Bo Diddley, also known as Ellas McDaniel, was one of the most distinctive and influential artists in the transition of popular music from blues and R&B through to rock 'n' roll during the 1950s. His music was best-known for his use of the guitar riff based on the 3/2 clave, sometimes known as "shave and a haircut, two bits", and it was a motif taken up by many artists after he popularised it with his early hits. Although he did not have a huge number of hits, his songs, such as "I'm A Man", "Pretty Thing", "Who Do You Love" and "Mona" have inspired and been recorded by a huge number of artists. This great value 86-track 3-CD collection comprises the A & B sides of all his singles for the Checker label from his 1955 debut through to 1962, plus the tracks which were not included on his singles from his first seven albums - "Bo Diddley", "Go Bo Diddley", "Have Guitar Will Travel", "In The Spotlight", "Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger", "Bo Diddley Is A Lover" and "Bo Diddley Is A Twister". It's thorough overview of his crucial first few years of recording, which established his unique position as one of the pioneers of the genre.
What a deal: three and a half hours of absolutely prime Bo Diddley comprising all the A- and B-sides from his 1955–62 singles—that means you get the hits that made him a star plus the deeper cuts that made him the hero of record-collecting rockers on both sides of the Atlantic. You also get tracks from his first seven LPs; iconic, trailblazing rock ’n’ roll abounds: "Bob Diddley," "I’m a Man," "Bring It to Jerome," "Who Do You Love," "Hey! Bo Diddley," "Say Man," "Road Runner," "You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover," "Ride On Josephine," "Diddy Wah Diddy," "Before You Accuse Me," "Mona" and more! Acrobat.
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