Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

The record was released in March 1955, and the A-side, " Bo Diddley ", became a # 1 R & B hit.

Bo Diddley himself said that the name first belonged to a singer his adoptive mother was familiar with, while harmonicist Billy Boy Arnold once said in an interview that it was originally the name of a local comedian that Leonard Chess borrowed for the song title and artist name for Bo Diddley's first single, and guitar craftsman Ed Roman reported that another ( unspecified ) source says it was his nickname as a Golden Gloves boxer.

Diddley was an excellent story teller whose stories varied from time to time, however, Diddley contended to friends and family that he was not trying to double-cross Sullivan and attributed the " misunderstanding " to the fact that ; when he saw " Bo Diddley " on a cue card, he was under the impression he was to perform two songs, " Bo Diddley " and " Sixteen Tons ".

Chess included Diddley's recording of " Sixteen Tons " on the album Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger, which was originally released in 1960.

The album title Surfing with Bo Diddley was a boast about his influence on surf guitarists.

Bo Diddley was one of the first American male musicians to include women in his band, including " The Duchess " Norma-Jean Wofford, Peggy Jones ( aka " Lady Bo "), Cornelia Redmond ( aka Cookie ), and Debby Hastings, who led his band for the final 25 years of his performing career.

On May 13, 2007, Bo Diddley was admitted to intensive care in Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, following a stroke after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 12.

The next day, as Bo Diddley was heading back home, he seemed dazed and confused at the airport.

His manager, Margo Lewis, called 911 and airport security and Bo was immediately taken by ambulance to Creighton University Medical Center and admitted to the Intensive-care unit, where he stayed for several days.

After numerous tests, it was confirmed that Bo Diddley had suffered a stroke.

That was the first and last time that Bo Diddley performed publicly after suffering a stroke.

When the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Bo Yibo was labeled a " rightist " and a " counterrevolutionary " and purged from his posts.

Gu Kailai, the wife of purged Chinese leader Bo Xilai, received a show trial in 2012.

When the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Bo was quickly identified as a " capitalist roader " and purged as one of the " 61 renegades ": Party members who had spent time in Kuomintang prisons.

* Sam " Bo " McClelland ( 1966 – 1973 ) Described as a " tough disciplinarian ", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.

* Bo Orlando ( born 1966 ), American football player

Bölkow Bo. 208c Junior, built in 1966

In 1966, he came to Georgia to host a fundraising dinner in Atlanta for U. S. Representative Howard " Bo " Callaway in the first gubernatorial campaign undertaken by a GOP candidate since the Reconstruction era.

U Nu, after his release from prison in October 1966, had left Burma in April 1969, and formed the Parliamentary Democracy Party ( PDP ) the following August in Bangkok, Thailand with the former Thirty Comrades, Bo Let Ya, co-founder of the CPB and former Minister of Defence and deputy prime minister, Bo Yan Naing, and U Thwin, ex-BIA and former Minister of Trade.

When Van Doren's early 1960s, highly publicized, on-again off-again engagement to baseball player Bo Belinsky ended in 1964 she married baseball player Lee Meyers in 1966 and divorced in 1967.

In the aftermath of the disputed 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election between Democrat Lester Maddox and Republican Howard " Bo " Callaway, Tuttle joined Democratic Judge Griffin Bell, later the United States Attorney General, in striking down the Georgia constitutional provision requiring that the legislature chose the governor if no general election candidate receives a majority of the vote.

In the aftermath of the disputed 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election between Democrat Lester Maddox and Republican Howard " Bo " Callaway, Bell joined Republican Judge Elbert Tuttle in striking down the Georgia constitutional provision requiring that the legislature chose the governor if no general election candidate receives a majority of the vote.

For example, in January 1966, 1 RAR assaulted a large Viet Cong headquarters complex in the Ho Bo Woods as a part of Operation Crimp ; which the Americans hailed as the first strategic intelligence victory of the war.

* Bo Kimble ( born 1966 ), American retired college and National Basketball Association player

Bo Andersson and Per-Göran Ekeroos, duet, w. ensemble recorded it on December 3, 1966.

The `` Taras Bulba '' excerpt is a rousing version of Gogol's Ukrainian folk-tale choreographed by Bo Fenster to music of Soloviev-Sedoi.

Between 1958 and 1963, Checker Records released 11 full-length albums by Bo Diddley.

The documentary film Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street by director Phil Ranstrom features Bo Diddley's last on-camera interview.

In 2006, Bo Diddley participated as the headliner of a grassroots organized fundraiser concert, to benefit the town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Bo Diddley was honored by the Mississippi Blues Commission with a Mississippi Blues Trail historic marker placed in McComb, his birthplace, in recognition of his enormous contribution to the development of the blues in Mississippi.

*" Cadillac " ( song ), a song by Bo Diddley

* The Canonical List of Commodore Products – by Jim Brain, maintained by Bo Zimmerman

Aside from a brief change to maroon in 1948 instituted by then head coach Bo McMillin ( influenced by his years as coach at Indiana ), the Lions uniforms have basically remained the same since the team debuted in 1930.

On November 20, 1955, Bo Diddley was asked by Sullivan to sing Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit " Sixteen Tons ".

A striking depiction of Malmö was made by Bo Widerberg in his engaging debut film Kvarteret Korpen ( Raven's End ) ( 1963 ), largely shot in the shabby Korpen working-class district in Malmö.

The principal aide to Sun Myung Moon, Bo Hi Pak, was quoted by Carlton Sherwood in his book Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon as declaring to the United States Congress: " I am a proud Korean – a proud ' Moonie ' – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life.

In addition, Bo Diddley introduced a new beat and unique electric guitar style, heavily influenced by African music and in turn influencing many later artists.

Watch: " Hey Bo Diddley " performed live by Bo Diddley ( 1965 ).

Cincinnati's defense was also led by defensive backs Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, and Linebackers Bo Harris, Jim LeClair, and Reggie Williams, who intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles.

Also at the first rehearsal were guitarist Geoff Bradford and vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom refused to join the band citing objections to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards.

** Centre College's football team, led by quarterback Bo McMillin, defeats Harvard University 6 – 0 to break Harvard's five-year winning streak.

Bo and Luke always seem to stumble over Hogg's latest scheme, sometimes by curiosity, and often by sheer luck, and put it out of business.

Rosco frequently initiated car chases with Bo and Luke Duke ( whom Hogg wanted to get rid of due to them constantly exposing his corrupt schemes ), but the Duke boys were usually able to easily elude Rosco by outwitting him, with him usually meeting some accident in his patrol car as a result ( from which he would nearly always escape uninjured-only two episodes, the fourth season's " Coltrane Vs. Duke " and season six's " Too Many Roscos " toy with the concept of him being hurt during one of these escapades ).

In the very early episodes, Enos was shown to be a rather good driver ( and respected as such by Bo and Luke ), but by the end of the first season, he was shown to be as incompetent a driver as Rosco ( and later Cletus ).