BO DIDDLEY

 

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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Bo Diddley [Compilation, aka Boss Man]

--/58

2

Go Bo Diddley

07/59

3

Have Guitar, Will Travel

01/60

4

In The Spotlight

--/60

5

Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger

12/60

6

Bo Diddley Is A Lover

09/61

7

Bo Diddley's A Twister [aka Road Runner]

03/62

8

Bo Diddley

08/62

9

Bo Diddley & Company

01/63

10

Surfin' With Bo Diddley

06/63

11

Bo Diddley's Beach Party [live]

12/63

12

Two Great Guitars [with Chuck Berry]

08/64

13

Hey, Good Lookin'

04/65

14

500% More Man

04/65

15

The Originator

12/66

16

Super Blues [with Little Walter & Muddy Waters]

06/67

17

Super Super Blues Band [with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf]

02/68

18

The Black Gladiator

07/70

19

Another Dimension

05/71

20

Where It All Began

05/72

21

The London Bo Diddley Sessions

--/73

22

Big Bad Bo

--/74

23

The 20th Anniversary Of Rock 'N' Roll

--/76

24

I'm A Man [live]

--/77

25

Ain't It Good To Be Free

--/83

26

Bo Diddley & Co. – Live

--/85

27

Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert

--/86

28

Live At The Ritz

11/88

29

Breakin' Through The B.S.

--/89

30

Living Legend [aka This Should Not Be]

--/89

31

Live

--/94

32

A Man Amongst Men

05/96


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1) BO DIDDLEY

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Bo Diddley
I'm A Man
Bring It To Jerome
Before You Accuse Me
Hey! Bo Diddley
Dearest Darling

Hush Your Mouth
Say Boss Man
Diddley Daddy
Diddy Wah Diddy
Who Do You Love?
Pretty Thing

Rereleased as Boss Man in 1967

Bo Diddley


Boss Man





6-album box set

Billy Boy Arnold
Lester Davenport
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
The Flamingos
Jerome Green
Clifton James
Peggy Jones
Frank Kirkland
Lafayette Leake
Little Walter
The Moonglows
Otis Spann
Little Willie Smith
Jody Williams

Producer:

Harmonica (Track 2)
Harmonica (Tracks 3,12)
Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals (Track 3), Maracas
Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Drums
Piano
Harmonica (Track 9)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 9,10)
Piano
Harmonica (Track 10)
Guitar

2) GO BO DIDDLEY

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Crackin' Up
I'm Sorry
Bo's Guitar
Willie And Lillie
You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)
Say Man

The Great Grandfather
Oh Yea
Don't Let It Go
Little Girl
Dearest Darling
The Clock Strikes Twelve







6-album box set

Billy Boy Arnold
The Carnations
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Jerome Green
Clifton James
Peggy Jones
Frank Kirkland
Lafayette Leake
Otis Spann

Producer:

Harmonica (Tracks 5,10)
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Vocals, Violin (Track 12)
Bass
Vocals (Track 6), Maracas
Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums
Piano
Piano

3) HAVE GUITAR, WILL TRAVEL

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She's Alright
Cops And Robbers
Run Diddley Daddy
Mumblin' Guitar
I Need You Baby (Mona)

Say Man, Back Again
Nursery Rhyme
I Love You So
Spanish Guitar
Dancing Girl
Come On Baby







6-album box set

Lester Davenport
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Jerome Green

Clifton James
Peggy Jones
Frank Kirkland
Lafayette Leake
Jody Williams

Producer:

Harmonica (Track 9)
Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Vocals (Track 7), Maracas,
Backing Vocals
Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums
Piano
Guitar

4) IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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Roadrunner
Story Of Bo Diddley
Scuttle Bug
Signifying Blues
Let Me In
Limber

Love Me
Craw-Dad
Walkin' And Talkin'
Travelin' West
Deed And Deed I Do
Live My Life

US Issue


US Issue





6-album box set

Billy Boy Arnold
Gene Barge
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Jerome Green

Clifton James
Peggy Jones
Frank Kirkland
Lafayette Leake
Otis Spann

Producer:

Harmonica
Tenor Saxophone
Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Maraccas (Tracks 1,3-6,8-11),
Backing Vocals
Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums
Piano
Piano

5) BO DIDDLEY IS A GUNSLINGER

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Gunslinger
Ride On Josephine
Doing The Craw-Daddy
Cadillac
Somewhere

Cheyenne
Sixteen Tons
Whoa Mule (Shine)
No More Lovin'
Diddling







6-album box set

Gene Barge
Bobby Baskerville
Johnny Carter
Bo Diddley
Billy Downing
Willie Dixon
Harvey Fuqua
Jerome Green
Clifton James
Lily "Bee Bee" Jamieson
Jesse James Johnson
Peggy Jones
Lafayette Leake
Gloria Morgan
Nate Nelson
Otis Spann
Billy Stewart

Producer:

Tenor Saxophone
Bass
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Drums
Bass
Backing Vocals
Maracas, Backing Vocals
Drums
Backing Vocals

Bass
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Piano
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Piano
Piano

Leonard Chess

6) BO DIDDLEY IS A LOVER

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12.

