Talk:Bo Diddley

the "notable covers" section needs help

the "notable covers" section is a mighty unfortunate mishmash of notable (and not-so-notable) covers, tribute-type non-covers and miscellaneous factoids (Kenny Rogers likes Bo, Bo had some film roles, etc). would anyone else be willing/able to work on pruning the dubious/non-notable bits and rearranging the rest into more sensible sections? thanks Sssoul (talk) 10:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

update: okay, i've eliminated a bunch of miscellaneous stuff from the section, but it can certainly still use finetuning, copy-editing, etc. Sssoul (talk) 10:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The Bo Diddley beat used by other artists

This section moved here as it has been flagged for over a year. There are Original Research and referencing concerns. Also, the presentation as a list is unhelpful as it doesn't put the material into a context that explains it usefully for readers. Instead of deleting the material I have moved it here for editors to consider if they wish to work the material into the article. SilkTork *^YES! 21:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

The Bo Diddley beat has been used in compositions by many other artists, including:

• Buddy Holly "Not Fade Away"
• The Rolling Stones "Please Go Home" and "Not Fade Away"
• The Who "Magic Bus"
• Elvis Presley "His Latest Flame"
• Bruce Springsteen "She's the One"
• U2 "Desire"
• The Jesus and Mary Chain "Bo Diddley Is Jesus"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan "Willie the Wimp"
• Shirley & Company "Shame, Shame, Shame"
• The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"
• Roxette "Harleys and Indians (Riders in the Sky)"
• Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion"
• Billy Joel "Don't Ask Me Why"
• Dee Clark, a former member of the Hambone Kids (see above) "Hey Little Girl"
• Johnny Otis "Willie and the Hand Jive"
• George Michael "Faith"
• Normaal "Kearl van Stoahl"
• Elton John "Billy Bones and the White Bird"
• The Strangeloves "I Want Candy"
• Ace Frehley "New York Groove"
• KT Tunstall "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
• Primal Scream "Movin' on Up"
• Tom Petty "A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
• David Bowie "Panic in Detroit"
• Robert Wyatt "Heaps Of Sheeps"
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Be Straight"
• The Pretenders "Cuban Slide", "Break Up the Concrete"
• The Police "Deathwish"
• The Guess Who "Follow Your Daughter Home"
• Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders "Game of Love"
• The Supremes "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
• Jefferson Airplane "She Has Funny Cars"
• The White Stripes "Screwdriver"
• The Byrds "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe"
• Medicine Show "Lucy, Go Lightly"
• The Stooges "1969"
• Husker Du "Hare Krishna"
• Hamilton Bohannon "Disco Hop"
• "Weird Al" Yankovic "Party at the Leper Colony"
• Guns N' Roses "Mr Brownstone"
• Green Day "Castaway"
• Pat Benatar "Love Is a Battlefield"
• Sha Na Na "Born to Hand Jive" (from the soundtrack of the musical Grease)
• Allman Brothers Band "No One to Run With"
• The Miracles "Mickey's Monkey"
• Nick Lowe "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass"
• The Saints "Swing for the Crime"
• The Electric Prunes "Get me to the World on Time"
• Mickey Jupp "Joggin'" "The Ballad of Billy Bonney"
• The Clash "Rudie Can't Fail"
• Tenpole Tudor "There Are Boys"
• Eels "My Beloved Monstrosity"
• The Beat Farmers "Big Big Man"
• The Fall "Bo Demmick", "Diceman"
• Diane Renay "Watch Out, Sally"
• The Mars Volta "Day of the Baphomets"
• The Black Eyed Peas "Electric City"
• Toto "Rosanna"
• Los Bravos "Bring a Little Lovin'"
• The Trashmen "Bird Diddley Beat"
• Amr Diab "Nour El Ain"
• The La's "Feelin"
• Sublime "Caress Me Down"
• Love and Rockets "Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man"
• Maciej Maleńczuk "Miasto Krakoff"

A number of artists have also based hit records around the "I'm a Man" riff, including:

• The Nashville Teens "Tobacco Road"
• The Sweet "Blockbuster"
• David Bowie "The Jean Genie"

"The Originator"

This needs a reference. Rothorpe (talk) 20:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)