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- मौत को प्राप्त2 जून 2008 · Archer, फ़्लोरिडा, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका (हृद्पात)
- जन्म का नामEllas Otha Bates
- उपनाम
- The Black Gladiator
- The Originator
- Ellas B. McDaniel
- ऊंचाई5′ 7″ (1.70 मी)
- Bo Diddley का जन्म 30 दिसंबर 1928 को हुआ था।Bo Diddley एक अभिनेता और संगीतकार थे, जो Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), ट्रेडिंग प्लेसस (1983) और लाँग किस गुडनाइट (1996) के लिए मशहूर थे।उनकी मृत्यु 2 जून 2008 को हुई थी।
- पति/पत्नियांSylvia Paiz(26 सितंबर 1992 - 2005) (तलाकशुदा)Kay Reynolds(1960 - 1980) (तलाकशुदा, 2 बच्चे)Ethel Mae Smith(1949 - 1956) (तलाकशुदा, 2 बच्चे)Louise Woolingham(1946 - 1947) (तलाकशुदा)
- His stetson hat and custom-built electric guitars
- Rectangular, hollow-bodied Gretsch electric guitar
- His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm
- Following his death, tributes were paid to his lasting impact by many performers of varying ages, including B.B. King, Peter Gabriel, Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Alex Kapranos, Richard Hawley, Eric Burdon, Mickey Hart, Slash, Albert Hammond Jr., George Thorogood, Tom Petty and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- As a child, he was taught to play the violin by the music director of his church. One of his fellow students grew up to become jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins.
- Wrote the hit song "Love Is Strange", but published it under the name of his wife, Ethel Smith due to a dispute with Leonard Chess, owner of Chess-Checker-Argo Records. The song was a #5 R&B hit for Mickey & Sylvia in 1957.
- 1960: He moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, D.C.
- 1971: He moved from Granada Hills, California, to Los Lunas, New Mexico.
- Bo Diddley put the rock in rock & roll", "Bo Knows
- I always have been a pack rat. People throw out shit, and it might be something you can fix, just fool with it. I know people that are millionaires from hangin' with junk.
- This group The Sex Pistols pukes onstage? I don't necessarily like that. That's not showmanship... They gotta get themselves an act.
- I opened the door for a lot of people, who just ran through and left me holding the knob.
- I'm 76 years old, feel good and I'm still doin' my thing. Now, I feel like I can give God some of that talent. Just do what I know how to do, and shock the world. [from Mojo magazine, August 2005]
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