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Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
Album: His Best
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Released: 1962
Length: 2:39
Plays (last 30 days): 0
Bo Diddley buy his baby a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He gonna take it to a private eye
If that private eye can't see
He better not take the ring from me

Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat
Bo Diddley caught a bear cat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat

Mojo come to my house, a black cat bone
And take my baby away from home
Ugly that mojo, where's he been?
Up to your house and gone again

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard?
My pretty baby said she wants a bird
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Gotta thank my older sister for the 45.
Got me diggin' music.
Buddy et al...
 MilSF1 wrote:

It's pretty common for performers to put out an eponymous album (or in some cases many), but does anyone know of another eponymous song title? Can't think of anything offhand.



Did you go and make this list? 
https://www.discogs.com/lists/...
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Bo Diddley by ~taoart
©2008-2010 ~taoart

Bo Diddley a few years ago...taken with a canon 5D

 
This pic could be from the tour I saw him on. Lucky enough to be in the 5th or 6th row at the Paramount in Austin. He had a 'boot' on his foot - I think he'd had diabetes-related surgery (?)  No matter - he owned the stage. What a legend.
c.
When I was in Uni we used to do a chorus yelling " Hey Bo Diddley" to this song, I never knew it was the artists' name !
 Wolford wrote:
One of the building blocks of Rock and Roll.  Did anyone ever get more mileage from a singular beat?
 
Not more, but equal: Sunshine of your Love from Cream.

 sunflowerbee wrote:

{#Bananajam}



 
My thoughts exactly.

{#Bananajam}


 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
As I understand it. . . Bo named himself after me. 

Weird but (almost) true.  

 
{#Bananajam}
As I understand it. . . Bo named himself after me. 

Weird but (almost) true.  
just heard this a few nights ago watching 'Vinyl'.  

His guitar was so cool. 
One of the building blocks of Rock and Roll.  Did anyone ever get more mileage from a singular beat?  Yeah, didn't think so. 
What this sing did for rock and continues to this day is "Godlike"on the RP scale.
There's a way to walk down the street...like the way this song sounds. 
There is a great interview with Bo Didley on the NPR American Routes show.  Check it out!
All righty then! 
It gets no better than this.  Ultimate 10 from this corner.
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Bo Diddley by ~taoart
©2008-2010 ~taoart

Bo Diddley a few years ago...taken with a canon 5D
 
Fantastic!!!  
Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American R&B vocalist, so will all you young generation please take note THIS IS R&B .....nuff said
 CanuckMakem wrote:
To my magic bus. 

Sorry this his popped into my head at the end of every line 
 
2nd this
Such a compelling rhythm that we only need to hear one note played to it. 
{#Dancingbanana}     {#Bananasplit}       {#Dancingbanana_2}      {#Bananajam}     {#Bananapiano}     {#Dancingbanana}     {#Bananasplit}       {#Dancingbanana_2}      {#Bananajam}     {#Bananapiano}

..... Heyyyyyyy, more Bo Diddley
To my magic bus. 

Sorry this his popped into my head at the end of every line 
Love that Bo Diddley beat!
 MilSF1 wrote:
It's pretty common for performers to put out an eponymous album (or in some cases many), but does anyone know of another eponymous song title? Can't think of anything offhand.
 
Rank and File did a song called "Rank and File."
 
Bo is in a class all his own...need to play more Bo
 cc_rider wrote:
Hmmm... this sounds familiar... where have I heard this before?
 
"I know a cat named way-down Willie...."
GODLIKE.
and then ther's Bo Diddley.
 cc_rider wrote:
Hmmm... this sounds familiar... where have I heard this before?
 
exactly, the basis for many a hit. 
 d-don wrote:
Heyyyyyyy, Bo Diddley...{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
 


More Diddley!!!!!! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Hmmm... this sounds familiar... where have I heard this before?
Shave and a haircut...bay rum.
Go, Bo!
This is timeless. Alien and wonderful.
 thais wrote:


That´s the guy who created all the things that young boys (know-nothing boys) copy all around 60´s, 70´s, 80´s 90´s, 00's, 10's, 20's, 30's and so on...
Nuff new on the corner...
 

