Biography

A self-proclaimed man among men (and deservedly so), singer/guitarist Bo Diddley is still the only musician in history to have a beat named after him. Diddley's raunchy, distorted 1950s sound and African-derived rhythm have been an enormous influence on pop and rock, from contemporaries like Buddy Holly (whose classic "Not Fade Away" is a de-facto Bo Diddley song) to blues wiseguy George Thorogood, whose remake of Bo's "Bad to the Bone" is being heard somewhere in a movie or a TV commercial even as you read this. Diddley lived and rocked into the 21st century before dying of heart failure in 2008.

Top Tracks

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• Before You Accuse Me

• Before You Accuse Me (take A Look At Yourself)

• Bo Diddley

• Bo Diddley Is A Lover

• Bo Diddley Is An Outlaw

• Bo Diddley Is Loose

• Bring It To Jerome

• Clock Strikes Twelve

• Cops & Robbers

• Cops And Robbers

• Crackin' Up

• Dearest Darling

• Diddley Daddy

• Diddy Wah Diddy

• Gun Slinger

• Gunslinger (bo Diddley's A Gunslinger)

• Heart-o-matic Love

• Hey Bo Diddley

• Hey! Bo Diddley

• Hey, Hey (what Are You Going To Do?)

• Hong Kong, Mississippi

• Hush Your Mouth

• I Can Tell

• I Just Want To Make Love To You

• I'm A Man

• I'm Bad

• Intro/bo Diddley Vamp

• Live My Life

• Liverpool Drive

• Love Is Strange

• Love Me

• Mona

• Mumblin' Guitar

• My Babe

• My White Horse (take 4)

• No More Lovin'

• Not Guilty

• Pills

• Ride On Josephine

• Road Runner

• Roadrunner

• Run Diddley Daddy

• Say Man

• Say You Will

• She's Alright

• She's Fine, She's Mine

• Story Of Bo Diddley

• Surf, Sink Or Swim

• The Clock Strikes Twelve

• Watusi Bounce

• Who Do You Love

• Who Do You Love?

• You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

• You' Can't Judge A Book By The Cover

• You Don't Love Me (you Don't Care)

Discography

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• A Man Amongst Men

  Atlantic

  1996

• The Mighty Bo Diddley

  Nav

  1995

• Live [Triple X]

  Triple X Entertainment

  1994

• Promises

  Triple X Entertainment

  1994

• Live [Fan Club]

  Fan Club Records / New Rose Blues

  1992

• Live at the Ritz

  Victory Records

  1988

• Big Bad Bo

  Universal Distribution

  1974

• The London Bo Diddley Sessions

  Chess

  1973

• Where It All Began

  Universal Distribution

  1972

• Another Dimension

  Universal Distribution

  1971

• The Black Gladiator

  Universal Distribution

  1970

• Super Blues

  Chess / MCA

  1968

• Boss Man

  Checker Records

  1967

• Road Runner

  1967

• The Originator

  Checker Records

  1966

• Hey, Good Lookin'

  Checker Records

  1965

• Let Me Pass

  See For Miles Records

  1965

• 500% More Man

  Checker Records

  1965

• Two Great Guitars

  MCA

  1964

• Bo Diddley's Beach Party

  Hip-O Select

  1963

• Surfin' with Bo Diddley

  Checker Records

  1963

• Hey! Bo Diddley

  1962

• Bo Diddley & Company

  1962

• Bo Diddley's a Twister

  Checker Records

  1962

• Bo Diddley Is a Lover

  Geffen

  1961

• Bo Diddley in the Spotlight

  Chess

  1960

• Go Bo Diddley

  Chess

  1959

• Have Guitar, Will Travel

  Checker / Universal Distribution

  1959

• Bo Diddley [1957]

  Chess

  1957