The name Bo Diddley — who grew up as Ellas Bates — is familiar to many, but how many have heard of the "diddley bow?" The innovative rhythm and blues guitarist, who was born to Ethel Wilson and Eugene ...

That was the first thing Bo Diddley said to us before we walked onto the stage of the Music Machine club in West L.A. for two sets in 1983. We were a mix of members of the Blasters and X who had ...

That was the first thing Bo Diddley said to us before we walked onto the stage of the Music Machine club in West L.A. for two sets in 1983. We were a mix of members of the Blasters and X who had ...

Bo Diddley ushered in an era of rock with his driving trademark rhythm. The Latin-influenced beat inspired the music of punk, rock and pop legends including Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and U2's ...

Bo was on Ed Sullivan's show before Elvis. Born Ellas Bates McDaniel in rural Mississippi, Bo Diddley became a rock 'n' roll star in the mid-1950s via his distinctive chuka-chuka rhythms, and songs ...

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Rock ‘n’ roll is the story of amplified personality, but even in an art form that celebrates outsize characters, Bo Diddley was a larger-than-life innovator. He was as essential to the creation of ...

Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ...