Bo Diddley født Ellas Bates (30. december 1928 i McComb, Mississippi – 2. juni 2008 i Archer, Florida) var en amerikansk rock and roll-sanger, sangskriver og guitarist.
Han skabte den såkaldte "Bo Diddley-rytme", som er en af hjørnestenene i rock and roll-musikken. Den er identisk med claves-rytmen 3-2. De ældste eksempler på rhythm and blues-materiale, som er gået over til rock'n'roll'en er Diddleys sange Who Do You Love?, Road Runner, You Don't Love Me og I'm a Man.
Diskografi Bo Diddley (1958) Go Bo Diddley (1959) Have Guitar Will Travel (1960) Bo Diddley in the Spotlight (1960) Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (1960) Bo Diddley Is a Lover (1961) Bo Diddley's a Twister (1962) Bo Diddley (1962) Bo Diddley & Company (1962) Surfin' with Bo Diddley (1963) Bo Diddley's Beach Party (1963) Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits (1964) Two Great Guitars (+ Chuck Berry) (1964) Hey Good Lookin''' (1965) 500% More Man (1965) The Originator (1966) Super Blues (+ Muddy Waters & Little Walter) (1967) Super Super Blues Band (+ Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf) (1967) |width=40%| The Black Gladiator (1970) Another Dimension (1971) Where It All Began (1972) Got My Own Bag of Tricks (1972) The London Bo Diddley Sessions (1973) Big Bad Bo (1974) 20th Anniversary of Rock & Roll (1976) I'm a Man (1977) Ain't It Good To Be Free (1983) Bo Diddley & Co - Live (1985) Hey...Bo Diddley in Concert (1986) Breakin' Through the BS (1989) Living Legend (1989) Rare & Well Done (1991) Live at the Ritz (+ Ronnie Wood) (1992) This Should Not Be (1993) Promises (1994) A Man Amongst Men (1996) Moochas Gracias'' (+ Anna Moo) (2002)
Eksterne henvisninger
Bo Diddley-The Originator
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