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| Artist | Title | Album | Year | Notes | Media | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAIR, JOHN | Stack-O-Lee | Larkspur | 1988 | slow, then upbeat elaborate piano background with vocals from Van Morrison's pianist. Nice. | CD | - | |
| AMEN CORNER, THE | Outro: Stag-O-Lee (live) | If Paradise Was Half As Nice | 1969 | barely recognizable, this is a live recording with enthusiastic music and someone yelling "stag-o-lee" several times. the band features Andy Fairweather-Low | CD | Logan - Price | |
| ANDREWS, BEN | Stagolee | Gallows Pole | 2001 | nice take on John Hurt's song. good energy, nice playing. the cd also includes a spectacular 11-minute version of Gallows Pole. | CD | Trad. J. Hurt | |
| ARCARI, DAVE | Stagolee | Vol. 1: Something Old, Something Borrowed | 2006 | a great voice and some nice acoustic guitar from this Glasgow bluesman. fantastic stuff. | CD | Trad./Hurt | |
| ARCHIBALD | Stack-A-Lee, Parts 1&2 | Carnival Day - Essential New Orleans R&B | 1950 | first mainstream hit, with a long instrumental ending | CD | - | |
| ASBELL, PAUL | Stack-A-Lee | Steel String Americana | 2002 | the artist credits the lyrics to the "Louisiana side of the family." there's a bulldog, a broken glass and the devil. good version with some really nice acoustic guitar. | CD | Trad. | |
| BACHELOR'S TWO, THE | Stag-O-Lee | single | - | no info about this one - probably early or mid-60s. Lloyd Price's song with some fun organ playing. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| BAKER, MICKEY | Stack O'Lee | Blues and Jazz Guitar | 1977 | nice folk/blues version from half of "Mickey and Sylvia" | Vinyl | - | |
| BALLERO, JIMMY | Stagger Lee | And the Renegade Band | 1992 | not terribly exciting version with a long sax solo | CD | - | |
| BAMA | Stackerlee | Prison Songs V. 1: Murderous Home | 1947 | very creepy a cappella version from inside a prison | CD | - | |
| BARNES, JIMMY | Band Introduction (Stagger Lee) | Soul Deeper - Live at the Basement | 2000 | eight + minutes, with much of the time taken up with band introductions over Stagger Lee music. Barnes eventually sings the Lloyd Price song. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| BARNES, JIMMY | Stagger Lee | Soul Deep | 1995 | uneventful live version by this Australian singer. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| BARTHOLOMEW, DAVE | Son of Stagger Lee | New Orleans Big Beat | 1993 | Recorded between 1993 & 1997. The story doesn't have much to do with the original. | CD | - | |
| BASSHOLES | Stack O Lee | The Secret Strength of Depression | 1997 | live at a radio station. Blistering guitar. | CD | - | |
| BASSHOLES | Stack O'Lee | Out in the Treetops | 2003 | strange, high pitched vocals - guitar and percussion | CD | - | |
| BASSHOLES | Stack O'Lee and Billy Lyons | Blue Roots | 1992 | raw, lo-fi guitar and vocals version. Sort of White Stripes-esque. Awesome | CD | - | |
| BEANLAND | Stagger Lee | Beanland | 1990 | nice rock version, good piano piece at its core | CD | - | |
| BECHET, SIDNEY | Old Stack O'Lee Blues | The Best of Sidney Bechet | 1946 | instrumental jazz version | CD | - | |
| BECK | Stagolee | Avalon Blues - Tribute | 2001 | tribute to Mississippi John Hurt | CD | - | |
| BERMUDA TRIANGEL | Stagger Lee | single | 1977 | Female German group (German spelling of "triangle"). A disco version! | Vinyl | - | |
| BILLY'S BAND | Stagger Lee | Being Tom Waits | 2002 | rap version, more or less inspired by Nick Cave's version, by this Russian band with a Tom Waits fixation. | CD | - | |
| BLACK FURIES, THE | Stagger Lee | Death Trip Saturday Night | 2005 | a San Francisco-based punk band. this version bears no resemblance to any other I've heard; the lyrics mention something about a Cadillac and a "killer in the night," but I don't hear much of the Stagger Lee story in here. | CD | Black Furies | |
| BLACK KEYS, THE | Stack Shot Billy | Rubber Factory | 2004 | guitar and drums, heavy sludge blues version | CD | - | |
| BLIND PETE & PARTNER | Stagolee | Mississippi Blues & Gospel Field Recordings 1934-1942 | 1934 | poor sound quality acoustic blues. | CD | Trad. | |
| BLOCK, RORY | Stagger Lee | Women in (E)motion Festival | 1988 | live acoustic, pretty much the Mississippi John Hurt version. | CD | - | |
| BLONDO, LUCKY | Stagger Lee | Je Roule a Cote de mes Pneus | 1979 | it's in French! high energy version with back-up vocals by the Jordanairres. | Vinyl | Trad. arr. Blondo | |
| BLUE RIDER TRIO | Stagolee | Harp, Steel and Guts | 2000 | acoustic blues, based on John Hurt. | CD | - | |
| BLUEGRASS ALLIANCE, THE | Stagolee | Newgrass | 1972 | acoustic bluegrass version | Vinyl | - | |
| BOOKBINDER, ROY | Stack O' Lee | Ragtime Millionaire | 1977 | new orleans "lion's club/delion's blood" version. | CD | Trad. | |
| BOONE, PAT | Stagger Lee | Great! Great! Great! | 1960 | better than expected straightforward version of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| BOYO, BILLY | Stagolee Stylee | Zim Zim | 1983 | instrumental reggae from this "sinjay" musician. not sure why it has this name, but it does. Billy Boyo was maybe 14 when it was recorded. | CD | Billy Theophilus Rowe (Billy Boyo) | |
| BRIDGES, CURLEY | Stagger Lee | Keys to the Blues | 1998 | fairly straightforward blues version, piano based. | CD | - | |
| BROKE TOE REZO | Stagger Lee | I Shoulda Gone to the Hospital | 2001 | very nice seven+ minute delta blues version. the liner notes refer to "the infamous Texas tough guy." | CD | Broke Toe Rezo | |
| BROMBERG, DAVID | Mrs. Delion's Lament | Reckless Abandon | 1977 | jazzy, dixieland version. Stag takes over hell in this version. | CD | - | |