Not Guilty
Hong Kong, Mississippi
You're Looking Good
Bo's Vacation
Congo
Bo's Blues

Bo Diddley Is A Lover
Aztec
Back Home
Bo Diddley Is Loose
Love Is A Secret
Quick Draw







6-album box set



Producer:



7) BO DIDDLEY'S A TWISTER (aka ROAD RUNNER)

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Detour
She's Alright
Doin' The Jaguar
Who Do You Love
Shank
Road Runner
My Babe

The Twister
Hey Bo Diddley
Hush Your Mouth
Bo Diddley
I'm Looking For A Woman
Here ‘Tis
I Know

...A Twister


Road Runner






Producer:



8) BO DIDDLEY

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I Can Tell
Mr Krushchev
Diddlin'
Give Me A Break
Who May Your Lover Be
Bo's Bounce

You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover
Babes In The Woods
Sad Sack
Mama Don't Allow No Twistin'
You All Green
Bo's Twist






Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Jerome Green
Clifton James
Peggy Jones
Frank Kirkland

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Maracas, Backing Vocals
Drums
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums

Ralph Bass

9) BO DIDDLEY & COMPANY

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(Extra Read All About) Ben
Help Out
Diana
Bo's A Lumber Jack
Lazy Women
Mama Mia

Gimme Gimme
Put The Shoes On Willie
Pretty Girl
Same Old Thing
Meet You On Saturday
Little Girl








Producer:



10) SURFIN' WITH BO DIDDLEY

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What Did I Say
White Silver Sands
Surfboard Cha Cha
Surf Sink Or Swim
Piggy Back Surfers
Surfer's Love Call

Twisting Waves
Wishy Washy
Hucklebuck
Old Man River
Oop's He Slipped
Low Tide




Producer:



11) BO DIDDLEY'S BEACH PARTY

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Memphis
Gun Slinger
Hey! Bo Diddley
Old Smokey
Bo Diddley's Dog

I'm All Right
Mr Custer
Bo's Waltz
What's Buggin' You?
Roadrunner








Producer:



Marshall Chess, Max Cooperstein

 

Recorded live at The Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA on 5/6 July 1963

12) TWO GREAT GUITARS

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Liverpool Drive [Chuck Berry]
Chuck's Beat [Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley]

When The Saints Go Marching In [Bo Diddley]
Bo's Beat [Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley]






Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Vocals, Guitar

13) HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'

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Hey Good Lookin'
Mush Mouth Millie
Bo Diddley's Hootenanny
London Stomp
Let's Walk Awhile
Rooster Stew

La La La
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Rain Man
I Wonder Why (People Don't Like Me)
Brother Dear
Mummy Walk

US Issue



Producer:



14) 500% MORE MAN

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500% More Man
Let Me Pass
Stop My Monkey
Greasy Spoon
Tonight Is Ours
Root Hoot
Stinkey

Hey Red Riding Hood
Let The Kids Dance
He's So Mad
Soul Food
Corn Bread
Somebody Beat Me
Fireball








Producer:



15) THE ORIGINATOR

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12.

Pills
Jo Ann
Two Flies
Yakky Doodle
What Do You Know About Love
Lazy Woman

You Ain't Bad
Love You Baby
Limbo
Background To A Music
Puttentang
Africa Speaks




Producer:



Ralph Bass

16) SUPER BLUES

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Long Distance Call
Who Do You Love?
I'm A Man
Bo Diddley

You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
I Just Want To Make Love To You
My Babe
You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)






Bo Diddley
Buddy Guy
Howlin' Wolf
Frank Kirkland
Little Walter
Otis Spann
Cookie Vee
Muddy Waters
Sonny Wimberley

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica
Drums
Vocals, Harmonica
Piano
Tambourine, Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Bass

Ralph Bass

17) SUPER SUPER BLUES BAND

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Long Distance Call
Ooh Baby/Wrecking My Love Life
Sweet Little Angel

Spoonful
Diddley Daddy
The Red Rooster
Goin' Down Slow






Bo Diddley
Buddy Guy
Howlin' Wolf
Clifton James
Otis Spann
Hubert Sumlin
Cookie Vee
Muddy Waters

