50+ Music<p>"Bo Diddley" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockAndRoll</span></a> pioneer Bo Diddley. It introduced the rhythm that became known as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddleyBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddleyBeat</span></a> and topped the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a> for two weeks in 1955. The song is included on many of Diddley's compilation albums including Bo Diddley (1958) and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HisBest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HisBest</span></a> (1997). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BuddyHolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuddyHolly</span></a> recorded a version that posthumously became his 2nd highest-charting single in the UK after "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ItDoesntMatterAnymore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItDoesntMatterAnymore</span></a>". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrIK7YB0tE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3jrIK7YB0t</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>