| BROUSSARD, MIKE & NITE TRAIN | Stagger Lee | South Louisiana Style Music V. 1 | 1991 | weak jazzy cover of Lloyd Price's version. Uninspired. | CD | - | |
| BROWN, HYLO & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups | Stack-O-Lee | Legends & Tall Tales | 1967 | found this on a compilation called "Grassroots Bluegrass: Legends and Lost Classics." short and low-key bluegrass version | CD | - | |
| BROWN, JAMES | Stagger Lee | The Godfather Returnes | 1967 | Lloyd Price's song given the James Brown treatment. good fun. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| BROZMAN, BOB | Stack O Lee Aloha | A Truckload of Blues | 1992 | acoustic instrumental | CD | - | |
| BURKS, DONNIE | Stagger Lee | The Swingin' Sound of Soul | 1969 | good late-60s soul version. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| BURNSIDE, R.L. | Staggolee | Well Well Well | 1986 | acoustic live version, mostly spoken | CD | - | |
| BYRD, JONATHAN | Stackalee | The Waitress | 2004 | slow, acoustic version | CD | - | |
| CALLOWAY, CAB | Stack O'Lee Blues | The Early Years | 1931 | - | CD | - | |
| CANNON, ACE | Stagger Lee | Back to the Beginning | 2002 | instrumental saxophone version | CD | - | |
| CAVE, NICK | Stagger Lee | Murder Ballads | 1996 | a particularly violent version | CD | - | |
| CEPHAS & WIGGINS | Stack and the Devil | Somebody Told the Truth | 2002 | the story is mostly about Stack arguing with the devil. Fantastic. | CD | - | |
| CEPHAS & WIGGINS | Staggerlee | Dog Days of August | 1984 | nice piano/harmonica version | CD | - | |
| CHAPARALLS, THE | Stag-O-Lee | Times to Remember | 1967 | ultra-obscure garage rock band (with trumpet!) from Pennsylvania. most of the band was under age 18, and the kid playing trumpet was only 13! | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| CITY LIMITS, THE | Stagger Lee | single | 1966 | straightforward cover, nothing special. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| CLASH, THE | Wrong 'Em Boyo | London Calling | 1979 | by the classic british band. A cover of The Rulers (rocksteady) | CD | - | |
| CLAYTON, PAUL | Stackolee | Bloody Ballads | 1956 | short, acoustic folk version with some fun lyrics about the bartender having to clean up the mess. The vocals remind me of Pete Seeger. | Vinyl | - | |
| CLEAR CREEK SINGERS | Stagolee | Up the Creek (aka Album 2) | - | this is probably from the mid/late 1960s. the liner notes indicate that this was some sort of college band, but there isn't much info. multiple singers, song set in New Orleans' "Lion's Club." | Vinyl | - | |
| CLUTCH | Tight Like That | Clutch | 1995 | not a cover - it's a song that mentions Stagger Lee as the traditional "bad man" archetype. the lyric is "Stagger Lees everywhere, trying to bring me doom, oh no." really cool to hear a reference like this. | CD | - | |
| COFFEE BAR SKIFFLERS, THE | Bad Man Stack-O-Lee | Skiffle Session EP | 1958 | good fun skiffle version - "I'm looking for you bad man Stack-O-Lee!" | CD | McDevitt | |
| COLYER, KEN (Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group) | Stack-O-Lee Blues | Great British Skiffle comp. | 1955 | gentle acoustic version with guitar, bass, banjo and washboard. | CD | Trad. | |
| CORTEZ, DAVE "BABY" | Stagger Lee | Tweetie Pie | 1965 | great fun. An instrumental cover of the Lloyd Price song done by what sounds like a roller skating rink organ. | CD | - | |
| COSMOS, THE | Stag-O-Lee | The Cosmos | 1991 | alternates between a retro and hard rock sound. pretty dreadful. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| CRANE, TERRY | Stagger Lee | single | - | rockabilly version. no info. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| CRAZY ROCKERS | Stagger Lee | single | 1983 | from the Netherlands! | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| CROUCH END ALL-STARS (w/IAN CHRISTIE) | Ol' Stack-O-Lee Blues | Sunday Best | 1986 | pleasant enough jazz version with some nice clarinet. | Vinyl | - | |
| CURTIS, LUCIOUS & FORD, WILLIE | Stagolee | Deep River of Song - Mississippi | 1940 | CD | - | ||
| DEALS GONE BAD | Stack-O-Lee | Everything Off-Beat V. 2 | 1999 | ok ska version. | CD | - | |
| DEAN, TERRY | Stagger Lee | Go!! Going!! Gone!! | 1965 | standard Lloyd Price cover from this Australian singer. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| DETROIT JUNIOR | Staggerlee | 8 Hands on 88 Keys | 2001 | nice piano blues version | CD | - | |
| DEVLIN, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | 7" single | 1965 | probably early 1960s, can't say for sure. horns and strings in this cover of Lloyd Price's hit, with some entertaining spoken sections over music. | Vinyl | Trad. | |
| DIAMOND, NEIL | Stagger Lee | September Morn | 1979 | this is really, really bad. Way too smooth (bordering on easy listening) with a hint of a reggae beat!" | CD | - | |
| DION | Stagger Lee | Lovers Who Wander | 1962 | pretty basic Lloyd Price cover. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| DODDS, JOHNNY | Stack O'Lee Blues | Quadromania | 1929 | jazz - clarinet and vocals to the tune of "Frankie and Johnny." | CD | - | |
| DOMINO, FATS | Stack & Billy | Let's Play | 1959 | in this version, Stack accuses Billy of killing his best friend. | Vinyl | Domino - Bartholomew | |
| DOMINO, FATS | Stagger Lee (live) | Live in Montreux | 1973 | straightforward cover of Lloyd Price. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| DON & THE GOODTIMES | Stagger Lee | Where the Action Is! | 1966 | Northwest/Seattle garage band version of Lloyd Price's hit. Plenty of energy. | CD | - | |
| DONEGAN, LONNIE | Stackalee | Showcase | 1956 | skiffle version. Somewhat reminiscent of rock island line. | CD | - | |
