Terry LaVerne StaffordSuspicion(45)

Side A - Suspicion
Side B - I'll Touch A Star
Bonus - Suspicion (Alt Version)

That's All Right(Sun Studio's Trickery)

(Clue: It's NOT Elvis!)

01 That's All Right (Arthur Crudup)
02 Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)

Hoyt Ming & His Pep SteppersOriginal Indian War Whoop

Under The InfluenceOriginal Versions Of Beatles Cover Versions

Under the Influence - The Originals Versions Of The Songs The Beatles Covered

01- Anna - Arthur Alexander (Alexander)
02- Chains - The Cookies (Goffin/King)
03- Boys - The Shirelles (Dixon/Farrell)
04- Baby It's You - The Shirelles (David/Bacharach/Williams)
05- A Taste of Honey - Lenny Welch (Marlow/Scott)
06- Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (Russell/Medley)
07- Till There Was You - Peggy Lee (Wilson)
08- Please Mr.Postman - The Marvelettes (Holland/Bateman/Gorman/Dobbins/Garrett)
09- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry (Berry)
10- You Really Got a Hold on Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Robinson)
11- Devil in His Heart - The Donays (Drapkin)
12- Money(That's What I Want) - Barret Strong (Bradford/Gordy)
13- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (Johnson/Blackwell/Penniman)
14- Slow Down - Larry Williams (Williams)
15- Matchbox - Carl Perkins (Perkins)
16- Rock 'n' Roll Music - Chuck Berry (Berry)
17- Mr. Moonlight - Dr.Feelgood & The Interns (Johnson)
18- Kansas City - Little Richard (Lieber-Stoller/Penniman)
19- Words of Love - Buddy Holly (Holly)
20- Honey Don't - Carl Perkins (Perkins)
21- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - Carl Perkins (Perkins)
22- Act Naturally - Buck Owens (Russel/Morrison)
23- Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams (Williams)
24- Bad Boy - Larry Williams (Williams)



pw=cheeze

Ted CassidyThe Lurch(45)

Side 1 - The Lurch
Side 2 - Wesley

I Put A Spell On You

Alan Price Set - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Animals & Eric Burton - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Arthur Brown I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Audience - I put a spell on you.mp3
Bette Midler - I Put A Spell On You (Hocus Pocus).mp3
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Black Elevators - I Put A Spell on You.mp3
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Buddy Guy & Carlos Santana - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
C A Quintet - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Calvin Richardson - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Caterina Caselli - Puoi Farmi Piangere (I Put A Spell On You).mp3
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Dee Dee - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Druids Of Stonehenge - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Fever Tree - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Gianni Pettenati - Puoi farmi piangere (I Put A Spell On You).mp3
Gov't Mule - I Put A Spell On You (Live 1995-05-03 Chattanooga).mp3
Jazzed Up - I Put A Spell On You - Bringin In The Sheaves.mp3
Jimmy Barnes - I Put a Spell on You.mp3
Joe Cocker - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
John Fogerty - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orch, Mica Paris & David Gilmour - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Leon Russell - I Put a Spell On You.mp3
Leslie West - I Put A Spell On You.MP3
Manfred Mann - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Natasha Atlas - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Pete Townshend - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Queen Latifah - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Robben Ford - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Live).mp3
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You 1956.mp3
Screamin Jay Hawkins & Keith Richards - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Sonique - I Put A Spell On You (Full Vocal Serious Mix).mp3
Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Them & Van Morrison - I Put A Spell on You.mp3
Tim Curry - I Put A Spell On You.mp3

Clarence 'Frogman' HenryAin't Got No HomeTrouble, Trouble(45)1956

Side A - Ain't Got No Home


Side B - Troubles, Troubles

Carole KingBreaking Up Is Hard To Do(demo)

Harry NilssonWalk Right Back(One Of My Favorite Songs)(One Of My Favorite Artists)

Davy JonesakaDavid Bowie&The Lower 3rdManish Boy1965320 kbps

01 I Pity The Fool
02 Take My Trip
03 You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
04 Baby Loves That Way

Jive BombersBad Boy1957(French)

Side A 01 - Bad Boy 1956.mp3
Side A 02 - Cherry 1957.mp3
Side B 01 - You Took My Love.mp3
Side B 02 - If I Had A Talking Picture.mp3

CoastersSearchin'1957(45)

Side A - Searchin'
Side B - Young Blood

ElvisFirstLast

1937
Gladys, Elvis & Vernon Presley

(First Known Photo)

1939
Age 4

(Elvis Was Actually A Blonde)
(Dyed To Match Tony Curtis)

1953
1st Demo

(Fool, Fool, Fool)
(Note: Unable To Verify)

1954
Elvis Starts Career


Unknown Date
Interview


07/05/1954
First Released Record


Side A

(That's All Right)

Side B

(Blue Moon)

06/26/1977
Last Concert


Last Song

(Unchained Melody)

08/16/1977



(News Flash)

And...
Let the conspiracies begin...

Anti-FunkyLet's Go Dancing(The Album)Very Rare!

Ever hear one song & try to locate by lyrics? This is one of those! This particular one took years to find. Record store clerks all thought I dreamed it until I played Everybody Jump, but they all had no clues.