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar
Drums
Piano
Guitar
Tambourine, Vocals
Vocals, Guitar

Willie Dixon

18) THE BLACK GLADIATOR

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Elephant Man
You, Bo Diddley
Black Soul
Power House
If The Bible's Right

I've Got A Feeling
Shut Up Woman
Hot Buttered Blues
Funky Fly
I Don't Like You








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19) ANOTHER DIMENSION

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The Shape I'm In
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Pollution
Bad Moon Rising

Down On The Corner
I Said Shutup Woman
Bad Side Of The Moon
Lodi
Go For Broke (instrumental)






Kathy Alson
John Birganti
Eddie Covi
Bo Diddley
Bob Dorsa
Bob Gallo
Sonny Hahn
Al Kooper
Mike Mattia
Don Olsen
Carl Schickler
Vince Traina
Cookie Vee
Leslie Zimei

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Drums
Saxophone
Guitar, Percussion
Percussion
Guitar, Percussion
Guitar
Guitar, Keyboards
Keyboards, Trumpet
Bass
Guitar, Trombone
Percussion
Percussion, Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals

Bob Gallo

20) WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

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I've Had It Hard
Woman
Look At Grandma
A Good Thing
Bad Trip

Hey Jerome
Infatuation
Take It All Off
Bo Diddley-Itis






Dave Archuletta
Richard Davis
Bo Diddley
Terry Gottlieb
Vera Hamilton
Ed O'Donnell
Connie Redmond
Harriette Reynolds
Gloria Scott
Tom Thompson

Producer:

Organ
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
Bass (Track 4,7)
Backing Vocals
Drums
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar

Johnny Otis, Pete Welding

21) THE LONDON BO DIDDLEY SESSIONS

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Don't Want No Lyin' Woman
Bo Diddley
Going Down
Make A Hit Record
Bo-Jam

Husband-In-Law
Do The Robot
Sneakers On A Rooster
Get Out Of My Life






Gene Barge
Crystal Brake
Juanita Buckner
Robert Crowder
Clifford Davis
Bo Diddley
Richard Evans
Ray Fenwick
Steve Galloway
Frank Gordon
Nigel Grainge
Brian Grice
Charles Grimar
Eddie Hardin
Vivian Harrell
Marilyn Haywood
Willie Henderson
Arthur Hoyle
Lynn Moore
Derf Reklaw-Raheem
Gerald Sims
Keith Smart
Angela Smith
Tennyson Stephens
Mary Ann Stewart
Charise Taylor
Gregory Taylor
Phil Upchurch
Cookie Vee
Murray Watson
Roy Wood

Producer:

Tenor Saxophone
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Guitar, Vocals
Bass
Guitar
Trombone
Trumpet
Percussion
Drums, Percussion
Congas
Organ
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet
Backing Vocals
Congas
Guitar
Drums
Backing Vocals
Piano
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Vocals (Tracks 1,3,8)
Trumpet
Bass

Esmond Edwards

22) BIG BAD BO

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7.

Bite You
He's Got All The Whiskey
Hit Or Miss
You've Got A Lot Of Nerve

Stop The Pusher
Evelee
I've Been Workin'






JR Bailey
Wilbur Bascomb Jr
John Bello
Garnett Brown
Harry DeVito
Bo Diddley
Esmond Edwards
Jon Faddis
Dominick Gravine
Ernest Hayes
Willis Jackson
Jimmy Johnson Jr
Melvin Kent
John Leone
Carl Lynch
Irvin Markowitz
Montego Joe
Joe Newman
Shuggie Otis
Michael Pickett
Toni Price
Marvin Stamm
John Tropea
Ken Williams

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Bass
Trumpet
Trombone
Trombone
Guitar, Vocals
Percussion
Trumpet
Trombone
Electric Piano
Tenor Saxophone
Drums
Backing Vocals
Baritone Saxophone
Guitar
Trumpet
Percussion
Trumpet
Guitar
Harmonica
Tuba
Trumpet
Guitar
Backing Vocals

Esmond Edwards

23) THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL

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Ride The Water (Part 1)
Not Fade Away
Kill My Baby
Drag On
Ride The Water (Part 2)

Bo Diddley Jam: I'm A Man/Who Do You Love/
Bo's A Gunslinger/I'm A Man (Reprise)






Carmine Appice
Elvin Bishop
Tim Bogert
Joe Cocker
Bo Diddley
Billy Joel
Corky Laing
Albert Lee
Roger McGuinn
Keith Moon
Daniel Moore
Matthew Moore
Ted Neeley
Leslie West