| DOUBLE DAGGER | "Stagger Lee" | Records Toresim | 2009 | Thrill Jockey Records 2009 Record Store Day compilation. Some post-hardcore shouting and whatnot. I have no idea what the song is about but I did hear the singer shout "Stagger Lee" a few times. | Vinyl | - | |
| DOUCETTE, ALFRED (BIG CHIEF ALFRED DOUCETTE) | Stagger Lee | Rollin' Wit Da Legends & Marie Laveau | 2007 | New Orleans-style cover of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| DOWN HOME BOYS - REED, LONG CLEVE & HULL, LITTLE HARVEY | Original Stack O'Lee Blues | Down in the Basement - Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s | 1927 | no reference to the hat | CD | - | |
| DOWNCHILD (aka DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND) | Stagger Lee | So Far - A Collection of Our Best | 1977 | cover of Lloyd Price's hit with horns and piano. nothing special. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| DR. HOOK | Stagolee | Vintage Years | - | groovy white-guy funk with typically entertaining Shel Silverstein lyrics | CD | Baxter Taylor/Shel Silverstein | |
| DR. JOHN | Stack-A-Lee | Dr. John's Gumbo | 1972 | - | CD | - | |
| DR. JOHN | Stakalee | N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'Udda | 2004 | mixes up the stack story with stack o'dollars. An original story. | CD | - | |
| DUPREE, CHAMPION JACK | Stack-O-Lee | Blues From the Gutter | 1958 | - | CD | - | |
| DYLAN, BOB | Stack A Lee | World Gone Wrong | 1993 | based on Frank Hutchinson's version | CD | - | |
| EALEY, THEODIS | Stagger Lee | Raw | 1998 | solid electric guitar/band blues version. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| EDDEN, AUDLEY | You Better Move On/Stagalee Medley | Sponger Moo | 1984 | version from the Bahamas. not so good. | CD | - | |
| EDEGRAN ORCHESTRA & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ LADIES | Stack O'Lee | Shim Sham Shimmy Dance | 1990 | fun jazz/big band version with female vocals - tune is from Frankie & Johnny | CD | - | |
| EDWARDS, CLIFF (aka Ukulele Ike) | Stack O' Lee Parts 1 & 2 | I'm A Bear in a Lady's Boudoir | 1928 | this version, set in St. Louis, talks about the fight between two "colored" men. Stack is sentenced to 69 years in jail. Cliff Edwards recorded Stack O' Lee in two parts - at the end of the first part he directs the listener to turn the record over to hear the rest of the story. | CD | Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, DAVID "HONEYBOY" | Stagolee | Delta Bluesman | 1942 | short track with repeating lyrics ("stagolee, stagolee, stagolee was a man," etc.) | CD | - | |
| ELLINGTON, DUKE | Stack O'Lee Blues | Volume 3: Black Beauty | 1928 | instrumental jazz version | CD | - | |
| ELLIS, SHIRLEY | Stagger Lee | The Name Game | 1965 | a very fun version of Lloyd Price's song - more entertaining than the usual covers. Shirley Ellis is best known for her huge hit "The Name Game." | Vinyl | - | |
| ENGLISH, LOGAN | Stackerlee | Gambling Songs | 1957 | acoustic folk. liner notes says it's based on the Furry Lewis track with additional verses from various written sources. | Vinyl | - | |
| EXCELLO LEGENDS | Stagger Lee | Tennessee R n B | 1998 | recorded live by Clifford Curry, Roscoe Shelton & Earl Gaines. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS | Stagger Lee | Wrap it Up | 1985 | actually from the "Porky's Revenge" soundtrack. Boring Lloyd Price cover. | CD | - | |
| FILLMORE SLIM | Stagger Lee | Funky Mama's House | 2004 | mediocre blues version by this former pimp. yup, i said "former pimp." | CD | Public Domain | |
| FOGHORN STRINGBAND | Stagger Lee | Weiser Sunrise | 2005 | energetic bluegrass version. Liner notes says inspired by Round Peak Band's version | CD | - | |
| FORD, TENNESSEE ERNIE | Stack-O-Lee | Absolutely the Best | 1951 | sounds like the clyde mccoy version. Country boogie-woogie. | CD | - | |
| FRANKLIN & HARPE | Stack O'Lee Blues | Doin' The Dozens | 1998 | nice version inspired by John Hurt | CD | - | |
| FRANKLIN, CORTEZ & POGAN, LENNIE | Stagolee | Long Road to Freedom: Anthology of Black Music | 1971 | nice version (includes beating the devil) from Harry Belafonte's epic collection of the history of Black music. | CD | - | |
| FREED, AL | Stagger Lee | Promenade Records EP | - | probably early 1960s, this is an EP with 6 tracks by various artists, all featuring "The Promenade Orchestra and Chorus." Lloyd Price cover, bad quality vinyl. | Vinyl | - | |
| FRUIT JAR GUZZLERS | Stack-O-Lee | My Rough and Rowdy Ways V. 1 | 1928 | - | CD | - | |
| FULLER, JESSE | Stagolee | Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues | 1958 | based on John Hurt's version, this features a kazoo and the "fotdella" - a "foot-operated bass instrument." fascinating. | CD | Trad., arr. Jesse Fuller | |
| FURTADO, TONY | Staggerlee / Staggerlee Reprise | American Gyspy | 2002 | gentle slide guitar version with guitar. A little to adult contemporary to be dangerous. Album also ends with a short instrumental reprise | CD | - | |
| GALLERAN, TADG | Stagger Lee | Even White Boys Get the Blues | 2001 | blues version of Lloyd Price's hit. the singer previously was in a band with Peter Tork, and in the 1960s he was in the Broadway version of Hair. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| GARVIN, BERT & J.P & DANIELLE FRALEY | Stackolee | Kentucky Old Time Banjo | 1997 | sounds like an old guy playing banjo. | CD | - | |
| GENO D. | Stagger Lee | Keep the Vibe Alive Vol. 2 (Bahamas) | 2000 | Geno D. (Eugene Davis) had a hit in the Bahamas with this upbeat but generally unmemorable version of Lloyd Price's hit. only interesting for the Bahamas-influenced rhythms. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| GILLEY, MICKEY | Stagger Lee | One and Only | 1986 | slick, overproduced smooth country. this is a real low point for our hero. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| GOMEZ | Stag O' Lee | Bring It On - 10th Anniversary Edition | 1998 | from a 1998 BBC session. very nice. | CD | - | |
