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  1. On the 21st of January 1987: Second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Coasters; Eddie Cochran; #BoDiddley; #ArethaFranklin; #MarvinGaye; #BillHaley; #BBKing; Clyde McPhatter; #RickyNelson; #RoyOrbison; #CarlPerkins; #SmokeyRobinson; Joe Turner; #MuddyWaters; #JackieWilson; #LouisJordan; #TBoneWalker; #HankWilliams; Leonard Chess; Ahmet Ertegun; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; and Jerry Wexler.

  2. "Love Is Strange" is a #crossover hit by American #rhythmAndBlues duet #MickeyAndSylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the #Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar #riff by #JodyWilliams and was written by #BoDiddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith; it was recorded by Bo and #BuddyHolly, among others.
    youtube.com/watch?v=3DbyAdxp4DQ

  3. "Love Is Strange" is a #crossover hit by American #rhythmAndBlues duet #MickeyAndSylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the #Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar #riff by #JodyWilliams and was written by #BoDiddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith; it was recorded by Bo and #BuddyHolly, among others.
    youtube.com/watch?v=3DbyAdxp4DQ

  4. "Love Is Strange" is a #crossover hit by American #rhythmAndBlues duet #MickeyAndSylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the #Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar #riff by #JodyWilliams and was written by #BoDiddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith; it was recorded by Bo and #BuddyHolly, among others.
    youtube.com/watch?v=3DbyAdxp4DQ

  5. "I'm a Man" is a #rhythmAndBlues song written and recorded by #BoDiddley in 1955. Inspired by an earlier blues song, it was one of his first hits. "I'm a Man" has been recorded by a variety of artists, including #theYardbirds, who adapted it in an upbeat rock style.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RYti8CIiOak

  6. From his self-titled first release, well before he and Bo Diddley invented a genre I've always called "Big Beat" but I probably made that up. #LinkWray #BoDiddley #fuckICE

  7. 1957 Chess Records publicity portrait of Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008) with his Gretsch square guitar #BoDiddley #BOTD #music #Gretsch