01 Let's Go Dancing - Are You Ready.mp3
02 Everybody Jump_.mp3
03 Vamos.mp3
04 Up The Bass.mp3
05 Yo Deejay.mp3
06 Ah Cha Cha.mp3
07 Anti Funky's Theme.mp3
08 All So Nice - Born To Be Alive.mp3
09 Body Go.mp3
10 Superbass.mp3
11 Boom Boom.mp3
12 Vamos (Tecno River Kwai).mp3
13 Everybody Jump (Expansion Remix).mp3
14 Megamix 2000.mp3

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Tainted LoveOld Fool Compilation

Alan Mills - Tainted Love.mp3
Belltones - Tainted Love.MP3
Ben Wild & The Wild Band - Tainted Love.mp3
Big John Bates - Tainted Love.mp3
Boppin' Kids - Tainted Love.mp3
Coil -Tainted Love.mp3
Crazy Legs - Tainted Love.mp3
Cure & Soft Cell Tainted Love (Techno Remix).mp3
Dave Phillips & The Hot Rod Gang - Tainted Love.mp3
Depeche Mode - Tainted Love.Mp3
Flatline Rockers - Tainted Love.mp3
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (Original) 1963.mp3
Go Getters - Tainted love.mp3
Grandmagneto - Tainted Love.mp3
Hormonauts - Tainted Love.mp3
Howlin' Moondoggies - Tainted Love.mp3
Living End - Tainted Love.mp3
Mark Harman & The Rattlesnakes - Tainted Love (Live).mp3
Marylin Manson - Tainted Love.mp3
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Tainted Love.mp3
Phantom Rockers - Tainted Love.mp3
Skarekrows - Tainted Love.mp3
Soft Cell - Tainted Dub.mp3
Soft Cell - Tainted Love 1982.mp3
Soft Cell - Tainted Love 1999 (Club 69 Future Mix).mp3
Soft Cell - Tainted Love '91 (Mendelsohn Remix).mp3
Swampys - Tainted Love.mp3

Jethro ToeakaJethro Tull1st Unreleased 451968

Side A - Aeroplane
Side B - Sunshine Day

Who ARE Those Guys

Artie Garr - Forgive Me 1959.mp3
Arvee Allens - Big Baby Blues 1959.mp3
Barry Alan Pincus - Copacabana.mp3
Beefeaters - Please Let Me Love You 1964.mp3
Ben Liebrand - Super Freak 1981.MP3
Bill Parsons - The All-American Boy 1959 #02.mp3
Blue Velvets - Have You Ever Been Lonely 1961.mp3
Bonnie Jo Mason - Ringo, I Love You 1964.mp3
Bo-Pete - Groovy Little Suzie.mp3
Cherilyn - Dream Baby 1964.mp3
Curley Jim & The Billey Rocks - Sloppy, Sloppy Suzie.mp3
D Dodger - Ballad Of The Yellow Beret 1966.mp3
Davy Jones & The Clungels - You Go Your Way 1967.mp3
Foto-Fi Four - Stand Up And Holler.mp3
Gene Walcott - Is She Is Or Is She Ain't.mp3
Golliwogs - Little Girl (Does Your Momma Know) 1964.mp3
Hale & The Hushabyes - Yes Sir, That's My Baby.mp3
High Numbers - Zoot Suit 1964.mp3
Jamie Horton - Robot Man.mp3
Jerry Landis - Lone Teen Ranger.mp3
Johnny & His Cellar Rockers - Why 1964.mp3
Johnny Niles - Wig Job.mp3
Johnny Ramistella - White Shade Of Pale.mp3
Laura Nyro - Stoney End 1968 .mp3
Martin Robinson - Long Tall Sally.mp3
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Band - In The Jailhouse Now.mp3
Phoebe Phestoon - Slumber Boat 1962.mp3
Ray Vernon - Raw-Hide.mp3
Seth Ward - Sixteen Tons.mp3
Simon Crum - Cuzz Yore So Sweet 1955.mp3
Terry Preston - Gone 1952.mp3
The Hawk - In The Mood 1960.mp3
Tico & The Triumphs with Jerry Landis - Get Up And Do The Wobble 1962.mp3
Toby Tyler - The Road I'm On.mp3
Tom & Jerry - Simon Says.mp3
Wilf Carter - Mocking Bird Hill.mp3

Who ARE Those Guys?
The answer, my friends, is within the archive.

Suggestion:
Listen prior to reading song names to see how close you get.
(Some are obvious, others not so much.)

Harry NilssonMonkee's Demos1967

01 I Live In A World.mp3
02 Signs.mp3
03 Counting.mp3
04 Counting.mp3
05 Cuddly Toy.mp3
06 Hey Little Girl.mp3
07 Good Times.mp3
08 Superman.mp3
09 This Could Be The Night.mp3
10 The Story Of Rock And Roll.mp3
Bonus - Thinking About Tomorrow.mp3
Bonus - When Will I Be Me.mp3
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Harry Nilsson - The Monkees Demos 1967.jpg

Candy Store ProphetsRare & Unreleased(Monkees Recordings)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Candy Store Prophets were a 1960s rock band, headed by singer-songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Their lineup included Boyce and Gerry McGee on guitar, Hart on keyboards, Larry Taylor on bass guitar and Billy Lewis on drums.

After Boyce and Hart wrote and recorded the songs for the pilot episode of The Monkees, they were asked by the show's producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to name five 'professional' record producers who could create the music for the series, once it went into production. Their answer "Boyce and Hart, Hart and Boyce, Tommy and Bobby, Bobby and Tommy, TB & BH" was laughed off, and they were asked a second time. They named some current hit producers: "Snuff Garrett, Mickie Most, Gerry Goffin and Carole King — and don't ever speak to me again!"