Producer:

Drums
Guitar
Bass
Vocals
Guitar
Keyboards
Congas
Guitar
Guitar
Drums
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Vocals
Guitar

24) I'M A MAN

 
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LP One
Bo Diddley
I'm A Man
You All Green
Mr Kruschev

Somebody Beat Me
Tonight Is Ours
I'm Sorry
Little Girl

LP Two
Hey Bo Diddley
Say Boss Man
Bring It To Jerome

Mona
Before You Accuse Me
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover
Roadrunner




Producer:



Bernard Fox

 

Recorded live at Joyous Lake Nightclub, Woodstock, New York, USA on 21/22 October 1977

25) AIN'T IT GOOD TO BE FREE

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Ain't It Good To Be Free
Bo Diddley Put The Rock In Rock 'n' Roll
Gotta Be A Change
I Don't Want Your Welfare
Mona Where's Your Sister
Stabilize Yourself

I Don't Know Where I've Been
I Ain't Gonna Force It On You
Evil Woman
Let The Fox Talk


Bo Diddley
Tammi Deanne McDaniel
Scott Deverin Smith

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Drums

Guitar


Kay McDaniel

26) BO DIDDLEY & CO. – LIVE

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He's A Hell Of A Man
Don't Handle The Merchandise

Get Up To Get Down
Bad Dad
Can I Put My Finger In It








Producer:



Bo Diddley

 

Recorded live in Woodstock, New York, USA in 1975

27) HEY... BO DIDDLEY: IN CONCERT

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Intro/Bo Diddley Vamp
Doctor Jeckyll
Everleen
I Don't Know Where I've Been

You Can't Judge A Book
Roadrunner
I'm A Man
Mona






Eric Bell
Bo Diddley
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dave "Munch" Moore
Stretch
Keith Tillman

Producer:

Guitar
Vocals, Guitar
Saxophone
Keyboards
Drums
Bass

28) LIVE AT THE RITZ

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Roadrunner
I'm A Man
Crackin' Up
Hey! Bo Diddley
Plynth (Water Down The Drain)

Ooh La La Song
They Don't Make Outlaws Like They Used To
Honky Tonk Women
Money To Ronnie
Who Do You Love?






Sarah Dash
Bo Diddley
Debby Fink
Mike Fink
Faith Fusillo
Hal Goldstein

Debby Hastings
Mike Hastings
Eddie Kendricks
Carol MacDonald
David Ruffin
Jim Satten
Ron Wood

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Guitar, Drums, Vocals
Bass, Backing Vocals
Drums
Backing Vocals
Harmonica, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Bass, Backing Vocals
Bass
Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Guitar, Vocals

Martin Adam, Ron Wood

 

Recorded live at The Ritz, New York, USA in November 1987

29) BREAKIN' THROUGH THE B.S.

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Turbo Diddley 2000
Bo Pop Shake
Deeper
Down With The Pusher
Slipped -N- Fell -N- Love
You Tricked Me

Wake Up America!
Jeanette Jeanette
I Broke The Chain
R.U. Serious
Home To McComb
Just Like Bo Diddley








Producer:



30) LIVING LEGEND [aka THIS SHOULD NOT BE]

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Turbo Diddley 2000
R.U. Serious
Jeanette, Jeanette
I Broke The Chain
Bo-Pop Quake

The Best
I'll Lick Yo' Face
U Killed It
Goin' Home To McComb

Living Legend


This Should...






Producer:



31) LIVE

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3.
4.
5.

He's A Hell Of A Man
Don't Handle The Merchandise
Get Up, Get Down
Bad Dad
Can I Put My Finger On It




Producer:



32) A MAN AMONGST MEN

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10.

Bo Diddley Is Crazy
Can I Walk You Home
Hey Baby
I Can't Stand It
He's Got A Key
A Man Amongst Men
Coatimundi
That Mule
Kids Don't Do It
Oops! Bo Diddley






Shirley Alston
Billy Boy Arnold
Dave Bronze
Bo Diddley
Debby Hastings
Johnnie Johnson
Dave Keyes
Beverley Lee
Margo Lewis
Tom Major
Jerry Portnoy
Keith Richards
John Rosenberg
Richie Sambora
Wayne P Sheehy
Nunzio Signore
Diane Spann-Miller
Jimmie Vaughan
Mike Vernon
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Ron Wood

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Harmonica
Bass
Guitar, Vocals
Bass
Piano
Piano, Organ
Backing Vocals
Organ
Drums
Harmonica
Guitar
Guitar
Guitar
Drums
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Percussion
Speech, Vocoder
Guitar

Mike Vernon