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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.
"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. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians , titled "Stack O' Lee Blues".
Billy Lyons was a levee hand who died after being shot by Lee Shelton, a pimp and nightclub owner, in a St. Louis saloon in 1895. The incident inspired a popular American murder ballad and a mythical figure in folk culture.
May 9, 2011 · The events of the murder were fairly commonplace; two friends, Billy Lyons and “Stagger” Lee Shelton, were drinking at Bill Curtis’s saloon and became enthralled in a conversation about politics.
Billy Lyons was a levee hand who was shot by Lee Sheldon, also known as Stagger Lee, in a St. Louis bar on Christmas night 1895. His death inspired a blues song and a folk legend that influenced many musicians.
Jul 10, 2018 · Cecil Brown’s 2003 book Stagolee Shot Billy argues that “bad man ballads” had been sung long before Lyons was murdered and that Stagolee became a handy go-to bad-guy figure who could be...
Feb 27, 2020 · The story is based on events that took place on Christmas Eve of 1895 in a bar in St Louis, Missouri, where two acquaintances, "Stag" Lee Shelton and William "Billy" Lyons were having a...
