"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 was first recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. A version by Lloyd Price reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1959.
A form of Stagger Lee hit number two in the Billboard Hot 100
The scenario says that a version of 'Stagger Lee' by Lloyd Price reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, not number two.