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Songs Performed or Written by Bo DiddleyTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography
Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy Holly, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, George Thorogood, Syd Barrett, Tom Petty, and the Clash. His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone of hip hop,... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Mona - #2: Bo Diddley - #3: Back in Time - #4: Love Is Strange - #5: Love Is Strange
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1955
instrumental [Checker 817]
written by Ellas McDaniel
3.
05/1955
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #62] [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #369]
[Checker 814]
written by Bo Diddley
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07/1955
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[Checker 827]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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07/1957
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[Checker 914]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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07/1959
[Checker 924]
written by Ellas McDaniel
10.
09/1959 Say Man Bo Diddley
from
Go Bo Diddley
[novelty]
[Checker 931]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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11/1959
[novelty]
[Checker 936]
written by Ellas McDaniel
12.
[Checker 942]
written by Elias McDaniel
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06/1960 Crawdad Bo Diddley
from
Bo Diddley in the Spotlight
[Checker 951]
written by Elias McDaniel
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[Coral 62352]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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05/1963
[Roulette 4483]
written by Ellas Mac Daniel
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10/1963
R written by Ellas McDaniel
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08/1965
[Warner 5649]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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09/1965
[Liberty 55829]
written by Elias McDaniel
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10/1965
[Epic 9857]
written by Bo Diddley
22.
12/1965
as Caesar & Cleo
[Reprise 0419]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
23.
[Epic 10001]
written by Willie Dixon & Ellas McDaniel
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06/1966
[Dunwich 122]
written by Elias McDaniel
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[Checker 1158]
written by Elias McDaniel
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03/1967
[Dunhill 45-D-4052]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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09/1967
[Date 1574]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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[Coral 62558]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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08/1969
[Capitol 2557]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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[Atco 6751]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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05/1970
[Uni 55225]
written by Ellas McDaniel
32.
[Elektra 45718]
written by Ellas McDaniel
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[All Platinum 2351]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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[Capitol 4100]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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written by Ellas McDaniel
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06/1990
written by Ellas McDaniel
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08/1990
[Reprise 19760]
written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool & Ethel Smith
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written by Bo Diddley
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04/2012