| GOOD TIME CHARLIE | Stagger Lee | single | - | starts with dogs barking and some dialogue. the label says 1931, but this is based on Lloyd Price's song. so i have no idea. | Vinyl | Trad. (Logan - Price) | |
| GRABOW, SKIP | Stagolee | Not Just the Blues | 1998 | nice acoustic guitar/harmonica version. | CD | John Hurt | |
| GRATEFUL DEAD | Stagger Lee | Shakedown Street | 1978 | a little jazzy. The basic story as interpreted by Robert Hunter. | CD | - | |
| GRIFFIN, GEORGE | Stagger Lee | The Time Has Come | 1994 | very nice blues version. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| GUITAR MAC & HIS BLUES EXPRESS | Stagger Lee | Golden Soniferous | 2000 | energetic slide guitar version of Lloyd Price's song (despite the author credit). | CD | Lloyd Price, John Hurt | |
| GUTHRIE, WOODY | Stackolee | Muleskinner Blues | 1944 | Asch Recordings, Volume 2 | CD | - | |
| GUTHRIE, WOODY | Stack-O-Lee | Worried Man Blues | 1931 | different/faster version than Asch recordings (date uncertain) | CD | - | |
| HAKANSON-STACY, MICHAEL | Stagolee | Pearls and Stones | 1995 | acoustic version with very nice guitar | CD | - | |
| HALEY, ED | Stacker Lee | Forked Deer Volume 1 | 1947 | low-fi fiddle version | CD | - | |
| HALL, BOB & PEABODY, DAVE | Stagolee | Roll and Slide | 1984 | upbeat version based on John Hurt's song with boogie-woogie piano. | CD | Trad. arr. Hall/Peabody | |
| HARRIS, BLIND JESSE | Stagolee | Field Recording V. 4: Mississippi & Alabama | 1940 | strange sparse version w/accordian? | CD | - | |
| HARRISON, WILBERT | Stagger Lee | Kansas City - The Best Of | 1969 | similar to Lloyd Price, only slower with piano and drums | CD | - | |
| HENRY | Stackolee | Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me! | 1965 | this is a toast recorded by a prisoner ("Henry") at the Ramsey prison farm. Recorded by Bruce Jackson as a companion to his book. | CD | - | |
| HILL TEDDY & the Southern Soul | Stagger Lee | single | - | slowed down bluesy/soul version. nice. possibly british? i can't find any info. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| HILL, MICHAEL (MICHAEL HILL'S BLUES MOB) | Stagolee/Perspective | Have Mercy | 1996 | sort of jazz-fusion, I suppose. A mix of Stagolee and another song, making an anti-violence point, more or less. | CD | - | |
| HODES, ART | Old Stack O'Lee Blues | Midnight Blue | 1987 | pleasant instrumental jazz version. | CD | - | |
| HOLT, JOHN | Stagger Lee | Rock 'N' Roll Reggae compilation | 1972 | fairly straightforward (and good) reggae version of the Lloyd Price song. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| HOOKER, STEVE | Stagger Lee is Back | Stagger Lee is Back | 2006 | short instrumental - garage/rockabilly guitar. | CD | Hooker S. | |
| HOOPII, SOL | Stack O'Lee Blues | Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 1 | 1928 | steel guitar instrumental | CD | - | |
| HUGHES, GENE & the Casinos | Stagger Lee | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | 1976 | straightforward, nothing special. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| HUNTER, IVORY JOE | Stackolee | Too Late, Too Late Volume 10 | 1933 | Ivory Joe's first recording. Unlistenable quality | CD | - | |
| HUNTER, ROBERT | Delia DeLyon and Stagger Lee | Jack O'Roses | 1980 | solo acoustic version by the lyricist for the Grateful Dead. | Vinyl | - | |
| HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN | Stack O'Lee | Avalon Blues | 1928 | the classic | CD | - | |
| HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN | Stackolee | D.C. Blues | 1963 | another brilliant john hurt version. Follows stack to hell. | CD | - | |
| HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN | Stack-O-Lee | Legend | 1963 | yet another nice john hurt track. | CD | - | |
| HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN | Stagolee | Newport Folk Festival 1963 - The Evening Concerts | 1963 | a nice live version by John Hurt. | CD | John Hurt | |
| HUTCHISON, FRANK | Stackalee | Anthology of American Folk Music | 1927 | old school country blues | CD | - | |
| HUTCHISON, FRANK | Stackalee (instrumental) | Worried Blues Boxset | 1927 | CD | - | ||
| INSIDE STRAIGHT BLUES BAND | Stagger Lee | Straight Up . . . Down and Dirty | 2002 | energetic live version by this Twin Cities band. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| ISLEY BROTHERS | Staggerlee | Let's Go | 1963 | straightforward cover of Lloyd Price version, with young Jimi Hendrix on guitar | CD | - | |
| JACKSON, SAMUEL L. | Stackolee | Black Snake Moan soundtrack | 2007 | with Kenny Brown, Luther Dickinson and Cedric Burnside. excellent full band blues by the famous actor and some associates of R.L. Burnside. | CD | Trad. | |
| JAMES, NICKY (NICKY JAMES MOVEMENT) | Stagger Lee | single | 1965 | cover of the Lloyd Price version | Vinyl | - | |
| JAMES, STEVE | Stack Lee's Blues | Boom Chang | 2000 | slide guitar - first person narrative | CD | - | |
| JANSCH, BERT | Stagolee | Young Man Blues | 1962 | nice acoustic version, somewhat low-fi. | CD | - | |
| JENSEN, LARRY (LARS) | Stagger Lee | Canadian Talent Library | 1982 | not very exciting version from Owen Sound, Ontario. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| JOHNSON, DON | Stagger Lee | Donald Ray | 2000 | no, not *that* Don Johnson, but just another underwhelming version of Lloyd Price's song. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| JOHNSON, STELLA | Trial of Stagger Lee, The | An Introduction To: Night Train New Orleans | 1961 | date uncertain. Short but fun version, with the trial the focus of the story. The women chanting not guilty! | CD | - | |
