Guitar innovator. Sartorial radical. Self-mythologizer. Absolute badass. Bo Diddley pretty much embodied every good idea rock ‘n’ roll has going. Now that he’s gone–he died of heart failure earlier ...

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DETROIT (Billboard) - Bo is gone. But his beat goes on. It's been a year since Bo Diddley died of heart failure at age 79 in his home in Archer, Fla., after a prolonged illness. His June 2, 2008, ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing -- the beat. Bomp ba-bomp-ba-bomp, bomp bomp. Applied to such songs as "Bo Diddley," "Hey Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You ...

40 years of rockin’, no sign of quitting The Bo Diddley Beat. The use of maracas in rock and roll. The box guitar. The black rock and roll cowboy with glasses. All of these descriptions belong to Bo ...

Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ...

I've always liked an artist who can sing about themselves. The Stray Cats had "The Stray Cat Strut", Mott The Hoople had "The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople", Bob Dylan sang about "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" ...