2007-01-30 11:33:25 · 3 answers · asked by Mark H 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Frank Hutchison, 1927
THE SONG: This real-life incident soon became legendary in the South, and moved into song -- and down the river to New Orleans, where the killer's name became, variously, Stagolee, Stag-O-Lee, Stackolee or Stack-A-Lee. The latter was the spelling on one of the earliest recorded versions by Frank Hutchison in 1927, and on a Top 10 R&B hit in 1950 performed in two parts by a New Orleans singer in the Professor Longhair style.
Born Leon T. Gross, he was known professionally as Archibald (and sometimes as Archie Boy). His musical re-telling of the story might have been the end of the line chart-wise for old Stag, if it weren't for the Korean War.
Fellow Crescent City native Lloyd Price had an auspicious start on the R&B charts, just two years after Archibald. He scored six Top 10 hits in one year, from 1952-53, but his success was cut short when he was drafted by the U.S. Army and sent to Korea.
2007-01-30 11:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first published version was by John Lomax in 1910. The "definitive version," according to many, was Lloyd Price.
2007-01-30 19:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by no answers here 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lloyd Price in 1959. #1 hit
2007-01-30 19:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by Jerky boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