Celebrity Name : Bo Diddley

Celebrity Real Name : Elias Bates

Date of Birth : December 30, 1928

Birth Location : Otha Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi

Biography :
Bo Diddley (born December 30, 1928) “The Originator”, is an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is often cited as a key figure in the transition of blues into rock and roll, by introducing more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard edged guitar sound.

Career :
He recorded for Chicago’s Chess Records subsidiary label Checker. Diddley is best known for the “Bo Diddley beat”, a rhumba-based beat (see clave) also influenced by what is known as “hambone”, a style used by street performers who play out the beat by slapping and patting their arms, legs, chest, and cheeks while chanting rhymes.The beat has been used by many other artists, notably Buddy Holly (”Not Fade Away”), The Who (”Magic Bus”), Bruce Springsteen (”She’s the One”) U2 (”Desire”) The Smiths (”How Soon Is Now?”), and Guns N’ Roses (”Mr. Brownstone”).Bo Diddley used a variety of rhythms, however, from straight back beat to pop ballad style, frequently with maracas by Jerome Green. He was also an influential guitar player, with many special effects and other innovations in tone and attack. He also plays the violin, which is featured on his mournful instrumental “The Clock Strikes Twelve”.
His first hit, “Bo Diddley” was based on the lullaby “Hush Little Baby”. Likewise, “Hey Bo Diddley” is based on the folk song, “Old Macdonald”. The rap-style boasting of “Who Do You Love”, a wordplay on hoodoo, used many striking lyrics from the African-American tradition of toasts and boasts. His “Say Man” and “Say Man, Back Again” have been connected with rap, but actually feature the insults known as the Dozens: “You look like you been in a hatchet fight and everybody had a hatchet except you.”[wikipedia]