Bo Diddley
- MatchBo Diddley
- 100%Howlin' Wolf
- 91%Fats Domino
- 79%Eddie Cochran
- 75%Jimmy Reed
- 74%Little Walter
- 74%Muddy Waters
- 72%Chuck Berry
- 70%Elmore James
- 68%Big Joe Turner
- 65%Little Richard
Biography
Otha Ellas Bates (later known as Ellas McDaniel), 30 December 1928, McComb, Mississippi, USA. After beginning his career as a boxer, where he received the sobriquet Bo Diddley, the singer worked the blues clubs of Chicago with a repertoire influenced by Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. In late 1954, he teamed up with Billy Boy Arnold and recorded demos of Im A Man and Bo Diddley. Re-recorded at Chess Studios with a backing ensemble... Read more