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From '' Jimmie Rodgers Sings Folk Songs ''
Label: Roulette – R-25042
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono, Dynamic High Fidelity
Country: US
Released: 1958

Tracklist
A1 Bo Diddley
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
A2 Riddle Song
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
A3 Liza
Written-By – Jimmie Rodgers
A4 Lassie O' Mine
Written-By – Edward J. Walt, Fred G. Bowles
A5 The Crocodile
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
A6 Waltzing Matilda
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
B1 Soldier Won't You Marry Me?
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
B2 Lord Randal
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
B3 The Fox & The Goose
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
B4 Black Is The Color
Written-By – John Jacob Niles
B5 Froggy Went A-Courtin'
Arranged By – Hugo Peretti, Jimmie Rodgers, Luigi Creatore
B6 Gotta Lotta Tunes In My Guitar
Written-By – Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell (Alias of American songwriter duo Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore)

With Hugo Peretti And His Orchestra

Producer – Hugo & Luigi

© 2009 Hallmark

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"Bo Diddley" is a rhythm and blues and rock and roll song first recorded and sung by Bo Diddley at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary, Checker Records in 1955.

It became an immediate hit single that stayed on the R&B charts for a total of 18 weeks, 2 of those weeks at No.1, and seven more weeks than its flipside (the B-side, "I'm a Man").

It was the first recording to introduce African rhythms into rock and roll directly by using the patted juba beat.
It was Bo Diddley's first recording and his first hit single.
The song is featured on many of Bo Diddley's compilation albums including His Best.

In 2012 the A and B-side pair were added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" American sound recordings.

Song

The song is rhythmically similar to hambone, a technique of dancing and slapping various parts of the body to create a rhythm and song.
It is lyrically similar to the traditional lullaby "Hush Little Baby". When Bo Diddley started playing with it, his electric guitar amplified the patted juba with his backup musicians on maracas and drums unifying the rhythm.
This combination of rock and roll, African rhythms and sanctified guitar chord shouts was a true innovation and is often called a Bo Diddley Beat.

He first titled his version "Uncle John" but before he recorded it, he changed the title to his own nickname Bo Diddly, with an "e" added to the song's title and his professional name by one of the Chess brothers.

Reception

Three weeks after Billboard magazine announced the release of "Bo Diddley", on April 30, 1955, the paper announced two remakes of "Bo Diddley" by the Joe Reisman Orchestra and by Jean Dinning.
The Harmonicats released their own version, an instrumental, a few weeks later.
"Bo Diddley" went on to became the 17th best selling R&B record of 1955, according to Billboard.

Legacy and awards

This first single was called a "double-sided monster" by All-Music Guide reviewer Richie Unterberger.
"Bo Diddley" was infused with waves of tremolo guitar, set to a children's chant.
The song was voted No.62 on Rolling Stone magazine's list, "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
The song is also a part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll" list.
In 1998 "Bo Diddley" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Cover versions

Buddy Holly Version

Buddy Holly recorded the song in 1956, but it was not released until the LP Reminiscing in 1963 and later became a single release.

Recording

Buddy Holly on vocals/guitar and Jerry Allison on drums recorded "Bo Diddley" at one of their earliest sessions with producer/engineer Norman Petty at his recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico sometime in 1956.
In 1962 Norman Petty overdubbed the demo of "Bo Diddley", as well as others, with the Fireballs.

Charts

The single release was one of Holly's highest-charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No.4 on the week of July 10, 1963, spending a total of 12 weeks on the chart.
In the U.S., the song reached No.116 on Billboard magazine's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

Other Cover Versions

The Shadows did a (vocal) cover version on the album Out of the Shadows (1962).

It was also covered by The Animals in 1964.

An energetic version by Janis Joplin is available on the 1999 box set Box of Pearls.

The song was performed by a supergroup consisting of Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter on Super Blues in 1967.

The Grateful Dead performed it with Bo Diddley himself at the Academy of Music in New York City, March 25, 1972.

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