While Most passed on Rafelson and Schneider's offer, and tryouts with Garrett, Goffin and King proved disastrous (with King reportedly walking out of the studio in tears), Boyce and Hart contacted Screen Gems music supervisor Don Kirshner, who was put in charge of delivering the songs for the show, and asked to audition for him. Kirshner accepted, and was treated to a performance by the Candy Store Prophets, who delivered a nonstop set of all the songs Boyce and Hart had written to date for the Monkees. Kirshner was impressed, and officially named the pair as producers.

The Candy Store Prophets recorded the bulk of the backing tracks for the first Monkees album, and for the show's first season, with help from guitarists Louie Shelton and Wayne Erwin. When the Monkees began to perform publicly late in 1966, the Prophets toured with them as their opening act.

01 All The King's Horses (demo).mp3
02 Don't Call On Me (demo).mp3
03 Searching (demo).mp3
04 How Can You Kiss Me (demo).mp3
05 Just A Little Love.mp3
06 Curson Terrace.mp3
07 A Journey With Michael Blessing.mp3
08 The New Recruit.mp3
09 Until It's Time For You To Go.mp3
10 What Seems To Be The Trouble, Officer.mp3
11 Don't Do It.mp3
12 Huff Puff.mp3
13 (Theme From) The Monkees (pilot version).mp3
14 I Wanna Be Free (pilot version).mp3
15 Take A Giant Step (alternate vocal).mp3
16 You Can't Tie A Mustang Down (demo).mp3
17 If I Learned to Play the Violin (demo).mp3
18 Bumper #1.mp3
19 Mr Not-What-What.mp3
20 Different Drum (TV version).mp3
21 I Love You Really.mp3
22 Keemosabe.mp3
23 Tear The Top Right Off My Head (TV version).mp3
24 Goin' Down (TV version - alternate vocal).mp3
25 Same As A Jew.mp3
26 Iranian Tango.mp3
27 So How's By You.mp3
28 Girl Named Love.mp3
29 Mother People.mp3
30 Riu Chiu (TV version).mp3
31 I Hate The Monkees.mp3
32 Bumper #2.mp3
33 Outro.mp3


(Disc 1)

01 Japanese Head Promo.mp3
02 Daddy's Song (film version).mp3
03 The Song Was Pretty White.mp3
04 You Look Weird, Peter.mp3
05 I'm A Believer (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
06 Prithee (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
07 Naked Persimmon (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
08 Goldilocks Sometimes (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
09 A String For My Kite (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
10 Solfeggietto (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
11 Listen To The Band (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version - edit).mp3
12 California Here It Comes (33 13 Revolutions Per Monkees version).mp3
13 Ceiling in My Room (demo).mp3
14 The Girl I Left Behind Me (instrumental).mp3
15 If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again (demo - Davy vocal).mp3
16 Laurel & Hardy (demo).mp3
17 Opening Night (demo).mp3
18 Man We Was Lonely (demo).mp3
19 Rainy Jane (demo).mp3
20 Leavin' Here This Morning (demo).mp3
21 Rainmaker (demo).mp3
22 Easy On You.mp3
23 Oh Someone.mp3
24 Unattended In The Dungeon.mp3
25 Rubberene.mp3
26 MGBGT (live).mp3
27 Save the Texas Prairie Chicken.mp3


(Disc 2)

The CharmerISLouis FarrakhanCalpyso Favorites

01 Don't Touch Me Nylon.mp3
02 Don't Let Me Mama Know.mp3
03 Ugly Woman.mp3
04 Female Boxer.mp3
05 Brown Skin Gal.mp3
06 Mary Ann.mp3
07 Fire Down There.mp3
08 Hold 'em Joe.mp3
Brown Skin Gal.mp3
Is She Is, Or Is She Ain't.mp3
Stone Cold Man.mp3
Trinidad Road March.mp3
Zombie Jamboree.mp3

EsqueritaRockin' the Joint

Wikipedia Entry:
Esquerita was the stage name of singer, songwriter and pianist Eskew Reeder Jr. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on November 20, 1935, and died in Harlem on October 23, 1986, of AIDS. He is remembered as an influence on rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, though the extent and nature of Reeder's influence is uncertain.


Eskew Reeder (ne:Steven Quincy Reeder Jr, SQ Jr.) attended Sterling High School in Greenville from 1947 to 1950. Little is known about this manic rock and roll piano player, and he is perhaps best-known as an influence on Little Richard (Richard Penniman). As Reeder did not record until after Little Richard's initial mid-1950s recordings for RCA and Back Beat labels, it is clear that Esquerita influenced Richard stylistically. Esquerita was known for wearing heavy makeup and two wigs, piling his pompador even higher than Richard's. Early Little Richard recordings were made at WGST Radio Station in Atlanta, and they do not show the style that was to make Little Richard famous. Little Richard had not intended to use the style in his first New Orleans session for Specialty Records. Taking a break from the session, producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell had gone with Richard to a local cafe, where Richard jumped on a piano and began singing an X-rated version of "Tutti Frutti", in true Esquerita fashion. Blackwell had been unhappy with the initial songs on the session, and felt that a cleaned-up version of the song with the same style of presentation would be just what his boss Art Rupe was looking for. The rest is history.

