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• • • • • Website External video Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the to. He influenced many artists, including, the, the, and. His use of and a, a simple five- rhythm, is a cornerstone of,, and. In recognition of his achievements, he was inducted into the and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the and a from the. He is also recognized for his technical innovations, including his distinctive rectangular guitar.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Life [ ] Early life and career [ ] Born in, as Ellas Otha Bates, he was adopted and raised by his mother's cousin, Gussie McDaniel, whose surname he assumed. In 1934, the McDaniel family moved to the of Chicago, where he dropped the Otha and became Ellas McDaniel. He was an active member of Chicago's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he studied the and the violin, becoming so proficient on the violin that the musical director invited him to join the orchestra. He performed until he was 18. However, he was more interested in the pulsating, rhythmic music he heard at a local and took up the guitar.

Inspired by a performance by, he supplemented his income as a carpenter and mechanic by with friends, including Jerome Green (c. 1934–1973), in the Hipsters band, later renamed the Langley Avenue Jive Cats. Download Psikotest Pdf there.

Green became a near-constant member of McDaniel's backing band, the two often trading joking insults with each other during live shows. [ ] During the summers of 1943 and 1944, he played at the market in a band with. By 1951 he was playing on the street with backing from Roosevelt Jackson on and, whom he had taught to play the guitar. Williams later played lead guitar on ' (1956). In 1951, he landed a regular spot at the 708 Club, on Chicago's South Side, with a repertoire influenced by, John Lee Hooker, and. In late 1954, he teamed up with the harmonica player, the drummer Clifton James and the Roosevelt Jackson and recorded of ' and '. They re-recorded the songs at, with a backing comprising (piano), (harmonica), Frank Kirkland (drums), and Jerome Green (maracas).

The record was released in March 1955, and the, 'Bo Diddley', became a number one R&B hit. Origins of stage name [ ] The origin of the stage name Bo Diddley is unclear. McDaniel claimed that his peers gave him the name, which he suspected was an insult. He also said that the name first belonged to a singer his adoptive mother knew.

Harmonicist said that it was a local comedian's name, which adopted as McDaniel's stage name and the title of his first single. McDaniel also stated that it was his nickname as a boxer. A is a homemade single-string instrument played mainly by farm workers in the South.

It probably has influences from the coast. In the American slang term bo diddly, bo is an intensifier [ ] and diddly is a truncation of diddly squat, which means 'absolutely nothing'. Success in the 1950s and 1960s [ ] On November 20, 1955, Diddley appeared on the popular television program. When someone on the show's staff overheard him casually singing ' in the dressing room, he was asked to perform the song on the show. Seeing 'Bo Diddley' on the cue card, he thought he was to perform both and 'Sixteen Tons'.

Sullivan was furious and banned Diddley from his show, reputedly saying that he wouldn't last six months. Chess Records included Diddley's cover of 'Sixteen Tons' on the 1960 album. Diddley's hit singles continued in the 1950s and 1960s: 'Pretty Thing' (1956), 'Say Man' (1959), and ' (1962). He also released numerous albums, including Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger and Have Guitar, Will Travel.

These bolstered his self-invented legend. Seeda Hana To Ame Rarity. Between 1958 and 1963, released eleven full-length Bo Diddley albums. In the 1960s he broke through as a crossover artist with white audiences (appearing at the concerts, for example), but he rarely aimed his compositions at teenagers. The album title Surfing with Bo Diddley derived from his influence on guitarists rather than surfing per se. In 1963, Diddley starred in a UK concert tour with the and along with the Rolling Stones ( an unknown band at that time).