Rock-n-Roll emerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents.

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.

Also in the early 1970s, the soundtrack for the ground-breaking animated film Fritz The Cat contained his song " Bo Diddley ", in which a crow idly finger-pops along to the track.

* 1999: His 1955 recording of his song " Bo Diddley " inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

He performed his song " Bo Diddley " with Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, and longtime bassist and musical director Debby Hastings at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 20th annual induction ceremony and in the UK, Uncut magazine included his 1957 debut album " Bo Diddley " in its listing of the ' 100 Music, Movie & TV Moments That Have Changed The World '.

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

* " Road Runner " ( Bo Diddley song ), a 1960 song by Bo Diddley, covered by, among others, The Animals, The Zombies, Aerosmith, Chris Spedding and The Who

*" Mona ", a song by Bo Diddley

In rock and roll, they are probably most identified with Bo Diddley, who wrote the song " Bring it to Jerome " about his maraca player, Jerome Green ( who also played maracas for Chuck Berry ).

The song has also been recorded by Buddy Holly and Bo Diddley, among others.

Bo Diddley opens the show and the Clash open their set with the song " I'm So Bored with the U. S. A .".

The song, " Body Count ", was preceded by a spoken introduction in which Ice-T responds to allegations that he had " sold out " by incorporating rock elements into his rap albums by pointing out that rock music originated with African-American artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, in addition to stating that " as far as I'm concerned, music is music.

Spacemen 3 performed an instrumental song live with a pronounced Bo Diddley style rhythm, dubbed " Bo Diddley Jam ".

The Bo Diddley song " Who Do You Love " contains an extensive series of puns about a man hoodooing his lover.

" Please Set a Date " and their remake of the Bo Diddley song " Who Do You Love?

In 2009, they started using the Bo Diddley song " You Can't Judge A Book by Its Cover " in commercials.

The song has been recorded by many artists and has been adapted into pop songs such as Inez and Charlie Foxx's " Mockingbird " and Bo Diddley's eponymous song Bo Diddley.

At Chess Records in the spring of 1955, Bo Diddley's debut record " Bo Diddley "/" I'm A Man " climbed to # 2 on the R & B charts and popularized Bo Diddley's own original rhythm and blues clave-based vamp that would become a mainstay in rock and roll.

By the end of the 1950s, however, there was a wave of popular black blues-rock and country-influenced R & B performers gaining unprecedented fame among white listeners ; these included Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.

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.

Bo Diddley spent many years in New Mexico, living in Los Lunas, New Mexico from 1971 to 1978 while continuing his musical career.

In an interview with Holger Petersen, on Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio in the fall of 2006 Bo Diddley commented about the racism that existed in the music industry establishment during the early part of his career that saw him deprived of his royalties from the most successful part of his career.

Riley responded in kind with his 1984 single " Jumper Clown " – a reference to Smith's then affection for bad 1970s jumpers, as well as " Snipe " on the 1985 Shadow Figure EP and his own live only co-opting of Bo Diddley, " Marc Riley is a Gunslinger ".

It was then popularized in the States by Johnny Otis's " Willie and the Hand Jive ", described as a " funky blues rendition in a Bo Diddley styling " and " another approach to the growing Stateside interest in the British originated hand dance.

The show had requested that he sing the Merle Travis-penned Tennessee Ernie Ford hit " Sixteen Tons ", but when he appeared on stage, he sang " Bo Diddley " instead.

Bo Diddley's 1955 hit " Bo Diddley ", with its b-side " I'm A Man ", introduced a new beat and unique guitar style that inspired many artists without either side using the 12-bar pattern-they instead played variations on a single chord each.

But when he appeared on stage, he sang his # 1 R & B hit " Bo Diddley ".

Instead, Diddley sang a rendition of his own song, " Bo Diddley ," angering Sullivan.

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

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