The full-length debut by the man known as the Originator of rock and roll should need no introduction. Though never a top seller on par with his Chess Records rival Chuck Berry, Bo produced a catalog of classics to compete with all but a handful of the best early rockers, pushing rock and roll to its funkiest ever. The Bo Diddley beat¦that "bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bompbomp" to which the pop-garage 1965 hit "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves owes everything¦is one of rock and roll's bedrock rhythms, showing up in the work of Buddy Holly, the Velvet Underground, and the Rolling Stones to name but a few.
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