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June 5, 2008

The Bo Diddley beat is one of rock & roll's bedrock rhythms. He produced a catalog of classics in the late 1950s---"You Don't Love Me," "Diddley Daddy," "Pretty Thing," "Diddy Wah Diddy," "Who Do You Love?," "Mona," "Road Runner," "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover" —that rival Chuck Berry's songs in quality whilst being more primal:

After 1963, he never wrote or recorded any original material on par with his early classics. It was Chuck Berry of the early rock & roll artists who was most crucial to the development of the music.

Some light-hearted fun at the expense of the British bands that covered Bo Diddley's material:

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 8:03 AM |