Stagger Lee / You Need Love
by Lloyd Price
- Type: Single
- Released: November 1958
- Label: ABC-Paramount
- Country: United States
- Length: 5:08
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An upbeat, heavily orchestrated retelling of a notorious 1895 murder myth. Dick Clark famously requested a sanitized version for 'American Bandstand', highlighting the era's severe tension between raw R&B and commercial broadcast standards.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, crime, death, rhythmic, violence, homicide
Tracklist
- Stagger Lee (2:20)
- You Need Love (2:48)
Credits
- Lloyd Price - primary artist, written-by
- Harold Logan - written-by