01 Oh Baby.mp3
02 Please Come Home.mp3
03 Sarah Lee.mp3
04 I Live the Life I Love [Version 1].mp3
05 Katie Mae.mp3
06 Wait a Minute Baby.mp3
07 Rockin' the Joint.mp3
08 Golly Golly, Annie Mae.mp3
09 I Found Her.mp3
10 Hey Miss Lucy.mp3
11 I'm Battie over Hattie.mp3
12 Crazy Crazy Feeling.mp3
13 Espuerita and the Voola.mp3
14 She Left Me Crying.mp3
15 Why Did It Take You So Long.mp3
16 Gettin' Plenty of Lovin'.mp3
17 Believe Me When I Say Rock 'N' Roll Is Here to Stay.mp3
18 Laid Off.mp3
19 I Live the Life I Love [Version 2].mp3
20 This Thing Called Love.mp3
21 Get Back Baby.mp3
22 Baby Come Back.mp3
23 Baby You Can Depend on Me.mp3
24 Just Another Lie.mp3
25 You Can't Pull Me Down.mp3
26 I Need You.mp3
27 Maybe Baby.mp3
28 Hole in My Heart.mp3

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Ava CherryA Streetcar Named Desire1982

Having been friends with two of the studio musicians on this album, got a cassette from the master back around 1981 or so. Dave Kaffinett & Rick (Can't remember his last time), from the English Progressive Rock Band 'Rare Bird', they were also in that movie Spinal Tap, David on keyboards & Rick as the last drummer. I've always enjoyed this album, although it took me close to 20 years to get an original pressing so it's quite rare and been out of print for about that long.

Hardcore David Bowie fans are probably familiar with the name Ava Cherry, but for the benefit of everyone else, Ava was Bowie’s lover in the early to mid ’70s, as well as one of his backup singers in the Astronettes during the Diamond Dogs/Young Americans Tour. Bowie had plans for Cherry and the other Astronettes, producing an album for the trio that was New Wave before the term existed. It also ended up being shelved for twenty years when things with their mutual management MainMan went sour.

That setback didn’t stop Cherry from pursuing a music career, though it was tough for her to break away from being “David Bowie’s lover.” A 1980 album for RSO (Ripe!!!) caused a minor ripple on the Billboard Black Albums Chart, so when RSO bit the dust, Ava found herself with a new deal on Capitol Records. The resulting album, Streetcar Named Desire, was a bit of a throwback, a funk/disco affair when New Wave and the music industry had finally caught up to Cherry. It’s too bad, since while the title track and lead single is perfectly serviceable, Cherry deserved a more forward-sounding approach that matched her image. As it was, Streetcar sank with nary a trace. Ava tried again with a dancier attempt, Picture Me, in 1987, but short of a couple of dance chart hits, it wasn’t the breakthrough she or Capitol were looking for.

Cherry went on to reunite with Luther Vandross, whom she sang backup with during the Bowie days - this time, however, she was singing backup for Luther. Ava continues to record now and then, her most recent offering being a dance remake of “Hopelessly Devoted To You” from Grease that’s not half bad.

Tracks:

01 Having Been Near
02 Streetcar Named Desire
03 Fast Lover
04 Love to Be Touched
05 Protection
06 Awkward Situation
07 This Time Around
08 Street Victim
09 Techno Love
10 Having Been Far

Demos Juke Box

WarlocksakaThe Emergency CrewakaThe Grateful DeadAutumn Records DemoakaAutumn Sessions1965aka...

01 Early Morning Rain.mp3
02 I Know You Rider.mp3
03 Mindbender (Confusion`s Prince).mp3
04 The Only Time Is Now.mp3
05 Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks).mp3
06 Can`t Come Down.mp3

Mother McCree Uptown Jug Championssome later Warlockssome later Grateful Dead1964

Recorded live at the Top of the Tangent coffee house.
Palo Alto, California - July, 1964, released 1999.
Included three future members of the Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir & Ron "Pigpen" McKernan.


01 Overseas Stomp.mp3
02 Ain't It Crazy (The Rub).mp3
03 Boo Break.mp3
04 Memphis.mp3
05 Boodle Am Shake.mp3
06 Big Fat Woman.mp3
07 Borneo.mp3
08 My Gal.mp3
09 Shake That Thing.mp3
10 Beat It On Down The Line.mp3
11 Cocaine Habit Blues.mp3
12 Beedle Um Bum.mp3
13 On The Road Again.mp3
14 The Monkey And The Engineer.mp3
15 In The Jailhouse Now.mp3
16 Crazy Words, Crazy Tune.mp3
17 Band Interview.mp3

Mister 78 PresentsOriginal SoundEarly Versions Of Rock Hits

Original Sound

01 Who's Sorry Now - Frank Bessinger - '23.mp3
02 Who's Sorry Now - Happy Six - '23.mp3
03 Who's Sorry Now - Isham Jones - '23.mp3
04 Who's Sorry Now - Bob Crosby - '38.mp3
05 The Way You LookTonight - Rudy Vallee - '36.mp3
06 Among My Souvenirs - Vernon Dalhart - '28.mp3
07 Among My Souvenirs - Revelers - '27.mp3
08 Are You Lonesome Tonight - Joe Wilbur - '27.mp3
09 Are You Lonesome Tonight - Henry Burr - '27.mp3
10 Are You Lonesome Tonight - Carter Family - '36.mp3
11 Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller - '40.mp3
12 Blueberry Hill - Kay Kyser - '40.mp3
13 My Blue Heaven - Gene Austin - '27.mp3
14 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Connee Boswell - '50.mp3
15 Tonight You Belong To Me - Regent Club Orch - '26.mp3
16 Keep A Knockin - Jimmy Dorsey - '40.mp3
17 I Told Every Little Star - Hildegarde & Clark - '46.mp3
18 La Bamba - Orq de S Garrido - '46.mp3
19 Love Letters In The Sand - Sam Lanin - '30.mp3

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MbubeakaThe Lion Sleeps TonightakaWimowehCompilation

