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GUEST,Jim Hauser	New article on Stagolee and John Henry (25)	RE: New article on Stagolee and John Henry	12 Dec 20
Related to the question about Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" being banned, I found a webpage on songfacts.com which states: Lloyd Price recorded two versions of this song. The first had Stagger Lee and Billy gambling (Stagger Lee shot Billy at the end), the second, rushed out by ABC-Paramount after hearing complaints from radio listeners, had Stagger Lee and Billy arguing over a girlfriend, who goes back to Stagger at the end. Dick Clark thought Price's original version was too violent, so Price performed the tamer rendition for his appearance on Clark's American Bandstand. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/lloyd-price/stagger-lee

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