1897–1904 Robert E Lee).
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Rocksteady
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring song ranking compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.
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Rubber Factory
Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor.
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
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So Runs the World Away
So Runs the World Away is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.
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A social club may be a group of people or the place where they meet, generally formed around a common interest, occupation or activity.
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Something New Under the Son
Something New Under The Son is an album recorded by Larry Norman in 1977 and released in 1981.
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are an American musical group from the Jersey Shore led by Southside Johnny.
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St. Louis
St.
St. Louis Star-Times
The St.
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Stereogum
Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.
Stetson
Stetson is an American brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company.
Taj Mahal (musician)
Henry St.
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The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001.
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds is an American blues band formed in 1974.
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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers are an American musical duo originally formed by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield but now comprising Medley and Bucky Heard.
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The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods were an American rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (vocals, bass, guitar), Jerry Corbitt (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Lowell "Banana" Levinger (guitar and electric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums).
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Toasting (Jamaican music)
Toasting (rap in other parts of the Anglo Caribbean) or deejaying is the act of talking, usually in a monotone melody, over a rhythm or beat by a deejay.
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Tom Rush
Thomas Walker Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter who helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and has continued his own singing career for 60 years.
Tommy Roe
Thomas David Roe (born May 9, 1942) is an American rock and pop singer-songwriter.
UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Victor Talking Machine Company
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901.
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W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues.
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Waring's Pennsylvanians
Waring's Pennsylvanians was a dance band founded at Penn State University by Fred Waring.
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Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music.
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World Gone Wrong
World Gone Wrong is the twenty-ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 26, 1993, by Columbia Records.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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You Can't Win (book)
You Can't Win is an autobiography by burglar and hobo Jack Black, written in the early to mid-1920s and first published in 1926.
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1949 in radio
The year 1949 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
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See also
1911 songs
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Any Old Iron (song)
- Arioso (Sibelius)
- Big Steamers
- Billy (I Always Dream of Bill)
- Carolina (state song)
- Casey Jones—the Union Scab
- Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day
- Core 'ngrato
- Dwelling in Beulah Land
- Elsässisches Fahnenlied
- Farther Along (song)
- Grace Greater Than All Our Sin
- I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
- Mezh Vysokikh Khlebov Zateryalosya
- Nälkämaan laulu
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll
- Roamin' in the Gloamin'
- Sarnia Cherie
- Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
- Stagger Lee
- That Mysterious Rag
- The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling
- The Connecticut March
- The Floral Dance
- The Preacher and the Slave
- The Rebel Girl
- The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
- Varsity (fight song)
- We Hail Thee Carolina
- Where the Columbines Grow
- Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)
1923 singles
- Downhearted Blues
- Kansas City Stomp
- King Porter Stomp
- Louisville Lou (That Vampin' Lady)
- Stagger Lee
- Stairway to Paradise
- Swingin' Down the Lane
- That Old Gang of Mine (song)
- The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
- The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
- Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)
- Turkey in the Straw
- Who's Sorry Now? (song)
- Yes! We Have No Bananas
- Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)
Dr. John songs
- Big Chief
- Come On (Earl King song)
- Down in New Orleans (song)
- I Walk on Guilded Splinters
- Iko Iko
- Junco Partner
- Li'l Liza Jane
- Mess Around
- New Orleans (Gary U.S. Bonds song)
- Right Place, Wrong Time (song)
- Stagger Lee
- Tipitina
Lloyd Price songs
- I'm Gonna Get Married
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Misty (song)
- Personality (Lloyd Price song)
- Question (Lloyd Price song)
- Stagger Lee
Mississippi John Hurt songs
- Frankie and Johnny (song)
- Shortnin' Bread
- Stagger Lee
- Take This Hammer
- The Ballad of Casey Jones
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Nick Cave songs
- (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For
- Avalanche (Leonard Cohen song)
- Daisy Bell
- Deanna (song)
- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (song)
- Do You Love Me? (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song)
- Down in the Willow Garden
- Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
- From Her to Eternity (song)
- I Had a Dream, Joe
- In the Ghetto
- Into My Arms
- Jack of Diamonds (song)
- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
- Jubilee Street (song)
- Let It Be (song)
- Louie Louie
- Love Letter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song)
- Loverman
- More News from Nowhere
- Red Right Hand
- Stagger Lee
- Straight to You
- The Carny
- The Folk Singer
- The Mercy Seat (song)
- The Ship Song
- The Weeping Song
- Tupelo (song)
- We No Who U R
- Where the Wild Roses Grow
Pacific Gas & Electric (band) songs
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes songs
- Expressway to Your Heart
- Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song)
- I Only Want to Be with You
- It's All Over Now
- Lovey Dovey
- Please Come Home for Christmas
- Stagger Lee
- The Fever (Bruce Springsteen song)
- Wild Horses (Rolling Stones song)
- You May Be Right
The McCoys songs
- All I Really Want to Do
- Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)
- Come On, Let's Go
- Fever (Little Willie John song)
- Hang On Sloopy
- I Don't Mind (James Brown song)
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- Sorrow (The McCoys song)
- Stagger Lee
- Stubborn Kind of Fellow
The Youngbloods songs
- Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby (Jimmy Reed song)
- Darkness, Darkness
- Donna (Ritchie Valens song)
- I Shall Be Released
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Let's Get Together (Chet Powers song)
- Misty Roses (song)
- Reason to Believe
- Running Bear
- She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
- She Caught the Katy
- Speedoo
- Stagger Lee
- Statesboro Blues
- That's How Strong My Love Is
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- Willie and the Hand Jive
Tommy Roe songs
- Dizzy (Tommy Roe song)
- Everybody (Tommy Roe song)
- Hooray for Hazel
- Jam Up and Jelly Tight
- Rainbow (Russ Hamilton song)
- Sheila (Tommy Roe song)
- Stagger Lee
- Susie Darlin'
- Sweet Pea (song)
- The Folk Singer (Tommy Roe song)
- You Better Move On (song)
Victor Talking Machine Company singles
- Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
- I'd Rather Be Blue
- I'll Walk Alone
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- It's a Long Way to Berlin, but We'll Get There!
- Sleep (1923 song)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Someone to Watch Over Me (song)
- Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
- Stagger Lee
- The Glory of Love (song)
- Waiting for a Train (Jimmie Rodgers song)
- We Don't Want the Bacon (What We Want Is a Piece of the Rhine)
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Whispering (song)
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Wilson Pickett songs
- 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
- Don't Knock My Love
- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
- Funky Broadway
- Hey Joe
- Hey Jude
- I'm in Love (Bobby Womack song)
- If You Need Me
- In the Midnight Hour
- Land of a Thousand Dances
- Mustang Sally (song)
- Ooh Poo Pah Doo
- Stagger Lee
- Sugar, Sugar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee
Also known as Stack O' Lee Blues, Stack O'Lee, Stack-A-Lee, Stack-O-Lee, Stackalee, Stackerlee, Stackolee, Stag o lee, Stag-O-Lee, Stagalee, Stagerlee, Stagger Lee (song), Staggerlee, Stagolee, Stagolee (song).
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