Elvis had the look, Little Richard had the scream — but it was Bo Diddley who had the all-important beat. March marks the 60th anniversary of Diddley’s self-titled debut single, which introduced the ...
The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The "Bo Diddley beat" powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's ...
Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as “the Bo Diddley ...
Country singer Tammy Wynette, rock and roll singer/songwriters Bo Diddley and Jerry Lee Lewis, poet and writer Margaret Walker Alexander and bluesman John Lee Hooker are the legendary Mississippians ...