| JOHNSON, TEX (and His Sixshooters) | Stack O' Lee | Gunfighter Ballads | - | based on the Furry Lewis version. this version is also on the Coronet Records LP "Gunfighter - Ballads of the Badmen," but on that LP it isn't credited to any singer. | CD | - | |
| JONES, BOB | Stack-O-Lee | Nashville's Fiddlin' Man | - | from a split LP with Bob Wills. based on the Furry Lewis version. probably from the 1960s. | Vinyl | - | |
| JONES, CURTIS | Stackolee | Lonesome Bedroom Blues | 1962 | piano blues | CD | - | |
| JONES, TOM | Stagger Lee | The Legendary Tom Jones | - | perfectly bland live version. | CD | Trad. | |
| JOURNEYMEN | Stackolee | New Directions in Folk Music | 1963 | sets the story in New Orleans. Entertaining acoustic neo-folk version featuring John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) | CD | - | |
| JOYE, COL & the Joy Boys | Stagger Lee | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | 1958 | straightforward cover by an Australian star. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| KEB' MO' | Stack O Lee | Honeydripper soundtrack | 2008 | nice. heavy Robert Johnson influence. | CD | Trad./arr. Keb' Mo' | |
| KEIL ISLES, THE | Stagger Lee | Early Rock & Roll from New Zealand V. 1 & 2 | - | early 1960s version by this Samoan/New Zealand band. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| KEIL, HERMA & the KEIL ISLES | Stagger Lee | Early Rock & Roll from New Zealand V. 9 & 10 | 1965 | second version by this Samoan/New Zealand band. a bit more upbeat than the earlier version. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| KING, QUEEN, JACK | Stack-O-Lee | It's Hotter in Hawaii (box set) | - | ukulele instrumental | CD | - | |
| KUEPPER, ED | Stagolee I & II | The Exotic Mail Order Moods of . . . | 1997 | a continuing story over two tracks from this founder of the Saints | CD | - | |
| KWESKIN, JIM | Stagolee | Fire at Club 47 | 1960 | uptempo live acoustic folk version (New Orleans "Lion's Club" version) | CD | - | |
| LABEEF, SLEEPY | Stagger Lee | Strange Things Happening | 1994 | very conventional version of Lloyd Price. Singer has a very deep voice. Some nice piano. | CD | - | |
| LANCASTER, PETE & the Upsetters | Stagger Lee | Smash! Boom! Bang!: Beat in Germany | 1966 | straightforward cover by the German band. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| LANG, PETER | Stackolee | Lycurgus | 1975 | short finger picked guitar instrumental. Nice. | CD | - | |
| LEDERMAN, PERRY | Stagolee | The World is Not My Home | 1995 | acoustic instrumental version of John Hurt's classic | CD | John Hurt | |
| LEE, JOE & His Combo | Stagger Lee | single | - | early 1960s instrumental from Arkansas. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| LEE, STAG | The Night Stagger Lee Came to Town | Those Rock and Roll Answer Songs V. 3 | - | a lo-fi "answer song" to Stagger Lee, narrated by the man himself. nothing special. | CD | - | |
| LESTER, JULIUS | Stagolee | Dressed Like Freedom | 1965 | this is one of the all-time greats. a 13-minute long epic with long spoken sections, telling of Stagolee's dealings with death, heaven and hell. brilliant. | CD | Julius Lester | |
| LEWIS, FURRY | Billy Lyons and Stackolee | Memphis Masters | 1927 | "when you lose your money, learn to lose" and talks about "richard lee." this version is the inpiraton for several other versions. | CD | - | |
| LEWIS, HUEY | Stagger Lee | Four Chords & Several Years Ago | 1994 | dull, by the numbers version of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| LONESOME VALLEY SINGERS | Stack-O-Lee | Songs of the Trail | - | almost identical to the "Tex Johnson" version, but slightly different instrumentation. sounds like the same singer, for at least the third time. | Vinyl | - | |
| LOPEZ, TRINI | Stagger Lee | Live at Basin St. East | 1964 | live version, nothing special | CD | Logan - Price | |
| MADURA | Stagger Lee | Madura II | 1973 | some interesting playing by this rock/fusion band. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| MAGIC DIRT | Stagger Lee | Emergency Music 001 EP | 2006 | female vocals and noise galore on this Australian band's cover of Nick Cave's gem. | CD | N. Cave | |
| MAHAL, TAJ | Stagger Lee | De Ole Folks At Home | 1969 | CD | - | ||
| MAHAL, TAJ | Stagger Lee | Jamie Oldaker's Mad Dogs & Okies | 2005 | nice version featuring Willis Alan Ramsey on guitar. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| MASON & HUNDT | Stagger Lee | Mason & Hundt | 2002 | nice acoustic blues with talking/singing. | CD | Trad. arr. by Mason | |
| MAXEY, HOGMAN | Stagolee | Angola Prisoners' Blues | 1952 | acoustic | CD | - | |
| McCOY, CLYDE w/BILLIE JANE BENNETT | Stack-O-Lee | single | 1951 | jazzy, big band version with female vocals - Stag takes over hell | Vinyl | - | |
| McCOYS, THE | Stagger Lee | Hang On Sloopy/You Make Me Feel So Good | 1966 | a nothing-special cover of Lloyd Price's song. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| McCURDY, ED | Stackerlee | Blood, Booze 'n Bones | 1956 | based on the Furry Lewis version. very nice. | Vinyl | - | |
| McDEVITT, CHAS (CHAS McDEVITT'S SKIFFLE GROUP) | Badman Stack-O-Lee | Best of Skiffle box CD 1 | 1957 | great skiffle version. Unusual tune and words. | CD | - | |
| McTELL, RALPH | Stagolee | National Treasure | 2002 | acoustic blues, British singer | CD | - | |
| MELCHER, TERRY | Stagger Lee | Terry Melcher | 1974 | mellow 1970s singer-songwriter version by Doris Day's son. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| MEMPHIS SLIM | Stackalee | Broken Soul Blues | 1961 | slow, traditional blues version | CD | - | |