Barbershop - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Mbube aka Wimoweh).mp3
Bert Kaempfert - Wimoweh aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Mbube).mp3
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Cher & The Mavericks - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube Live).mp3
Cooldown Cafe & Gerard Joling - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Daniel Küblböck - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube Radio Edit).mp3
Dave Newman & The Baby Boomers - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Hans Theessink Band - Mbube aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh).mp3
Helmut Lotti - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Jimmy Cliff - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Johnny Gregory - Wimoweh (aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Mbube).mp3
Karaoke - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Karl Denver Trio - Wimoweh (aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Mbube - 1962).mp3
Kingston Trio - Wimoweh (aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Mbube (Live At The Hungry I 12-09- - 1959).mp3
Ladysmith Black Mambazo & The Mint Julips - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Les Baxter & Yma Sumac - Wimoweh (aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Mbube).mp3
Mahotella Queens - Mbube (aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Wimoweh).mp3
Mia Martini - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Miriam Makeba - Lion Cries (Mbube aka Wimoweh aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight).mp3
Nanci Griffith - Wimoweh (aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Mbube).mp3
NSync - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube - The Lion King).mp3
Nylons - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Pete Seeger - Wimoweh (aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight aka Mbube).mp3
Robert John - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Mbube aka Wimoweh).mp3
Rockapella - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Serge Nelson - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds - Mbube (aka Wimoweh aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight - 1936).mp3
Soweto Gospel Choir - Mbube (aka Wimoweh aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight).mp3
Techno Remix - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube).mp3
Tight Fit - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube (Disney).mp3
Tokens - The The Lion Sleeps Tonight (aka Wimoweh aka Mbube - 1961).mp3
Vazelina Bilopphoeggers - Gjedda Kjaem I Kveld (Mbube aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight).mp3
Weavers - Wimoweh (aka Mbube aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight).mp3
Weavers & Pete Seeger - Wimoweh (aka Mbube aka The The The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Live - 1957).mp3
Weavers & Pete Seeger - Wimoweh (Mbube aka The The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Live - 1957).mp3

I Put A Spell On YouCompilation

Alan Price - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Audience - I put a spell on you.mp3
Bette Midler - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Buddy Guy with Carlos Santana - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
C.A. Quintet - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Calvin Richardson - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You.mp3
Dee Dee - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Eric Burdon and the Animals - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Fever Tree - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Joe Cocker - I Put a Spell on You.mp3
Leon Russell - I Put a Spell on You.mp3
Leslie West - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Manfred Manns Earthband - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Queen Latifah - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Original).mp3
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You 1972.mp3
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You 1956.mp3
Sonique - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - I Put A Spell On You.mp3
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - I Put a Spell on You.mp3
Them - I Put a Spell on You.mp3

Your Mother Should Know

Anna (Go With Him) - Arthur Alexander.mp3
Blueberry Hill - Glenn Mille & Ray Eberle 1940.mp3
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ozzie Nelson Orch 1931.mp3
For Your Precious Love - Oscar Toney Jr.mp3
Ghost Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe & Sons of Pioneers 1949.mp3
Handy Man - Sparks Of Rhythm.mp3
Happy Feet - Frankie Trumbauer Orch & Smith Balleway 1930.mp3
Hound Dog - Willie Mae Thornton.mp3
Just A Gigilo - Ted Lewis 1931.mp3
Mambo #5 - Perez Prado.mp3
Mdube - Solomon Linda's Evening Birds 1936.mp3
Money - Barrett Strong.mp3
Needles And Pins - Searchers.mp3
Piece Of My Heart - Erma Franklin.mp3
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Ike Turner Guitar) 1951.mp3
Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston & The Prestonaires 1949.mp3
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner 1954.mp3
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates.mp3
Shine - Hoboken Four (Frank Sinatra's 1st) 1935.mp3
Sixteen Tons - Merle Travis 1947.mp3
Slumber Boat - Elva Ruby Connes aka Phoebe Phestoon aka Elva Miller aka Mrs Miller 1962 (1st Record).mp3
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones.mp3
That's All Right Mama - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup 1946.mp3
That's All Right - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup.mp3
Tip Toe Thru The Tulips With Me - Nick Lucas 1929.mp3
Try A Little Tenderness - Ted Lewis 1933.mp3
Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On - Big Maybelle 1953.mp3

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01 Candy Kisses - Four Aces of Western Swing - 1948.mp3
02 Tennessee Border - Four Aces of Western Swing - 1948.mp3
03 Rose Of My Heart - Four Aces of Western Swing - 1948.mp3
04 Sweet Little Gal From Nevada - Four Aces of Western Swing - 1948.mp3
05 The Wreck On The Highway - Four Aces of Western Swing - 1948.mp3
06 Yodel Your Blues Away - Saddlemen - 1948.mp3
07 A Yodeller's Lullaby - Saddlemen - 1948.mp3
08 Cotton Haired Gal - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
09 Ten Gallon Stetson - Saddlemen 1949.mp3
10 Candy And Women - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
11 The Covered Wagon - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
12 Rovin' Eyes - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
13 With This Broken Heart Of Mine - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
14 My Mom Heard My Crying - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
15 Behind The Eight Ball - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
16 Red Light - Saddlemen - 1949.mp3
17 Rocket 88 - Saddlemen - 1951.mp3
18 Tearstains On My Heart - Saddlemen - 1951.mp3
19 Green Tree Boogie - Saddlemen - 1951.mp3
20 Down Deep In My Heart - Saddlemen - 1951.mp3
21 Sundown Boogie - Saddlemen - 1951.mp3
22 Jukebox Cannonball - Saddlemen - 1952.mp3
23 Icy Heart - Saddlemen - 1952.mp3
24 Rock The Joint - Saddlemen - 1952.mp3

