I've always liked an artist who can sing about themselves. The Stray Cats had "The Stray Cat Strut", Mott The Hoople had "The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople", Bob Dylan sang about "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" ...

Ellas Otha Bates died on June 2, 2008, and with him died a legend. The legend was mostly of his own making, of course, as Bates renamed himself Bo Diddley sometime back around 1951 and began singing ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is on track to honor a blues and rock legend who sang about being a "road running man." A state House passed a bill Thursday designating a stretch of Interstate 55 as the ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing -- the beat. Bomp ba-bomp-ba-bomp, bomp bomp. Applied to such songs as "Bo Diddley," "Hey Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You ...

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Word is spreading across news outlets that Bo Diddley died today at home in Archer, Fla. He was 79. I'm sure glad that Bernie Clarke and David Katleski brought Diddley to Syracuse to headline the New ...

Bo Diddley was not a happy camper while he lived, so there is not a chance in a hundred that he went gently when he died of heart failure on Monday. Diddley (born Ellas Bates, later changed to Ellas ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to honor a blues and rock legend who sang about being a “road running man.” A state House passed a bill Thursday designating a stretch of Interstate 55 as ...