| MEMPHIS SLIM, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, & BIG BILL BROONZY | Stagolee | Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook | 1947 | harmonica, piano, and stand-up bass | CD | - | |
| MILLER, DALE | Stagger Lee | Finger Picking Rags and Other Delights | 1974 | short, nice acoustic instrumental | CD | - | |
| MILLER, DAVID | That Bad Man Stackolee | My Rough and Rowdy Ways V. 2 | - | - | CD | - | |
| MODERN LIFE IS WAR | Stagger Lee | Midnight in America | 2007 | metal/hard core version. some elements of the story remain but mostly this is original and interesting. | CD | - | |
| MOELLER, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | Johnny's Blues Aggregation | 2001 | Texas blues version of Lloyd Price's song. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| MOORE, DEACON JOHN | Stagger Lee | Deacon John's Jump Blues | 2003 | Short solo acoustic version from a concert film. | DVD | - | |
| MOORE, RUDY RAY | Stack-A-Lee | Raw, Rude and Real | 1972 | wow. A spoken, somewhat rhyming rant from the man who was Dolemite. A definite influence on the Nick Cave version. | CD | - | |
| MOREY, FRANK | Stack O'Lee | The Delmark Session | 2002 | loose folk/blues version. Also includes a verse or two from "Delia". Singer sounds like Tom Waits | CD | - | |
| MORREL, TOM & the Time Warp Tophands | Stack-O-Lee | Go Uptown - How the West Was Swung V. 5 | 1994 | modern western swing version. Sounds like the Clyde McCoy version. | CD | - | |
| MOUSTIQUE | Stagger Lee | Twistin' the Rock! | 1963 | nice version of the Lloyd Price song sung in French. | CD | Price - M. Merane | |
| MULLIGAN, MICK & HIS JAZZ BAND | Stack-O-LEE | MICK MULLIGAN & HIS JASS BAND | 1957 | instrumental jazz | CD | - | |
| MURATORS, LES | Stagger Lee | Golf Drouot Special | 1968 | version in English, but with a strong French accent. this comes from a compilation LP celebrating a Paris nightclub. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| NELSON, SANDY | Stagger Lee | The Best of the Beats | 1963 | instrumental version from this rock and roll drummer. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| NEW HOT FROGS (and PAT YANKEE) | Stack O'Lee Blues | Together At Last | 1992 | instrumental jazz version of Sidney Bechet song. | CD | - | |
| NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS | Stackerlee | Volume 4 | 1962 | has a lot in common with the 1928 John Hurt version, but with some additional verses | CD | - | |
| NOBLE, RAY and his Orchestra | Stack O' Lee Blues | Live 1935 | 1935 | Live with Fred Waring | CD | - | |
| NUNEZ, MICHAEL JUAN | Stagger lee | Michael Juan Nunez | 2001 | acoustic version from this Louisiana singer. | CD | Trad. Arr. M.J. Nunez | |
| O'BRIEN, TIM & MOLLIE | Stagger Lee | Remember Me | 1992 | folk/bluegrass version that starts with Stag's birth | CD | - | |
| O'DONNELL'S, KEVIN (QUALITY SIX) | Stack O'Lee | Heretic Blues | 1999 | fun jazzy track with Andrew Bird singing (violin, bass, sax, trombone, guitar) | CD | - | |
| O'KEEFE, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | The Explosive Johnny O'Keefe | 1964 | 1964 or 65 live version by this Australian rock star (recorded for tv). | CD | Logan - Price | |
| OLA & THE JANGLERS | Stag-O-Lee | 7" | 1969 | energetic organ-driven version by this Danish group. | Vinyl | Trad. arr. Claes af Geijerstam | |
| OTIS, JOHNNY | Great Stack A Lee, The | Cold Shot | 1969 | this is the basis for the Nick Cave version | CD | - | |
| PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC | Staggolee | Are You Ready | 1970 | blues rock with a bit of a groove. Reminds me of Canned Heat | CD | - | |
| PAPA BUE'S VIKING JAZZBAND | Stack O'Lee Blues | Down by the Riverside | 1971 | instrumental jazz version | CD | - | |
| PATTERSON, UNCLE JOHN | Stagolee Was a Bully | Folk Visions and Voices, Vol. 2 (North Georgia) | 1978 | Banjo version with only two verses. Refers to "Bull Lyons" | CD | - | |
| PAVAGEAU, ALCIDE "SLOW DRAG" | Stack O'Lee Blues | Drag's Half Fast Jazz Band | 1950 | uncertain about the date. Instrumental jazz, but the tune has more in common with "Frankie and Johnnie" | Vinyl | - | |
| PEART, DOUG (The Doug Peart Blues Machine) | Stagger Lee | Are You Addicted? | 2006 | Canadian blues band. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| PICKETT, WILSON | Stagger Lee | I'm in Love | 1968 | cover of the Lloyd Price version | CD | - | |
| PRATT, BOBBY & the Rockers | Stagger Lee | Wildcat Jamboree! | 1959 | mediocre live version from a rockabilly radio broadcast from Corinth, Mississippi. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| PRESLEY, ELVIS | Stagger Lee | Culver City | 1970 | short live version of Lloyd Price's version. he changes some lyrics . . . "very horny wife," "screw Stagger Lee," etc. | CD | - | |
| PRICE, LEO (Leo Price Orchestra) | Stag-O-Lee | single | - | instrumental version from Lloyd's younger brother. the music is not the backing track to Lloyd's hit. | Vinyl | arr. Leo Price | |
| PRICE, LLOYD | Stagger Lee | Greatest Hits - Original ABC-Paramount Recordings | 1958 | the big pop hit - most rock versions come from this one. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| PRICE, LLOYD | Stagger Lee (Bandstand Version) | Greatest Hits - Original ABC-Paramount Recordings | 1958 | a nice and friendly version, recorded because Lloyd's original was too violent. the 1950s were a funny time. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| PRICE, LLOYD | Stagger Lee '89 | 12" single | 1989 | Lloyd re-recorded his classic in 1989. includes some melody bits from Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and some dreary attempts at rap. 12" single includes a short version and an extended version. i spent the money and listened to it. now let us never speak of this again. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| PRIDE, CHARLEY | Stagger Lee | The Power of Love | 1984 | uninspired cover of Lloyd Price. | Vinyl | - | |