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We Wrote 'em & We Sing 'emSong Writers Sing The Hits1961

01 Otis Blackwell - All Shook Up.mp3
02 Eddie Cooley - Fever.mp3
03 Winfield Scott - Tweedle Dee.mp3
04 Ollie Jones - Send For Me.mp3
05 Lincoln Chase - Jim Dandy.mp3
06 Billy Dawn (Smith) - The Angels Listened In.mp3
07 Billy Dawn - When I Saw You.mp3
08 Lincoln Chase - Hot Biscuits.mp3
09 Ollie Jones - Come On Come On.mp3
10 Otis Blackwell - Music And Fire.mp3
11 Winfred Scott - Some Cold Night Now.mp3
12 Eddie Cooley - Lay It On.mp3

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20th Century Boy - 1973 T Rex.mp3
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A Groovy Kind Of Love - 1965 Diane & Annita.mp3
A Groovy Kind Of Love - 1988 Phil Collins.MP3
Anna (Go With Him) - 1962 Arthur Alexander.mp3
Anna (Go With Him) - 1963 Beatles (Arthur Alexander Cover).mp3
Are You Lonesome Tonight - 1927 Vaughn Deleath (Original).mp3
Are You Lonesome Tonight - 1960 Elvis Presley (Vaughn Deleath Cover).mp3
At My Front Door - 1955 El Dorados (Original).mp3
At My Front Door - 1972 Harry Nilsson & Ringo Starr.mp3
Black Betty - 1933 James 'Iron Head' Baker.mp3
Black Betty - 2002 Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE aka Tom Jones (Joe Cuttather mix).mp3
Blueberry Hill - 1940 Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle.mp3
Blueberry Hill - 1956 Fats Domino.mp3
Chains Of Love - 1951 Big Joe Turner.mp3
Chains Of Love - 1962 Brook Benton.mp3
Doo Wah Diddy - 1963 Exciters.mp3
Doo Wah Diddy - 1964 Manfred Mann.mp3
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - 1964 Dick Holler & The Holidays.mp3
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - 1966 Swinging Medallians.mp3
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 1931 Ozzie Nelson's Orch.mp3
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 1968 Mamas & Papas.mp3
Dueling Banjos - 1955 Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith (aka Appalachian Stomp).mp3
Dueling Banjos - 1973 Eric Weisberg & Steve Mandell.mp3
Everybody Needs Somebody - 1964 Solomon Burke.mp3
Everybody Needs Somebody - 1980 Blues Brothers.mp3
For Your Precious Love - 1958 Jerry Butler & The Impressions.mp3
For Your Precious Love - 1967 Oscar Toney Jr.mp3
Go Now - 1964 Bessie Banks.mp3
Go Now - 1965 Moody Blues.mp3
Good Lovin' - 1965 Olympics.mp3
Good Lovin' - 1967 Young Rascals.mp3
Handy Man - 1959 Sparks Of Rhythm.mp3
Handy Man - 1977 James Taylor.mp3
Hang On Sloopy - 1964 Vibrations.mp3
Hang On Sloopy - 1965 McCoys.mp3
Henry The Eighth - 1911 Harry Champion.Mp3
Henry The Eighth - 1959 Herman's Hermits.mp3
Hippy Hippy Shake - 1959 Chad Romero.mp3
Hippy Hippy Shake - 1963 Swinging Blue Jeans.mp3
Hound Dog - 1952 Big Mama Thornton.mp3
Hound Dog - 1956 Elvis Presley.mp3
I Put A Spell On You - 1957 Screamin' Jay Hawkins.mp3
I Put A Spell On You - 1968 Creedence Clearwater Revival.mp3
I Want Candy - 1965 Strangeloves (Original).mp3
I Want Candy - 1981 Bow Wow Wow [12-inch remix].mp3
I Want You To Want Me - 1977 Cheap Trick (Early Version Outtake).mp3
I Want You To Want Me - 1999 Letters To Cleo.mp3
I'm Into Something Good - 1964 Earl-Jean McCrea.mp3
I'm Into Something Good - 1964 Herman's Hermits.mp3
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - 1953 Four Lads.mp3
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - 1989 They Might Be Giants.mp3
Just A Gigilo - 1931 Ted Lewis Orch.mp3
Just A Gigilo - 1985 David Lee Roth.mp3
Little Green Bag - 1969 George Baker (aka Hans Bouwens) Selection.mp3
Little Green Bag - 1999 Tom Jones & Barenaked Ladies.mp3
Lollipop - 1958 1st recorded by Ronald & Ruby aka Lee Morris & Beverly Ross.mp3
Lollipop - 1958 Chordettes.mp3
Louie, Louie - 1957 Richard Berry & The Pharaohs.mp3
Louie, Louie - 1964 Kingsmen.mp3
Mambo #5 - 1949 Perez Prado.mp3
Mambo #5 - 1999 Lou Bega.mp3
Monkberry Moon Delight - 1971 Paul McCartney.mp3
Monkberry Moon Delight - 1973 Screamin' Jay Hawkins.mp3
Mr Moonlight - 1962 Dr Feelgood & The Interns.mp3
Mr Moonlight - 1964 Beatles.mp3
Mustang Sally - 1965 Sir Mack Rice.mp3
Mustang Sally - 1967 Wilson Pickett.mp3
My Boy Lollipop - 1956 Barbie Gaye.mp3
My Boy Lollipop - 1964 Millie Small.mp3
My Ding-A-Ling - 1952 Dave Bartholonew Orch (originally named Little Girl Sing).mp3
My Ding-A-Ling - 1972 Chuck Berry.mp3
My Little Red Book - 1965 Burt Bacharach (Song Writers Version).mp3
My Little Red Book - 1966 Arthur Lee & Love.mp3
Nobody But Me - 1963 Isley Brothers.mp3
Nobody But Me - 1968 Human Beinz.mp3
On Broadway - 1963 1st Recorded By The Cookies.mp3
On Broadway - 1963 Drifters.mp3
Piece Of My Heart - 1967 Erma Franklin.mp3
Piece of My Heart - 1968 Janis Joplin.mp3
Puttin' On The Ritz - 1920 Irving Berlin.mp3
Puttin' On The Ritz - 1982 Falco.mp3
Sea Of Love - 1959 Phil Phillips & The Twilights.mp3
Sea Of Love - 1989 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.mp3
Soldier Of Love - 1962 Arthur Alexander.mp3
Soldier of Love - 1963 Beatles (Live At The BBC).mp3
Something In The Air - 1969 Thunderclap Newman.mp3
Something In The Air - 1993 Tom Petty.mp3
The Pusher - 1968 Hoyt Axton.mp3
The Pusher - 1970 Steppenwolf.mp3
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - 1963 Merry Clayton.mp3
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - 1964 Betty Everett.mp3
The Twist - 1958 Hank Ballard (King 5171).mp3
The Twist - 1960 Chubby Checker.mp3
The Wanderer - 1962 1st Recorded by Ernie Maresca (Songwriter Demo).mp3
The Wanderer - 1962 Dion & The Belmonts.mp3
Think About Your Troubles - 1971 Harry Nilsson.mp3
Think About Your Troubles - 1994 Jellyfish .mp3
Tip Toe Thru The Tulips - 1929 Nick Lucas.mp3
Tip Toe Thru The Tulips - 1968 Tiny Tim.mp3
Tonight You Belong To Me - 1927 Gene Austin.mp3
Tonight You Belong To Me - 1956 Patience & Prudence.mp3
Try A Little Tenderness - 1933 Ted Lewis.mp3
Try A Little Tenderness - 1967 Otis Redding.mp3
Twist & Shout - 1961 Top Notes (Original).mp3
Twist And Shout - 1964 Beatles.mp3
Unchained Melody - 1955 Al Hibbler.mp3
Unchained Melody - 1965 Righteous Brothers.mp3
War - 1970 1st recorded by Temptations.mp3
War - 1970 Edwin Starr.mp3
Without You - 1970 Badfinger.MP3
Without You - 1971 Harry Nilsson.mp3
You're No Good - 1963 Dee Dee Warwick.mp3
You're No Good - 1975 Linda Ronstadt.mp3


