Bo Diddley- Collection 1955-62

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.

Tracklist:

1. Love Me
2. Deed And Deed I Do
3. Live My Life
4. Ride On Josephine
5. Doing The Craw-Daddy
6. Cadillac
7. Somewhere
8. Cheyenne
9. Sixteen Tons
10. Whoa Mule
11. No More Lovin’
12. Diddling
13. Hong Kong, Mississippi
14. You’re Looking Good
15. Bo’s Vacation
16. Congo
17. Bo’s Blues
18. Bo Diddley Is A Lover
19. Back Home
20. Bo Diddley Is Loose
21. Love Is A Secret
22. Quick Draw
23. Detour
24. Doin’ The Jaguar
25. Shank
26. My Babe
27. The Twister
28. Here ’tis
29. I Know
30. Say Man, Back Again
31. Road Runner
32. My Story (Aka ‘the Story Of Bo Diddley’)
33. Walkin’ And Talkin’
34. Crawdad
35. Gunslinger
36. Signifying Blues
37. Not Guilty
38. Aztec
39. Pills
40. Call Me
41. You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover
42. I Can Tell
43. Bo’s Guitar
44. You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care)
45. Don’t Let It Go
46. Little Girl
47. Run Diddley Daddy
48. Mumblin’ Guitar
49. Nursery Rhyme
50. I Love You So
51. Spanish Guitar
52. Dancing Girl
53. Come On Baby
54. Scuttle Bug
55. Let Me In
56. Limber
57. Travelin’ West