| PROBY, PJ | Stagger lee | single | 1964 | nice rock cover of Lloyd Price | Vinyl | - | |
| PROFESSOR LONGHAIR | Stag-O-Lee | Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo | 1974 | - | CD | - | |
| PROFESSOR LONGHAIR | Stagger Lee | Big Chief | 1978 | uncertain about the date | CD | - | |
| PROFESSOR LONGHAIR | Stack-O-Lee | Ball the Wall! Live at Tipitina's 1978 | 1978 | nice live rendition of Longhair's version. doesn't add too much. | CD | - | |
| QUINTET, THE | Stagger Lee | Future Tense | 1971 | standard boring Lloyd Price cover from Doug Sahm's backup band | CD | - | |
| RAINEY, MA | Stack O'Lee Blues | The Essential | 1926 | has some "Frankie and Johnny" lyrics | CD | - | |
| REA, DAVID | Stagger Lee and Billy | Slewfoot | 1973 | cover of Ike Turner's version by session musician turned folk-rocker. Bob Weir produced and played guitar. | Vinyl | Ike Turner | |
| RED LEMON ELECTRIC BLUES BAND | Stagger Lee | Who Shot Billy | 1987 | cheesy wedding band version from this British group. | Vinyl | Trad. arr. Red Lemons | |
| REVELS, DON and the PRIMETTES | Return of Stagger Lee | The Soul of Detroit (compilation) | 1961 | date uncertain. "hey jack, stagger lee is back" . . . and he's behaving. Back-up singers became the Supremes | CD | - | |
| RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS | Stagger Lee | The Collection | 1966 | cover of the Lloyd Price version | CD | - | |
| RIVERS, AL | Staggerlee | Rags & Riches | 2005 | some Down Home Boys and some other songs all mixed together - see David Lightbourne's Stop and Listen Boys version. very nice version with great vocals. | CD | - | |
| RIVERS, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | Meanwhile Back at the Whisky A Go Go | 1965 | straightforward live version. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| ROBINSON, ROSS | Stackolee | Live at the Hardware Cafe | 2001 | lo-fi live version from a club in Massachusetts. pretty straightforward. | CD | Trad. J. Hurt | |
| ROBISON, CARSON and his Pioneers | Stackolee Blues Pts. 1 & 2 | Going Back to Texas | 1932 | great long story song broken into two parts (two sides of a record, originally) | CD | - | |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | The Gypsy | 1980 | boring, bland Lloyd Price cover | Vinyl | - | |
| ROE, TOMMY | Stagger Lee | Tommy Roe's Greatest Hits | 1971 | uninspired and uninspiring. | CD | - | |
| ROOFTOP SINGERS, THE | Stagolee | Walk Right In | 1963 | set in the New Orlean's "Lion's Club." | CD | Svanoe | |
| ROSENCRANS, TOM & MYERS, NATE | Stack O'Lee Blues | Sit Back, Relax | 2007 | Tom Rosencrans and Nate Myers with a nice version of Mississippi John Hurt's classic. Nothing too original, but still quite nice. | CD | - | |
| RULERS, THE | Wrong 'Em Boyo | All Night Dance: Trojan Records | 1966 | ska/reggae/rocksteady version - later covered by The Clash | CD | - | |
| RUSH, TOM | Stackerlee | Blues, Songs and Ballads | 1963 | - | CD | - | |
| RUSSO, MIKE | Stack O'Lee | Mike Russo | 1969 | piano blues version | Vinyl | - | |
| RYDELL, BOBBY | Stagger Lee | The Best of Bobby Rydell | 1983 | simply awful. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| SAM THE SHAM | Stagger Lee | Ten of Pentacles | 1967 | a cover of the Lloyd Price song. a few Sam yelps and some nice saxophone, but this is a pretty subdued and standard cover. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| SARAGOSSA BAND | Staggar-Lee | Das Totale ZaZaZabadak | 1982 | dreadful minute long Lloyd Price cover (with some confused lyrics) from this German "party" band. | CD | Trad. | |
| SATAN & ADAM | Stagga Lee | Living on the River | 1998 | upbeat blues based version with harmonica | CD | - | |
| SAVAGE ROSE, THE | Stagolee's Victory | Babylon | 1972 | big psychedelic soul version - from a female-fronted Danish band! | CD | - | |
| SEEGER, PETE | Stagolee | American Favorite Ballads V. 2 | 1958 | banjo version | CD | - | |
| SENTER, BOYD | Original Stackoo' Lee Blues | Jazzologist Supreme | 1928 | instrumental jazz version | CD | - | |
| SHIZZOE, HANK | Stagger Lee | Low Budget | 1991 | A Swiss singer (the song is in English). Country, blues, whatever | CD | - | |
| SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET | Stagger Lee | Soul Jam | 1987 | sounds live - probably from 1987 or 1988. don't know for sure. | CD | - | |
| SOPRANO SUMMIT (Kenny Davern & Bob Wilber) | Old Stack O'Lee Blues | Live in England | 1976 | recorded October 12, 1976. nice long version of the jazz instrumental. | CD | Trad. arranged by Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern | |
| SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES | Stagger Lee | Live - Reach Up and Touch the Sky | 1981 | seven-plus minute live bar band version. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| SPENCER & SPENCER | Stagger Lawrence | The Flying Saucer! | 1961 | this is a "break in" record by Dickie Goodman, which combines Lloyd Price's song with a parody of Lawrence Welk. | CD | - | |
| SPOTNICKS, THE | Stagger Lee | Rare Collection | 1966 | organ dominated cover of Lloyd Price by this Swedish group. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| SPREE CITY STOMPERS | Old Stack O'Lee Blues | Jazz Meeting | - | pleasant enough version of the Sidney Bechet instrumental. the album is a German compilation of a few different jazz bands. | Vinyl | Sidney Bechet | |
