• - Rolling Stone Throughout the 1950s and 1960, Diddley became a musical force with albums like Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger and Have Guitar, Will Travel.
  • Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), born Ellas Otha Bates, was an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
  • Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist and singer who played a key role in the transition...
  • Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, 30 December 1928 – 2 June 2008) took the stage name Bo Diddley and was a blues and R&B singer...
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  • If you have, then you've heard the "Bo Diddley beat", the most famous beat in the world! One of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll, Bo Diddley's innovative...
  • His use of African rhythms and the signature "Bo Diddley beat", a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone of r&b, rock, pop and hip hop.
  • The best albums from Bo Diddley, the gunslingin’, cigar-box guitar-totin’ cool cat who wrote the book on rockin' R&B and gave a rhythm his name.