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Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lee Shelton (also known as Stagger Lee, Stagolee, Stackerlee, Stack O'Lee, Stack-a-Lee and by several other spelling variants) was a black cab driver and a pimp convicted of murdering William "Billy" Lyons on Christmas Eve, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri. The crime was immortalized in a blues folk song that has been recorded in hundreds of different versions.

Lee Shelton was not just a common pimp, but as described by Cecil Brown, "Lee Shelton belonged to a group of pimps known in St. Louis as the 'Macks'. The macks were not just 'urban strollers'; they presented themselves as objects to be observed."

Shelton died in prison in 1912, of tuberculosis.

The Story:

A story appearing in the St. Louis, Missouri Globe-Democrat in 1895 says:

William Lyons, 25, a levee hand, was shot in the abdomen yesterday evening at 10 o'clock in the saloon of Bill Curtis, at Eleventh and Morgan Streets, by Lee Shelton, a carriage driver. Lyons and Shelton were friends and were talking together. Bo th parties, it seems, had been drinking and were feeling in exuberant spirits. The discussion drifted to politics, and an argument was started, the conclusion of which was that Lyons snatched Shelton's hat from his head. The latter indignantly demand ed its return. Lyons refused, and Shelton withdrew his revolver and shot Lyons in the abdomen. When his victim fell to the floor Shelton took his hat from the hand of the wounded man and coolly walked away. He was subsequently arrested and locked up at the Chestnut Street Station. Lyons was taken to the Dispensary, where his wounds were pronounced serious. Lee Shelton is also known as 'Stagger' Lee.

Lyons eventually died of his injuries. Shelton was tried, convicted, and served prison time for this crime. This otherwise unmemorable crime is remembered in a song. In some older versions of the song, the name of the other party is given as "Billy Deslile" or "De Lion".

Stagger Lee as archetype:

Immortalized in song, Stagger Lee has become an archetype, the embodiment of a tough-guy black man -- one who is sly, streetwise, cool, lawless, amoral, potentially violent, and who often defies white authority.

Author and music critic Greil Marcus explicitly ties the Stagger Lee archetype to Sly Stone and his album There's a Riot Goin' On in his book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music.

The Songs:

The song has been recorded hundreds of times by a great variety of performers. The version recorded by Mississippi John Hurt is considered by some commentators to be definitive, containing all of the elements that appear in other versions. A cover with different lyrics was a chart hit for Lloyd Price in 1959; Dick Clark felt that the original tale of murder was too morbid for his American Bandstand audience, and insisted that they be changed (with no murder taking place). The subject was changed from gambling to fighting over a woman, and instead of a murder, the two yelled at each other, and made up the next day. Despite the changes, it was the original version of the song that made #1 and was ranked #456 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

There is speculation that "Stag O Lee" songs predated even the 1895 incident, and Lee Shelton may have gotten his nickname from earlier folk songs. Other sources say that black roustabouts on Mississippi River docks were called "stack o lees" as they would stack cargo on the lee side of the docks. The first published version of the song was done by folklorist John Lomax in 1910. The song was well known in African American communities along the lower Mississippi River by the 1910s.