| STAGGER LEE | Poor Man's Stagger Lee | Nashville Starfucker | 2007 | has little to do with the original story, but it's a fun country-blues song. yes, the guy/band's name is Stagger Lee. | CD | - | |
| STAGGERS, THE | Stagger Lee | The Sights, the Sounds, the Fear & the Pain | 1999 | garage/rockabilly version of Lloyd Price. | CD | - | |
| STANLEY, RALPH | Stack O'Lee | Ralph Stanley - bonus disc | 2002 | old man Ralph Stanley performs a great version of John Hurt's song. | CD | - | |
| STOP & LISTEN BOYS (DAVID LIGHTBOURNE'S) | Staggerlee | Monkey Junk | 2000 | nasal voice acoustic guitar blues | CD | - | |
| STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, THE | Stagger Lee | On the Road 07-02-06 Red Rocks | 2006 | live version with Taj Mahal. | CD | - | |
| STUART, ALICE | Stackerlee | All The Good Times | 1964 | acoustic folk version. Similar but not identical to Missisippi JH's version. | CD | - | |
| SUNSHINE, MONTY (Monty Sunshine's Jazzband) | Old Stag-O-Lee | Little Liza Jane | 1980 | instrumental jazz with plenty of clarinet. | Vinyl | Trad. arrangement Monty Sunshine | |
| TERRY, SONNY | Stackolee | Complete Recorded Works | 1944 | acoustic, uptempo version | CD | - | |
| THREADGILL'S TROUBADOURS | Stagger Lee | Threadgill's Supper Session | 1991 | live version, fronted by Champ Hood, featuring a bunch of other people. Fun version of Lloyd Price's song. | CD | - | |
| TIN CUP SERENADE | Stack O'Lee Blues | Tin Cup Serenade | 2008 | written by Ray Lopez & Lew Colwell way back in 1924. this is a really nice jazz (with vocals) version from 2008. | CD | Lopez - Colwell | |
| TRAVIS, MERLE | Stack O' Lee | In the Jailhouse Now | - | supposed to be bluegrass, but really just a mid-tempo acoustic guitar track. | CD | - | |
| TROJANS, THE (w/PRINCE BUSTER) | Stack O Lee | Trojan Warriors | 1989 | mildly ska version. Just over 6 minutes. | CD | - | |
| TROJANS, THE (w/PRINCE BUSTER) | Stack-O-Dub | 12" Vinyl single | 1989 | mildly ska version. Mostly instrumental, with a few lyrics thrown in. | CD | - | |
| TURNER, IKE & TINA | Stagger Lee and Billy | Greatest Hits (1969 Curb Records) | 1965 | unfamiliar story, some great Ike playing | CD | - | |
| TURNER, TITUS | Return of Stagolee | King Rock 'N' Roll Volume 2 | 1959 | a great answer to Lloyd Price. | CD | - | |
| V.I.P.s, THE | Stagger Lee | 7" single | 1967 | excellent, energetic cover of Lloyd Price's hit. great guitar and keyboards. features Keith Emerson (of ELP, etc.) and Luther Grosvenor of Spooky Tooth and Mott the Hoople. | Vinyl | Price - Logan | |
| VAN RONK, DAVE | Stackerlee | Inside Dave Van Ronk | 1962 | very cool raspy voice, acoustic guitar version. Lyrics are not the standard story. | CD | - | |
| VAN RONK, DAVE | Stack-O-Lee | On Air | 1993 | live in Germany, January 19, 1993. excellent live recording from the great Dave Van Ronk. | CD | Trad. | |
| VENTURES, THE | Stagger Lee | In the Vaults Vol. 2 | 1963 | instrumental surf guitar version. | CD | - | |
| VONDELS, THE | Stagger Lee | single | - | 1960s-era garage rock out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. some nice organ and horn, but not too exciting otherwise. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |
| WALKER, LITTLE TOBY | Stack O'Lee | Little Toby Walker | 2001 | a nice acoustic blues version. Good guitar | CD | - | |
| WALKER, MARGARET | Stackalee | Anthology of Negro Poets | 1954 | spoken poetry version | CD | - | |
| WALKER, ROBERT "BILBO" | Stagger Lee | Rock the Night | 2000 | Live version from Chicago, 2000. Mid-tempo bluesy version. Nothing special. | CD | - | |
| WARING, FRED | Stack O'Lee Blues | The Fred Waring Memorial Album | 1928 | nice jazz version | CD | - | |
| WASHBOARD CHAZ BLUES TRIO | Stagolee | Dog Days | 2004 | washboard! Brilliant. | CD | - | |
| WASHINGTON B. BAND, THE | Stagger Lee | The Real Ghostrider 12" single | 1985 | smooth jazz with Casio-sounding keyboards. dreadful. | Vinyl | Traditional | |
| WATSON, DOC & MERLE | Stack O'Lee | Ballads from Deep Gap | 1967 | great acoustic bluegrass version. sort of bluegrass-lite, really. | CD | - | |
| WAYSIDE TRIO, THE | Stagolee | The Winners | 1964 | long title: "The Winners - California State Fair Exposition." the liner notes refer to them as the "top college folk singing group in California." pleasant enough folk version. | Vinyl | - | |
| WELLER, FREDDY | Stagger Lee | The Promised Land | 1972 | boring Lloyd Price cover from a Paul Revere & the Raiders guitarist | CD | - | |
| WELLS, MARY | Stag-O-Lee | Servin' Up Some Soul | 1968 | slow and smooth - tells the story from the perspective of Billy's woman. | CD | - | |
| WHELAN, PATRICK | Stagolee | Old City Sessions | 2002 | acoustic cover of the John Hurt version. | CD | - | |
| WHITLEY, CHRIS & LANG, JEFF | Stagger Lee | Dislocation Blues | 2006 | seven minute version with awesome acoustic lap steel playing. | CD | Trad. arr. Lang/Whitley | |
| WIDESPREAD PANIC | Stag-O-Lee | 10/12/07 Loveland, CO Official SBD | 2007 | piano-driven jam band version. some nice playing. | CD | - | |
| WILLIE AND THE POOR BOYS | Stagger Lee | Tear it Up - Live | 1992 | live rock version from Bill Wyman and co. | CD | - | |
| WILSON, LARRY JON | Stagger Lee | Sojourner | 1979 | disco country?!? | Vinyl | - | |
| WISEGUYS INTL., THE | Stagger Lee | Abbey Road Sessions | 2001 | straigtforward bar band-type cover of Lloyd Price's song. Lots of saxophone. | CD | Logan - Price | |
| YOUNGBLOODS, THE | Stagger Lee | Good and Dusty | 1971 | country/folk version of Lloyd Price's hit. Pleasant enough. | CD | - | |
| ZEMAREL, ZIM and his Orchestra | Stagger Lee | Big Band Swing | 1991 | as the album title says. Nothing too exciting. | CD | - |