Sorry, I forgot: this guy and Willie Dixon created al you you like to hear nowadays...
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Who's this Diddley guy,,?

 

That´s the guy who created all the things that young boys (know-nothing boys) copy all around 60´s, 70´s, 80´s 90´s, 00's, 10's, 20's, 30's and so on...
Nuff new on the corner...


...and that guitar! 1955, eh?
 keller1 wrote:

THE GROOVE.  10.

  Yes indeed.


Heyyyyyyy, Bo Diddley...{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Thank you, Bo Diddley for your massive influence on rock music!  The form would not have existed without you.
 MilSF1 wrote:
It's pretty common for performers to put out an eponymous album (or in some cases many), but does anyone know of another eponymous song title? Can't think of anything offhand.

 
Perhaps there are more than one would think:  "Talk, Talk", "Black Sabbath", "Bad Company", "Green Day"...I guess there are more.  I hadn't really thought about that before.
It's pretty common for performers to put out an eponymous album (or in some cases many), but does anyone know of another eponymous song title? Can't think of anything offhand.

 Proclivities wrote:

This song preceded both of those, featuring what would come to be known as "the Bo Diddley beat".

 

That's right! Proper order and homage must be paid!{#Yes} 9!
Awwww, man, this is such a great song!
 lmic wrote:
I want candy!
 

 agnes wrote:
Too much, the Magic Bus

{#Propeller}

  
 lovemydog wrote:

And I was thinking it was the Hand Jive!

 
This song preceded all three of those, featuring what would come to be known as "the Bo Diddley beat".


My other internet alter ego is Squiddlydiddly. . . so I am bound to like this. 
Bill, when you gonna take Warren Zevon's "Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger" out of the LRC and start playing it?

Just wonderin'..... {#Whistle}
I am always surprised when i see the date these songs came from. Still up to date!! Also this year we hear a lot of Elvis songs on radio here in Germany! Nice tune, by the way!!
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Bo Diddley by ~taoart
©2008-2010 ~taoart

Bo Diddley a few years ago...taken with a canon 5D

 
wow...sweet!


Bo Diddley by ~taoart
©2008-2010 ~taoart

Bo Diddley a few years ago...taken with a canon 5D

 HazzeSwede wrote:
Who's this Diddley guy,,?

 
The guy that sang "My  Ding-A-Ling"..........{#Roflol}

Who's this Diddley guy,,?

 jagdriver wrote:

Who Do You Love?

Bo Diddley's beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa.

Complete story here.



 
great article, thanks for the link!

 agnes wrote:
Too much, the Magic Bus! 

{#Propeller}

 
How can that be if Bo Diddley recorded it ~ 15 years prior to MB?! Oops, does that mean Magic Buss is too much Bo Diddley? I think it might - at least, to you.....

Gave this a 9 but it's really a 9.4 in my book.....
Bill's got his boogie on!{#Bananajam}

feels like a broken train
 agnes wrote:
Too much, the Magic Bus! 

{#Propeller}

 
And I was thinking it was the Hand Jive!

Doin' the hand jive!
 sirrus wrote:
Pay Bo Diddley!!!
 

Too late. He's dead.

You can pay his estate, though!
Pay Bo Diddley!!!
 agnes wrote:
Too much, the Magic Bus! 

{#Propeller}

 

Wait a minute now, you should be saying Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley to the Magic Bus tune. The Who were influenced greatly by Bo Diddley, not the other way around!{#No}
Too much, the Magic Bus! 

{#Propeller}

Bo Yeah {#Clap}

Who Do You Love?

Bo Diddley's beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa.

Complete story here.



 lmic wrote:
I want candy!
 
Yeah.

I want candy!

THE GROOVE.  10.


Whoa, something new! Outstanding song, of course, with amazing production.