Before World War II, it was almost always known as "Stack O'Lee". W.C. Handy wrote that this probably was a nickname for a tall person, comparing him to the tall smoke-stack of the large steamboat Robert E. Lee. By the time that W.C. Handy wrote the explanation in the 1920s, "Stack O' Lee" was already familiar in United States popular culture, with recordings of the song made by such pop singers of the day as Cliff Edwards.

An early Blues recording of the song "Stack O' Lee Blues" from 1928 was made by Mississippi John Hurt, a blues musician. As in all such pieces, there are many (sometimes anachronistic) variants on the lyrics. Several older versions give Billy's last name as "De Lyons" or "Deslile".

Other well known artists who have recorded it include Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Ma Rainey, Professor Longhair, Sidney Bechet, New Monsoon, Johnny Dodds, Duke Ellington, Memphis Slim, Bill Haley & His Comets, Neil Diamond, Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Fats Domino, Doc Watson, Dr. John, Huey Lewis and the News, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Tom Rush, Travis MacRae, Tommy Roe, Modern Life is War and Ken Colyer. A version by The Fabulous Thunderbirds can be found on the Porky's Revenge soundtrack. Johnny Otis's Snatch and the Poontangs perform a version in which the violence is matched by the sex.

The Grateful Dead recorded a version of the tale which focuses on the fictionalized hours after the death of "Billy DeLion", when Billy's wife Delia tracks down Stagger Lee in a local saloon and "she shot him in the balls" in revenge for Billy's death.

Elton John's 1976 "Blue Moves" album included the song "Shoulder Holster", about a vengeful woman out to kill her cheating ex. The song begins with the lyrics "It was just like Frankie and Johnny, And it was just like Stagger Lee".

The 1979 album London Calling by The Clash includes a ska version (a cover of a song by the Jamaican rocksteady group The Rulers) titled "Wrong 'Em Boyo", in which Stagger Lee is explicitly the hero and Billy the villain. Another variant by Austin blues artist Steve James retells the story from Stagger Lee's perspective, as the underprivileged child of a prostitute and a steamboat worker, and as with the Clash's version, Billy is not innocent.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, by contrast, present an even more violent and homo-erotic version of the song "Stagger Lee" on their 1996 album Murder Ballads. This version retakes a street "toast poem" on Stagolee. Toasts were 'pre-rap' poems and stories especially popular among those in the "life" and among prisoners. The song contains much swearing and shows the story from a neutral perspective..Stagger Lee refers to himself as "The Bad Motherfucker". The song also seems to set the story in the 1930's. This is evident in the opening line "It was back in '32 when times were hard".

More recently, the Black Keys recorded a song entitled "Stack Shot Billy" on their 2004 album Rubber Factory. In 2005, Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang recorded their own arrangement of the song, called "Stagger Lee", ultimately released on their 2006 CD Dislocation Blues.

A version of Staggolee performed by Pacific Gas & Electric was included on the soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, the second portion of the 2007 double-feature Grindhouse.

In the 2007 film Black Snake Moan, Samuel L. Jackson's character sings a boastful version of the song from Stagger Lee's perspective, titled "Stackolee". This version is based on R. L. Burnside's rendition which can be heard on the album Well, Well, Well.

In 2007, Iowa hardcore band Modern Life Is War recorded the song "Stagger Lee" which was released on the album Midnight In America.

Contemporary interpretations and notable allusions:

In the 1980s, pro wrestler Junkyard Dog used the name (and theme song) Stagger Lee to surprise his rival Ted DiBiase, returning from a "Loser Leaves Town" match under a mask during an infamous feud in Mid-South Wrestling.

Stagg R. Leigh is the assumed name under which Thelonious Ellison, the protagonist of Percival Everett's novel Erasure (2001) writes his parody of blaxploitation literature My Pafology (later changed to Fuck).

Contemporary artist Beck covered Mississippi John Hurt's interpretation, "Stagolee," on Hurt's tribute album "Avalon Blues," released by Vanguard Records in 2001.

Stagger Lee, a graphic novel both telling the history of the story and a fictionalized version of it with political themes, was published by Image Comics in May 2006, written by Derek McCulloch and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix (ISBN 1582406073).

Josh Ritter references Stagger Lee in his song "Folk Bloodbath". (2008)

The main character of Jacqueline Woodson's young adult novel The House You Pass on the Way (1997) names herself Staggerlee after the song.

Stagger Lee Lyrics
Lloyd Price Version

The night was clear, and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumblin' down. . .

I was standin' on the corner
When I heard my bull dog bark.
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin' in the dark.

It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
Two men who gambled late.
Stagger lee threw a seven,
Billy swore that he threw eight.

"Stagger Lee," said Billy,
"I can't let you go with that.
"You have won all my money,
"And my brand-new Stetson hat."

Stagger Lee went home
And he got his .44.
He said, "I'm goin' to the ballroom
"Just to pay that debt I owe."

(bridge)
Go, Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee went to the ballroom
And he strolled across the ballroom floor.
He said "You did me wrong, Billy."
And he pulled his .44.

"Stagger Lee," said Billy,
"Oh, please don't take my life!
"I've got three hungry children,
"And a very sickly wife."

Stagger Lee shot Billy
Oh, he shot that poor boy so hard
That a bullet went through Billy
And broke the bartender's bar.

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee!
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee!
(to fade)




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