ABC News: Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies
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Bo Diddley, the idiosyncratic blues guitarist who became one of the fathers of rock'n'roll, died yesterday at his home in Florida. (article 1)
In the 1950s Diddley was one of a handful of performers - Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry were others - who tranformed popular music by taking blues, gospel and rhythym and blues and creating rock'n'roll. (article 1)
Often imitated but not always acknowledged, the influence of the Bo Diddley beat - driving and relentless like the chant of a chain gang - is heard clearest and most famously on the Rolling Stones' Not Fade Away. (article 2)
Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry aside, arguably none of the first generation of American rock'n'rollers had a greater impact on the subsequent course of popular music. (article 2)
Along with Berry, Diddley was also one of the first black performers to "cross over" and enjoy success in the predominantly white pop chart of the time. (article 2)
In addition to the Rolling Stones, those who covered his songs included the Kinks, the Animals, Manfred Mann and the Yardbirds, while the Pretty Things named themselves after one of his songs. (article 2)
Bo Diddley was born Otha Elias Bates in McComb, Mississippi, but his mother was too poor to raise him. (article 2)
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- Bo Diddley, the legend of rock'n'roll, dies of heart failure aged 79 (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 260 words)
- Bo Diddley: The Times obituary (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 1434 words)
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